University Health Shreveport, LLC

Doing business as Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport

Hospital in Shreveport, LA, Medicare certification number 190098. CMS publishes 61 quality measures for it.

Medicare certification

Provider of Services

CCN: 190098The number CMS certifies the facility under, not a provider identifier
Status: Active
Provider type: Hospital – Short-term
Listed by Care Compare as: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Control type: Private (not for profit)
Participating since: Oct 1, 1976
Last certification: Jun 28, 2025
Beds: 395
Overall star rating: 2 of 5Care Compare
Most recent change of ownership: Oct 1, 2018 (2 total)
Address: 1541 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
(318) 675-5000

NPI records for this facility (CCN to NPI Mapping) 1

University Health Shreveport LLC

dba Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
- General Acute Care Hospital
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1427536325
Medicare enrollment

Patient survey (HCAHPS) 9

Medicare Care Compare

Cleanliness - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.59 (computed here)
- National average 3.44 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Communication about medicines - star rating Worse2 of 5
- State average 3.14 (computed here)
- National average 2.71 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharge information - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.41 (computed here)
- National average 3.31 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Doctor communication - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 3.75 (computed here)
- National average 3.12 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Nurse communication - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.8 (computed here)
- National average 3.43 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Overall hospital rating - star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.64 (computed here)
- National average 3.29 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Quietness - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 4.25 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Recommend hospital - star rating Better4 of 5
- State average 4 (computed here)
- National average 3.64 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024
Summary star rating Worse3 of 5
- State average 3.66 (computed here)
- National average 3.27 (computed here)
- Period from 10/01/2024

Affiliated providers 515

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Clinicians who list this facility as a hospital or facility affiliation in Care Compare.

Brandon Patrick Townsend, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1063181394
Justine Eden Tripp, D.O.
- Emergency Medicine Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1265610455
Ajaya Tummala, MD
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1487628194
Judith L Turpen, NP
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1831495134
Joseph R. Tynes, MD
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1306880778
Sarwat Umer, M.D.
- Rheumatology Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1871703108
Latashia Upton
- Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
- Minden, LA
- NPI 1578720793
Mariana Usatii, MD
- Cytopathology Physician
- Rochester, MN
- NPI 1346963980
Susan Diana Veillon, M.D.
- Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1740214667
Anil Veluvolu, MD
- Hematology & Oncology Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1124174644
Chiranjiv Singh Virk, M.D
- Vascular Surgery Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1285897132
Suren Visvanathan
- Internal Medicine Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1720508716
Peter N Vlahakis, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1730158163
Jennifer L Walker, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Hattiesburg, MS
- NPI 1710909858
Lauren Holston Walker, APRN, FNP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Monroe, LA
- NPI 1821628165
Scott Evans Walker, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Hattiesburg, MS
- NPI 1104840834
Shanah Denise Walker, NP
- Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1093093056
Valerie Walker, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- New Orleans, LA
- NPI 1194819789
Robert E. Walter, M.D., MPH
- Pulmonary Disease Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1205884319
Muhammad Waqas, MD
- Hospitalist Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1316520471
Emily Defelice Weaver, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1417696188
Charles W Webb, DO
- Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1811967235
Andrew M Werner, M.D.
- Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1003859141
Jason Gregory White, CRNA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1326160037
Randall G White, MD
- Nephrology Physician
- Shreveport, LA
- NPI 1801851522

Complications and deaths 17

Medicare Care Compare

Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rate As expected0.91
- State average 1.03 (computed here)
- National average 1.06
- No different than the national rate
- 594 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite As expected1.11
- State average 1.01 (computed here)
- National average 1
- No different than the national value
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications As expected164.33
- State average 180.93 (computed here)
- National average 173.3
- No different than the national rate
- 91 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for COPD patients As expected8
- State average 8.87 (computed here)
- National average 8.6
- No different than the national rate
- 32 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for heart failure patients As expected12.3
- State average 11.75 (computed here)
- National average 11.1
- No different than the national rate
- 67 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for pneumonia patients As expected14.2
- State average 15.92 (computed here)
- National average 15.2
- No different than the national rate
- 57 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Death rate for stroke patients As expected11.1
- State average 13.32 (computed here)
- National average 11.9
- No different than the national rate
- 420 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality Rate As expected4.2
- State average 4.41 (computed here)
- National average 3.9
- No different than the national rate
- 1,578 patients
- Period from 07/01/2024
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rate As expected0.41
- State average 0.22 (computed here)
- National average 0.21
- No different than the national rate
- 3,331 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rate As expected0.23
- State average 0.27 (computed here)
- National average 0.27
- No different than the national rate
- 3,282 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate As expected4.09
- State average 3.49 (computed here)
- National average 3.52
- No different than the national rate
- 1,096 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate As expected1.85
- State average 1.66 (computed here)
- National average 1.67
- No different than the national rate
- 559 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rate As expected2.72
- State average 2.44 (computed here)
- National average 2.34
- No different than the national rate
- 1,132 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative respiratory failure rate As expected12.21
- State average 9.86 (computed here)
- National average 9.42
- No different than the national rate
- 488 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative sepsis rate As expected5.19
- State average 5.32 (computed here)
- National average 5.27
- No different than the national rate
- 500 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Postoperative wound dehiscence rate As expected1.64
- State average 1.79 (computed here)
- National average 1.77
- No different than the national rate
- 162 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pressure ulcer rate As expected0.59
- State average 0.63 (computed here)
- National average 0.63
- No different than the national rate
- 3,025 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (3)

Death rate for CABG surgery patients — 1
Death rate for heart attack patients — 1
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patients — 1

Infections 5

Medicare Care Compare

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.67
- State average 0.5
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards) As expected0.91
- State average 0.63
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff) Better0.12
- State average 0.28
- National average 1
- Better than the national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
MRSA Bacteremia As expected1.44
- State average 0.99
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024
SSI - Colon Surgery As expected2.02
- State average 0.83
- National average 1
- No different than national benchmark
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (1)

SSI - Abdominal Hysterectomy — 13

Outpatient imaging 2

Medicare Care Compare

Abdomen CT Use of Contrast Material 18.5
- State average 10.74 (computed here)
- National average 5.83 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024
Breast Cancer Screening Recall Rates 3.3
- State average 6.13 (computed here)
- National average 8.08 (computed here)
- Period from 07/01/2024

Spending per patient 1

Medicare Care Compare

Medicare hospital spending per patient (Medicare Spending per Beneficiary) 1.16
- State average 1.06
- National average 0.99 (computed here)
- Period from 01/01/2024

Timely and effective care 17

Medicare Care Compare

Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter 85
- State average 75.75 (computed here)
- National average 74.05 (computed here)
- 89 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Antithrombotic Therapy by End of Hospital Day 2 83
- State average 93.29 (computed here)
- National average 92.79 (computed here)
- 306 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock 47
- State average 69
- National average 65
- 94 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time all patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, including psychiatric/mental health patients and patients who were transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 265
- State average 136
- National average 168
- 343 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better 339
- State average 284
- National average 287
- 11 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better 247
- State average 129
- National average 162
- 283 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better 496
- State average 234
- National average 257
- 49 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Discharged on Antithrombotic Therapy 98
- State average 96.9 (computed here)
- National average 96.1 (computed here)
- 398 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Endoscopy/polyp surveillance: appropriate follow-up interval for normal colonoscopy in average risk patients 100
- State average 94
- National average 93
- 108 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Head CT results 44
- State average 70
- National average 69
- 16 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Healthcare workers given influenza vaccination 84
- State average 70
- National average 78
- 1,782 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Left before being seen 2
- State average 2
- National average 2
- 45,450 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Safe Use of Opioids - Concurrent Prescribing 21
- State average 15
- National average 15
- 3,257 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle 80
- State average 78
- National average 73
- 25 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Septic Shock 6-Hour Bundle 87
- State average 89
- National average 87
- 15 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 3-Hour Bundle 68
- State average 83
- National average 81
- 94 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024
Severe Sepsis 6-Hour Bundle 66
- State average 93
- National average 93
- 35 patients
- Period from 10/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (13)

Emergency department volume — high
Global Malnutrition Composite Score — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Diagnosis Documented — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Malnutrition Risk Screening — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutrition Assessment — 5
Global Malnutrition Composite Score: Nutritional Care Plan — 5
Hospital Harm - Opioid Related Adverse Events — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hyperglycemia — 5
Hospital Harm - Severe Hypoglycemia — 5
Improvement in Patient's Visual Function within 90 Days Following Cataract Surgery — 5
Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5
ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) — 5
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis — 5

Unplanned visits 10

Medicare Care Compare

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected15.6
- State average 14.58 (computed here)
- National average 14.4
- No different than the national rate
- 60 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected22.4
- State average 21.73 (computed here)
- National average 21.3
- No different than the national rate
- 190 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Hospital return days for heart failure patients -54.5
- State average 8.45 (computed here)
- National average 4.02 (computed here)
- Fewer days than average per 100 discharges
- 81 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Hospital return days for pneumonia patients -16
- State average 9.85 (computed here)
- National average 5.65 (computed here)
- Average days per 100 discharges
- 61 patients
- Period from 07/01/2022
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission Rate As expected17.1
- State average 17.35 (computed here)
- National average 17.3
- No different than the national rate
- 105 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected5.6
- State average 5.47 (computed here)
- National average 5.4
- No different than the national rate
- 122 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy As expected9.9
- State average 10.51 (computed here)
- National average 10.7
- No different than the national rate
- 122 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients As expected20.6
- State average 19.78 (computed here)
- National average 20
- No different than the national rate
- 112 patients
- Period from 07/01/2023
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies) As expected13
- State average 12.9 (computed here)
- National average 13
- No different than the national rate
- 450 patients
- Period from 01/01/2022
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery As expected1
- State average 0.96 (computed here)
- National average 1.01 (computed here)
- No different than expected
- 222 patients
- Period from 01/01/2024

Measures CMS does not publish for this facility (4)

Hospital return days for heart attack patients — 1
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Readmission Measure (HWR) — 4
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacement — 1
Rate of readmission for CABG — 1

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