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

Bogalusa Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2008

Resources

509 FTEs (Full Time Equivalents)

Total Collections: $49.4 million
State General Fund: $5.417 million
Medicaid: $8.014 million
Uncompensated Care: $20.208 million
Medicare: $8.527 million
Medicare Cost Reports: $-.334 million
Commercial/Private Pay: $6.356 million
Misc. Self Generated $1.175 million

Estimated economic impact

$107.9 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a Jul 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 37,418 (between 7/1/06 – 6/30/08)

Capacity

98 licensed beds
35 adult/pediatric staffed beds
    (including ICU)
16 psychiatric staffed beds
0 neonatal ICU staffed beds
0 nursery bassinets

Inpatient Admissions

2,102 adult/pediatric admissions
452 psychiatric admissions
0 neonatal ICU admissions
0 nursery admissions

Inpatient Days

9,684 adult/pediatric inpatient days (including ICU)
5,137 psychiatric inpatient days
0 neonatal ICU inpatient days
0 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

92,380 outpatient encounters
26,685 ED encounters
40,205 outpatient clinic visits

Live Births

0 births

Residency Programs

Approximately 6 residents and fellows in the following programs:

Family Practice
Ophthalmology


Nursing and Allied Health Training

(approximately 137 students)

LSU Allied Health Professionals
LSU Department of Clinical Science – Shreveport – PT, OT, ST, and Clinical Lab
LSU School of Nursing
LSU Pathology
Loyola – Family Nurse Practitioner
Louisiana Technical Colleges – LPN, Nurse Aide, Bio-Med, EMT First Response, Phlebotomy
Pearl River Junior College - Poplarville, MS – RN and Medical Lab Technician
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southern University – Speech Therapy
University of Alabama - Nursing
University of Louisiana at Monroe – Pharmacy
University of Southern Mississippi
Xavier – Pharmacist
Delgado – Medical Technologist
Delta College – Medical Assistant -Thomas Clinic
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
Children’s Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish Hospital (transfers)
Lakeview Regional Medical Center (transfers and cardiac care, etc.)
Louisiana Heart Hospital (transfers and Cardiac Care)
Southeast Louisiana Hospital
Florida Parishes Human Services Authority FPHSA (Mental Health / CRTs )
Gulf States Long Term Acute Hospital Facility (LTAC)
ADAP Ryan White Agreement
Camelia Hospice
Deaf Action Group
IHI - Institute of Healthcare Improvement – 5 Million Lives Campaign
ISMP – Institute of Safe Medication Practice
LOPA Louisiana Organ Procurement Program
Louisiana Department of Public Health: Tobacco Control Initiative
Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc.
Med Vance Institute of Baton Rouge
Public Health Unit
Maryland Hospital Association
Myers Group HCAHP
Northshore Ambulance Service
QI Project
Region IX Emergency Management
Southern Eye Bank

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.


family med clinic
Family Medicine Clinic