News Report | June 12, 2016
Ochsner & Acadia Create Partnership To Develop New Behavioral Health Facility In Louisiana
On June 1, 2016, Ochsner Health System (Ochsner) and Acadia Healthcare (Acadia) announced a strategic partnership formed to create a new 82-bed behavioral health facility in LaPlace, Louisiana. The new facility is slated to open in 2018. The partners anticipate that it will have an average daily census of more than 60 consumers, with more than 2,500 annual admissions and more than 3,000 outpatient visits.
The partners are repurposing the existing River Parishes Hospital building to create the new 82-bed behavioral health facility. Ochsner will provide the facility; Acadia will oversee the joint operations of the . . .