Ochsner Accountable Care Network Announces More Than 23M in Savings for Medicare Beneficiaries

The 2019 savings represented a 53% increase in savings per beneficiary (nearly $800 per patient) and an 81% increase in total savings over 2018.

Six Ochsner Health Hospitals Receive Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

The award recognizes the hospitals’ commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Donates 23,000 Masks

Ochsner Health Offers Free Virtual Urgent Care to Lake Charles Residents Displaced by Hurricane Laura

Impacted individuals can visit with a doctor on their phone, tablet or computer 24/7 by using the code LAURARELIEF.

Ochsner Health Teams Up with Son of a Saint to Invest in New Orleans’ Youth

The donation to Son of a Saint will fund critical programmatic staff and enhance the organization’s services to promote the whole person—mind, body and spirit—through healthcare educators, social workers and mental health providers, as well as support and provide opportunities for Ochsner’s male staff to mentor boys in the program.

Top Three Calls to Make to Get Ready for a Storm

Ochsner Health recommends you make these three health-focused calls before a storm is in the Gulf.

Ochsner Health Announces Baton Rouge COVID-19 Prevalence Study Findings

The study was in partnership with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and funded by the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and The Humana Foundation, with additional support from The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and Healthy Blue.

Xavier Graduate Awarded Scholarship from Ochsner Health

The scholarship program marks the next evolution in a long-standing relationship between Ochsner and Xavier, which dates to the early 1980s when Ochsner and Xavier’s College of Pharmacy established an affiliation agreement partnership to provide educational experiences to pharmacy students. Through this partnership, Ochsner has provided clinical training for an average of 80 Xavier pharmacy students each year. Last year, Ochsner and Xavier announced the launch of a new Physician Assistant program, with the first class beginning in January 2020.

Ochsner Health Care Bridge Program Provides New Option for Individuals Who Lost Health Insurance Due to COVID-19

The new Ochsner Health Care Bridge program is a three-month program designed to keep individuals connected to their Ochsner physicians and the healthcare services they need to manage chronic conditions, get prescriptions filled, and in many cases, get prescription drug assistance.

Ochsner Health Announces First Enrollment for Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE Phase 2/3 Study of Investigational Vaccine Against COVID-19

Led by Ochsner Principal Investigator Dr. Julia Garcia-Diaz, Director of Clinical Infectious Diseases Research and Infectious Disease Specialist, Ochsner will enroll a limited number of randomized participants selected from an existing pool of candidates from across Louisiana who previously expressed interest in COVID-19 research.