Article archive / October 1, 2013
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 2. Source pages: 6.
The new LSU Health Baton Rouge Urgent Care Center in North Baton Rouge opened doors in September and continued another step in Governor Jindal’s remake of the charity health care system.
According to the press release, the public-private partnerships are part of a plan by the state to address the $1.8 billion reduction handed down by Congress last year. The partnership between LSU and OLOL saved hundreds of millions of dollars that would have been used to build a replacement for the old Earl K. Long facility, the announcement said. The new facility will provide care as an alternative to hospital emergency rooms. It is part of the state's public-private hospital partnerships aimed to provide care, lower costs, and graduate medical education for future doctors across the state.
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