$1.2B in expenses

Willis-knighton medical center strives to provide high quality, cost-effective medical care to the communities of northwest louisiana, northeast texas, and southwest arkansas. The medical center offers sophisticated technology and procedures that make it a tertiary care referral center. General the medical center provides 24-hour emergency care, regardless of the patient's ability to pay, at its four hospitals. The medical center provides an organ transplant program, obstetrics, comprehensive heart and cancer programs, extensive surgical options, leading-edge diagnostics as well as a broad network of physicians encompassing most specialties and subspecialties. The medical center provides these services regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, disability or age. The medical center had 54,861 admittances during the year ended september 30, 2024 with a total of 219,867 patient days and 2,205 births. The medical center participates in the medicaid program and administers a charity care policy whereby free or discounted services are available to qualified individuals with limited financial means. During the year ended september 30, 2024, the medical center provided an estimated $26,600,000 in unreimbursed costs attributable to charity care (excluding project neighborhealth). This estimate is based on the medical center's overall cost-to-charge ratio. In addition to these services, willis-knighton project neighborhealth operates two clinics in communities that are economically distressed and/or designated as medically under-served areas with health professional shortages. Regional transplant center the medical center operates the willis knighton john c. Mcdonald regional transplant center. All transplant patients receive transplants without regard to their economic status. The regional transplant center provides kidney, pancreas, and liver transplants. Substantially all the costs of operating the regional transplant center are borne by willis-knighton medical center. During the fiscal year ended september 30, 2024, 90 patients received organ transplants, consisting of 79 kidneys (4 of those patients also had a pancreas transplant and 2 of those patients also had a liver transplant), and 11 livers. Of the 90 transplant surgeries performed at the medical center during the year ended september 30, 2024, 67 patients were beneficiaries of the medicare program. As such, these transplants were performed at very little, if any, cost to the patients.emergency care the medical center provides emergency services at four locations on a 24-hour basis staffed by full-time emergency room physicians. Emergency patients are treated regardless of their ability to pay. During the year ended september 30, 2024, the medical center's emergency rooms were visited by 151,806 patients.women and children's health the medical center provides a variety of medical services for women and children, including obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology, maternal/fetal health services for high risk pregnancy, pediatric intensive care and pediatric support services such as pediatric gastroenterology, surgery, and pulmonology. These services include both high-risk and low-risk obstetrics. Maternal transports are accepted. The labor and delivery (l&d) units are directed by board certified OB-GYN physicians and the majority of the nurses are certified by the association of women's health, obstetric & neonatal nurses (awhon). There were 2,205 births; 2,004 obstetrical visits to the l&d units; during the fiscal year ended september 30, 2024.fitness centers the medical center has five medically-supervised fitness centers dedicated to the prevention of health problems, four in shreveport and one in bossier city with a total member enrollment at september 30, 2024 of 3,173. The centers are located on each of the four acute care hospital campuses as well as on pierre avenue in allendale, an economically disadvantaged neighborhood. The latter features a nominal rate for membership to encourage participation. The centers serve pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation patients and provide health and wellness services to the communities in which they are located. Neonatal intensive care unit willis-knighton's center for women's health houses a 42-bed level iii regional obstetrical and neonatal unit. This unit accepts referrals from the ark-la-tex area and is serviced by both air and ground emergency transport on a 24-hour basis. This unit is directed by a board certified neonatologist. The majority of the nursing staff is certified by awhon. The average length of stay per admit is 22.3 days.hospice hospice of louisiana is a department of willis-knighton medical center that provides comprehensive end-of-life care including skilled and supportive services to terminally ill patients and their families. The hospice team, under the guidance of the attending physician, focuses on the alleviation of the pain and discomfort connected with life-ending illness. Quality of life, emotional and spiritual balance, symptom management, and pain control are the goals that team members strive for as they assist dying patients and their families. Bereavement support for the immediate family and companions is provided for at least one year following the patient's death. For the year ended september 30, 2024, hospice of louisiana served 161 patients and their families as direct admits, not including visitation and counseling provided through pre-admit and/or bereavement services. The team includes: registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, volunteers, attending physicians, and medical director.

$10.3M in expenses

The medical center provides housing, healthcare, and related services to the elderly through the oaks of louisiana. The oaks of louisiana is a residential community designed specifically for adults aged 55 and over. This residential community provides secure, maintenance-free living and promotes an active, healthy lifestyle. The campus of the oaks of louisiana includes the tower at the oaks, an independent living community, and savannah at the oaks, an assisted living facility.