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bogalusa medical center
433 plaza street, bogalusa, la 70427
ph: (985) 730-6700

Bogalusa Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2007


Resources

• 533 employees
• Total collections $47.1 million (state general fund $6.0 million, commercial/private pay $5.3 million, miscellaneous self generated $1.5 million, Medicare $9 million, Medicaid $7.8 million, Medicaid Uncompensated Care $17.5 million)

Estimated economic impact

• $100.1 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a July 2007 report "Hospitals and the Louisiana Economy," prepared for the Louisiana Hospital Association by Dr. James A. Richardson, Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University)

Patient Population

• Approximately 36,439 (between 7/1/05 - 6/30/07)

Capacity

• 41 adult/pediatric staffed beds
• 18 psychiatric staffed beds
• 90 licensed beds
• 0 nursery bassinets

Inpatient Admissions

• 2,209 adult/pediatric admissions
• 435 psychiatric admissions
• 0 neonatal ICU admissions
• 0 nursery admissions

Inpatient Days

• 10,893 adult pediatric inpatient days
• 5,698 psychaiatric inpatient days
• 0 neonatal ICU inpatient days
• 0 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

• 93,320 clinic visits
• 25,264 emergency visits

Live Births

• 0 births

Residency Programs:

LSU Rural Family Practice Residency
• 4 current residents (building to 12)
• 2 medical students
LSU Ophthalmology Residency Program
• 6 residents

Nursing and Allied Health Training
Approximately 69 students

• Louisiana Technical Colleges — LPN, Nurses Aide, Bio–Med, EMT First Response and Phlebotomy
• Pearl River Junior College (Poplarville, MS) — RN and Medical Lab Technician
• Southern University — Speech Therapy
• University of Southern Mississippi
• LSU Allied Health Professionals
• LSU School of Nursing
• LSU Department of Clinical Science — Shreveport — PT, OT, ST, and Clinical Lab
• Xavier — Pharmacist
• University of Louisiana at Monroe — Pharmacy
• Southeastern Louisiana University
• Bogalusa High School — CNA program
• Franklinton High School — Pharmacy Tech
• Cardiovascular Technology Institute — Echo Tech

Partnerships

• Rayburn Correctional Institute
• Washington Parish Sheriff's Office
• Bogalusa Police Department
• St. Tammany Parish Hospital (transfers)
• Lakeview Regional Medical Center (transfers and cardiac care, etc.)
• Med Vance Institute of Baton Rouge
• Children's Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Public Health Unit
• Louisiana Department of Public Health: Tobacco Control Initiave
• Southeast Louisiana Hospital
• Gulf States Long Term Acute Hospital Facility (LTAC)
• Franklinton High School — Pharmacy Tech
• Deaf Action Group
• Abuse and Drug Advocacy Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT)
• Camelia Hospice
• Maryland Hospital Association
• QI Project
• IHI — Institute of Healthcare Improvement — 5 Million Lives Campaign
• ISMP — Institute of Safe Medication Practice
• LOPA Louisiana Organ Procurement Program
• Region IX Emergency Management
• Florida Parishes Human Services Authority FPHSA (Mental Health / CRTs)
• Northshore Ambulance Service
• Southern Eye Bank
• ADAP Ryan White Agreement
• Myers Group HCAHP
• Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc.

Kurt Scott

kurt scott
was appointed as Hospital Administrator at Bogalusa Medical Center in January 2007.

Scott most recently was hospital facilities consultant and branch manager in New Orleans for Johnson Controls Incorporated (JCI), for which he managed a portfolio of seven hospitals and other facilities.

A fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, Scott received a Master of Business Administration degree from Loyola University and a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of New Orleans. He attended the Health Care Executive Leadership Development Institute of the American College of Health Care Executives at the University of North Carolina.


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