Ochsner St Mary
An acute care hospital in Morgan City, Louisiana 70380
1125 Marguerite Street, Morgan City, Louisiana 70380. (985) 384-2200.
- Medicare payments cut under the HAC Reduction Program (fiscal year 2026)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 3of 5 patient survey rating
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years
- 86 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Apr 17, 2024: a complaint inspection.
2 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
2 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Apr 17, 2024: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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Rn Supervision Of Nursing Care
The inspectors’ words, 391 words
“RN SUPERVISION OF NURSING CARE CFR(s): 482.23(b)(3) A registered nurse must supervise and evaluate the nursing care for each patient. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 14442 Based on record review and interview, the hospital failed to ensure a registered nurse supervised and evaluated the nursing care for each patient as evidenced by a registered nurse failing to implement fall risk interventions after performing fall risk assessment and prior to a patient fall for 1 (#3) of 3 (#1-#3) sampled patients with falls in the ED. Findings: Review of the hospital policy titled Emergency Department Assessment Standards with an approval date of 10/27/2023 revealed, in part: I. Purpose. The purpose of this policy is to establish assessment guidelines for patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). III. Policy Statements. All patients presenting to the ED will be appropriately assessed. IV. Policy Implementation. B. General Assessment: 1. The following will be reviewed and documented by the RN and/or paramedic on the medical record, if applicable: e. Fall risk. Review of Patient #3’s medical record revealed the patient was an 80 year old female that presented to the hospital ED on 02/09/2024 at 12:47 a.m. with a chief complaint of palpitations. Review of Patient #3’s medical record revealed a Fall Risk Assessment on 02/09/2024 at 1:19 a.m. Review of the fall risk assessment revealed, in part: Polypharmacy: Yes; Cardiovascular Medication: Yes; Age Greater Than 65 Years: Yes. Further review of the fall risk assessment revealed no fall prevention interventions documented at time of assessment. Review of Patient #3’s medical record revealed, in part, on 02/09/2024 at 2:53 a.m. Patient #3 had a fall in the restroom and reported pain to right shoulder from hitting the ground. Review of Patient #3’s ED Provider Notes dated 02/09/2024 revealed, in part, Patient #3 went to the restroom and fell off of the toilet injuring her right shoulder. The patient had difficulty moving her right shoulder. X-ray ordered, awaiting results. Review of Patient #3’s X-Ray Shoulder dated 02/09/2024 revealed, in part: Impression: Acute fracture of the humeral neck. In an interview on 04/17/2024 at 10:03 a.m., S4ED Manager confirmed Patient #3’s Fall Risk Assessment done on 02/09/2024 at 1:19 a.m. did not contain fall interventions. S4ED Manager confirmed a RN should have completed the fall risk assessment with fall interventions prior to Patient #3 falling.”
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Discharge Planning- Transmission Information
The inspectors’ words, 515 words
“DISCHARGE PLANNING- TRANSMISSION INFORMATION CFR(s): Discharge of the patient and the provision and transmission of the patient’s necessary medical information. (b) The hospital must discharge the patient , and also transfer or refer the patient where applicable, along with all necessary medical information pertaining to the patient’s current course of illness and treatment, post-discharge goals of care, and treatment preferences, at the time of discharge, to the appropriate post-acute care service providers and suppliers, facilities, agencies, and other outpatient service providers and practitioners responsible for the patient’s follow-up or ancillary care. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 14442 Based on record review and interview, the hospital failed to provide all necessary medical information pertaining to the patient’s current course of treatment and post-discharge care, at the time of discharge, to the appropriate post-acute care service provider. This deficient practice was evidenced by failing to notify the long term care facility where the patient resided at time of discharge of an unwitnessed fall in the ED and by failing to provide fall discharge instructions for 1 (#1) of 3 (#1-#3) discharged patients sampled. Findings: Review of the hospital policy titled Admission, Discharge and Transfer Guidelines for the Emergency Department with an approval date of 09/14/2023 revealed, in part: I. Purpose. The purpose of this policy is to establish guidelines for the admission, discharge, and transfer of patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED). D. Discharge: 2. Discharge instructions will be reviewed with the patient or responsible party upon discharge. These instructions may include the following information: a. Instructions pertinent to the patient’s illness/injury. 3. The discharging nurse will ensure that the patient or responsible party understands the discharge instructions. 4. The patient or responsible party will be provided with a copy of their discharge instructions and any applicable educational materials. Review of Patient #1’s medical record revealed the patient was an 86 year old male that presented to the hospital ED on 02/19/2024 at 5:32 p.m. with a chief complaint of abdominal distention. Patient #1 was a resident of a long term care facility. Review of Patient #1’s medical record revealed an ED Post Fall Summary on 02/19/2024 at 8:31 p.m. Further review revealed the patient had an unwitnessed fall out of the bed and found on the floor in the room. Review of Patient #1’s medical record revealed no evidence the long term care facility where the patient resided or the patient’s listed family contacts were notified of the fall or provided fall discharge instructions at time of discharge. Review of Patient #1’s After Visit Summary (discharge instructions) revealed no post-care instructions for fall. In an interview on 04/17/2024 at 3:47 p.m., S4ED Manager confirmed neither the long term care facility where Patient #1 resided nor Patient #1’s family contacts were notified of the fall at the time of discharge. S4ED Manager confirmed the discharge instructions provided did not address fall. Review of hospital documentation provided by S2Quality Manager revealed, in part, that on or around 02/27/2024, the hospital obtained information from the long term care facility Patient #1 had a fractured pelvis.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- CMS’s overall CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. for it is 2 of 5.
- Of the measures behind its CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System., CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 4; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 2; readmission, 0 better and 1 worse of 5.
- Patients rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (149 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 69% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 66% would definitely recommend it.
- Infections, compared by CMS with the national benchmark (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): C. diff infections, no different than national benchmark.
- CMS’s patient safety composite for serious complications, PSI 90, Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2024: no different than the national value.
- Deaths within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025): heart failure 9.9%, pneumonia 18.3%, COPD 10.1%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): heart failure 21.4%, pneumonia 18.6%, COPD 20.7%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- After outpatient care, compared by CMS: unplanned hospital visits after a colonoscopy, no different than the national rate.
- Emergency department patients spent a median of 89 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 1% left before being seen.
- 71% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock got the care CMS measures, SEP-1 (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025).
- Medicare’s spending per patient here is 1.16 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, Hospital General Information, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Complications and Deaths - Hospital and Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital. Released Sep 30, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 3 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - private.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- It has an inpatient rehabilitation unit of 10 beds, which CMS lists apart as a rehabilitation facility.
- Voluntary non-profit - Private.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals.
- CMS cut its Medicare payments by 1% for fiscal year 2026 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, which does so for the quarter of hospitals that fare worst on conditions patients get in hospital.
- 2 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated yearly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Medicare payment reduction (HAC Reduction Program) | Fiscal year 2026: 1% of Medicare payments |
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In CMS’s patient survey, patients rate how well its nurses communicated 3 of 5.
- 84% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation owns 100% directly since Oct 1, 2019.
- Ochsner Clinic Foundation runs it.
- 6 owners or officers are people: Peter C November (corporate officer); Jennifer Wise (corporate officer); Jennifer Wise (managing employee (on the payroll)); Jennifer Wise (runs it (operational or managerial control)); James M Molloy (corporate officer); Timothy L. Riddell (corporate officer).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 2 changes of ownership, the latest on Oct 1, 2019.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Oct 1, 2019 |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Oct 1, 2019 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 2 hospitals CMS lists in St. Mary Parish, 1 has an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 2 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 2 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Bayou Bend Health System | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals, so none are shown. The one payment cut CMS publishes for each hospital, under its Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, is shown where it applies.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Most hospitals are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In its September 2026 release CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for death and readmission rates, though it gives the rates.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital.
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital (77hc-ibv8).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Complications and Deaths - Hospital (ynj2-r877).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital (632h-zaca).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital (yv7e-xc69).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital (rrqw-56er).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (yq43-i98g).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated yearly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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