The heart of New Orleans healthcare.

As a nonprofit health system designed specifically for New Orleans, we fill critical gaps in care, but we can’t continue to do it alone.

We’ve stepped in where others could not to ensure every person, regardless of circumstance, can access necessary care. We deliver vital services and absorb significant, increasing and unreimbursed costs to make that possible. 

But today, unsustainable payment and bad faith administrative practices from health insurers are pushing us to the brink—even as our health system focuses on cost efficiencies. The reality is simple: LCMC Health cannot continue to absorb higher costs, maintain the same access points, and invest as deeply into New Orleans without adequate support.

• We lose money on patient care frequently, absorbing 17% of the cost of what it takes to provide care to patients with Medicare or Medicaid insurance.
• LCMC Health is currently owed $1.1B in payment across all commercial health insurers, with $400M remaining unpaid for over 90 days.
• Each year, these same insurers deny over 100,000 claims submitted by our healthcare providers and medical staff—a volume that represents ~$500M gross dollars. It costs LCMC Health ~$30M annually to recover what we are rightfully owed.