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Ochsner unveils a new MRI suite as part of a $50M Baton Rouge investment
Ochsner Health announced Wednesday that it will open a new MRI suite at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove, adding advanced imaging technology to...
Proactive business decisions are improving cancer treatment and early detection
Two of the region’s leading cancer organizations—Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Ochsner Cancer Center—are pushing deeper into underserved communities, deploying new technology and...
Nest Health is reframing health care in Louisiana and beyond
Dr. Katie Brown has a patient who used to visit the emergency room every other day.
As a parent of children with chronic health issues...
How the ‘silver tsunami’ is testing the limits of local providers
Internal medicine physician Kenny Cole remembers struggling to meet the needs of older patients in appointment time slots designed for simpler, straightforward cases.
“An 18-year-old...
Five executives sound off on what’s working, what’s not and what’s next for Louisiana...
Louisiana’s health care system is at a pivotal moment—strained by workforce shortages, Medicaid vulnerability and widening access gaps, yet energized by breakthroughs in precision...
A decade in, the Baton Rouge Health District plans its next 10 years
For the past decade, Baton Rouge’s largest health systems, hospitals and research institutions have been engaged in an exercise that may seem counterintuitive on...
AI’s impact on health care is accelerating as public acceptance grows.
In just the last three years, the transformational potential of AI has leapt from theory to practice in the health care space. Today, it...
Health and health care in the capital region by the numbers
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Number of Capital Region hospitals named to Newsweek’s “World’s Best Hospitals” ranking. While no Louisiana hospitals cracked the top 250 worldwide, nine made the...
Health care professionals to watch in 2026
Louisiana's health care landscape is being shaped not just by systems and policy, but by the individuals driving change from within. From the operating...
Devices, discoveries and treatments making waves in Capital Region medicine
Innovation in the Capital Region's health care community rarely announces itself. It shows up in a new piece of equipment, a research enrollment milestone...
Orion Labs, FMOL Health partner to expand services across the state
FMOL Health and Orion Laboratories have announced a joint venture to expand access to Louisiana-based laboratory services for patients and health care providers across...
New Jersey company buys four Capital Region health care properties
Essential Properties Realty Trust, a New Jersey-based company, has acquired four health care properties in the Capital Region for a combined $28.9 million.
The properties...
Sectors: An ambitious build-out for better health care
The health care community is a significant economic force in the Capital Region. More than $500 million in active investment is currently under way...
FMOL Health has purchased this property near Our Lady of the Lake
FMOL Health has acquired a kidney care facility property on Flanders Drive near Essen Lane.
The system purchased the site through Our Lady of the...
Health care giant acquires H&E’s former corporate headquarters for $9.9M
FMOL Health has purchased the former corporate headquarters of H&E Equipment Services on Pecue Lane near Airline Highway.
The health system acquired the property through...
The state health plan is nearing its contract ceiling
Louisiana’s state health plan may need an additional $90 million in spending authority to cover pharmacy claims through the end of the year, The...
Nexus and Ochsner teaming up for a health-focused tech challenge
Nexus Louisiana has announced its second DevDays innovation competition, with a Nov. 14 challenge focused on health care technology and sports medicine.
The competition, which...
Amedisys completes $3.3B sale to UnitedHealth
Baton Rouge-based Amedisys announced Thursday morning in an SEC filing that UnitedHealth has completed its $3.3 billion purchase of the home health care company.
Amedisys...
City-parish weighs retiree health coverage shift that provides budget relief
City-parish officials are weighing a shift in employee retiree health coverage for those 65 and older to Blue Cross’ Blue Advantage Medicare plan, a...
E.J. Kuiper, president of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
E.J. Kuiper
President, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
E.J. Kuiper started his career as a physical therapist before becoming a hospital executive as a...
