Nurses, community members, and patients have called on Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to intervene in the sale of three HCA Healthcare-owned hospitals in the New Orleans area to LCMC. If this acquisition goes through, only two hospital companies would be operating in New Orleans: LCMC and Ochsner health.
Highly concentrated health care markets often result in higher costs and cuts to care over time, but HCA and LCMC have baked immediate cuts into the deal – announcing plans to eliminate almost all inpatient services at Tulane Medical Center–a well-utilized hospital serving low-income patients.
HCA has a long history of divesting from communities where they are unable to become the dominant health care provider. In 2021, HCA sold all of its hospitals in the greater Atlanta area to Piedmont Healthcare, cementing the not-for-profit health system as a regional powerhouse.
Join nurses and community members in the fight to save Tulane Medical Center.
Source: https://www.nola.com/news/business/article_c00deac0-56dc-11ed-b245-63b22e25173a.html