University Medical Center Management Corporaton

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS WILL BE A LEADING WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC (CONT'D ON SCH. O) MEDICAL CENTER AND THE DESTINATION OF CHOICE FOR EXCEPTIONAL HEALTHCARE. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER WILL PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT-CENTERED CARE AND A WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE THROUGH ADVANCED RESEARCH, LEADING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

RESIDENT TEACHING & GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS: UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER NEW ORLEANS (UMCNO) IS THE STATE OF LOUISIANA'S LARGEST TEACHING HOSPITAL AND A MAJOR TRAINING SITE FOR BOTH LSU AND TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, AS WELL LSU SCHOOLS OF DENTISTRY, NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH. MORE THAN 400 RESIDENT AND FELLOW FTE POSITIONS ACTIVELY ROTATE AT UMCNO ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THROUGH ROUGHLY 50 DIFFERENT MEDICAL SPECIALTIES. UMCNO ALSO PARTNERS WITH MANY OTHER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS DELGADO, XAVIER, DILLARD, NICHOLS STATE AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO TRAIN OVER 2,800 FUTURE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ANNUALLY.

PATIENT CARE: UMCNO PROVIDES CORE SAFETY NET SERVICES TO THE NEW ORLEANS REGION. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE THE OPERATION OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM, AN HIV OUTPATIENT CLINIC, ONCOLOGY SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, A 16 BED BURN UNIT AND A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. IN 2021, UMC EXPANDED ITS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH A NEW OUTPATIENT CLINIC LOCATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES SUCH AS ADDICTION PSYCH AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT THERAPY FOR GENERAL BEHAVIORAL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. IN ADDITION, UMC ALSO EXPANDED THE BARIATRIC PROGRAM WITH A NEW WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CLINIC, ADDED SLEEP DISORDER SERVICES, AND EXPANDED OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS SERVICES TO THOSE PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY DISCHARGED FROM OUTPATIENT ESRD FACILITIES. UMCNO PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL SERVICES COVERING (CONT'D ON SCH. O) 78 SPECIALTIES AND AMBULATORY CARE IN OVER 90 SPECIALTY CLINICS AND PROVIDES FREE AND REDUCED COST HEALTH CARE TO MEDICALLY INDIGENT AND UNINSURED PATIENTS, INCLUDING MEDICALLY COMPLEX AND OTHERWISE HIGH-RISK MEDICAID PATIENTS. IT ALSO PROVIDES MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS POPULATION. THE HOSPITAL HAS 446 LICENSED BEDS AND TREATED 14,160 INPATIENTS AND 376,133 OUTPATIENTS.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT OPERATIONS PROVIDE FREE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SCREENINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE MOST PREVALENT DISEASES IN THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY, SUCH AS DIABETES, HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. THESE PROGRAMS ADDRESS PREVENTION, EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT AND MAINTAINING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. IN 2021, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PARTICIPATED IN AND OFFERED NUMEROUS OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING FREE BREAST HEALTH LECTURES, FREE ONCOLOGY LECTURES, A FREE SKIN CANCER SCREENING, AND A FREE VASCULAR DISEASE SCREENING. THROUGH THE LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER'S INJURY PREVENTION PROGRAM, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDING SUDDEN IMPACT, WHICH EDUCATES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THE (CONT'D ON SCH. O) CONSEQUENCES OF DISTRACTED AND IMPAIRED DRIVING; STOP THE BLEED, WHICH PROVIDES HEMORRHAGE CONTROL TRAINING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, ORGANIZATIONS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS; AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT CHECKS AND CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IS PARTNERED WITH WALGREENS AND AVITA DRUGS TO DISPENSE MEDICATIONS UNDER THE 340(B) PRICING PROGRAM TO ENSURE PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO NECESSARY PHARMACEUTICALS THAT MAY OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 UMC PROVIDED $748,900 TO FURTHER LCMC AND LSU'S PARTNERSHIP TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS TO STATE-OF-THE ART CLINICAL SERVICES AND CLINICAL TRIALS. THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE USED IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLINICAL , RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF ANATOMY, PHARMACOLOGY, AND PHYSIOLOGY, AND ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE A TANGIBLE BENEFIT TO SOCIAL WELFARE THROUGH RELATED PROGRAMS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.ALSO IN 2021 UMC DONATED $331,049 TO LCMC HEALTH CLINICAL SERVICES D/B/A NOLA PHYSICIANS GROUP (NOLA PG) WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING WORKING CAPITAL TO NOLA PG TO ALLOW FOR THEIR HEALTHCARE ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED AREA OF NEW ORLEANS EAST. THIS DONATION SUPPORTS [HOSPITAL]'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS OBLIGATIONS AND IS PRESENTED AS COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN THE STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS.