Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility

The record in brief

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 6 health citations on file.

Fire safety inspections

2 fire safety citations on file: 2 on March 27, 2024.

Fines and payment denials

A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stopped paying for new admissions for that period.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

CMS expects 3.70 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 7.10 on weekdays and 6.15 on weekends, 13% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 7.53 in April to June 2025 to 6.83 in January to March 2026.

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (72.8% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION.

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

1. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 10, 2025: "Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited."
2. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 10, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
3. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on May 22, 2024: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
4. Who is the administrator and director of nursing, and how long have they been in the job?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on May 22, 2024: "Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards."
5. How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.

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Louisiana contacts for a concern about a nursing home

These are the official offices in Louisiana. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.

• Inspections and complaints: Louisiana Department of Health, Health Standards Section, Nursing Facilities, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
• Resident advocate: Louisiana Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs, (866) 632-0922. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.

Common questions

What is Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility's Medicare star rating?

CMS rates Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 5 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 2 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).

How many deficiencies did Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility get at its last inspection?

0 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on March 18, 2026. The Louisiana average is 6.4.

Has Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility been fined?

Yes. CMS lists 1 fine totaling $8,186 in the last three years.

Does Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility accept Medicaid?

CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.

Who owns Ochsner Medical Center Skilled Nursing Facility?

CMS lists 61 owners and managers. Legal business name: OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION.

Sources

• Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
• Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
• Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
• Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
• Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
• Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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