Riverside Medical Center

What Riverside Medical Center does

Riverside Medical Center is a non-profit, community acute care hospital headquartered at 1900 Main Street, Franklinton, Louisiana, operated by the public entity Washington Parish Hospital Service District #1. The hospital serves residents of Washington Parish and surrounding rural areas with a broad service line including emergency services, inpatient care, intensive care, surgery, laboratory, radiology, cardiopulmonary, infusion, nutritional services, rehabilitation, sleep lab, and swing bed services. Around the main campus it runs an integrated network of seven outpatient sites (Family Care Clinic, Internal Medicine Clinic, Pediatric/Internal Medicine Clinic, Surgical Clinic, Specialty Clinic, Thomas Community Health Center, and Wound Healing Center) plus a Rehabilitation department.

The technology stack is anchored by Cerner for electronic health records and the patient portal (used for lab results, prescriptions, billing, immunizations, surgical history, and discharge instructions) with participation in regional Health Information Exchanges, plus a FastHealth.AI-powered Healthcare Research Center for patient-facing research and education. The hospital's differentiating technical asset is the Riverside Simulation Training Lab, an 8,400-square-foot facility within the Huntington Ingalls Industries Education & Training Center, established in 2020 in memory of Dr. Brandon D. Rogers and holding Full Accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

Revenue mechanics are first-party acute and outpatient clinical services reimbursed via contracts with Aetna, Blue Cross of Louisiana, Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare Advantage plans, and Louisiana Medicaid, with published CMS-compliant standard charges (gross, discounted cash, payer-specific negotiated, and minimum/maximum negotiated) and a shoppable services list. The 251-500 employee organization has no disclosed funding events, no parent company, and no M&A activity; its strategy is service-line expansion within its Washington Parish catchment and brand-building through the simulation lab.

Name

Riverside Medical Center

Legal name

Washington Parish Hospital Service District #1 (Operating as Riverside Medical Center)

Website

https://rmchospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Riverside Medical Center is a non-profit community acute care hospital in Franklinton, Louisiana, operated by Washington Parish Hospital Service District #1, serving local residents with emergency, inpatient, surgical, and outpatient specialty services via a main campus and seven affiliated clinics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Offices of Physicians (62111), Outpatient Care Centers (6214)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Inpatient surgical care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Rural community health

Headquarters

HQ city

Franklinton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Riverside Medical Center is a community acute care hospital providing emergency, inpatient, surgical, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, swing bed, and specialty outpatient services to residents of Washington Parish, Louisiana. It operates an integrated network of primary and specialty clinics and supports patients through a Cerner-powered online patient portal.

Product overview

Riverside Medical Center is a community hospital system providing acute care hospital services with multiple affiliated outpatient clinics. The core offering is hospital-based medical care including emergency, inpatient, surgical, and diagnostic services. The organization operates an integrated network of specialty and primary care clinics (Family Care Clinic, Internal Medicine Clinic, Pediatric/Internal Medicine Clinic, Surgical Clinic, Specialty Clinic, Thomas Community Health Center, Wound Healing Center, and Rehabilitation services). Supporting services include a Cerner-powered Patient Portal for health record access, a Healthcare Research Center for patient education, and a nationally-recognized Simulation Training Lab for medical education. The hospital serves Washington Parish and surrounding areas in Louisiana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Department Services

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AetnacoreOthersInsurance network partner offering multiple plan types including Aetna Select, Open Choice PPO, Managed Choice POS, FISERV PPO, and UMR
• Blue Cross of LouisianacoreOthersMajor insurance network partner offering Traditional BC, Preferred Care PPO, Blue Cross HMO, and State of Louisiana Employees plans
• CignacoreOthersInsurance network partner offering PPO plans, Network POS, Flex, and POS Open Access options
• HumanacoreOthersInsurance network partner offering Gold, Humana PPO, Choice Care PPO, and National Open Access POS plans
• United HealthcarecoreOthersInsurance network partner offering Definity Health and POS plans
• Medicare and Medicare Advantage PlanscoreOthersFederal health insurance program and affiliated Medicare Advantage plans including Sterling Option One
• Louisiana MedicaidcoreOthersState of Louisiana Medicaid program for eligible residents
• Huntington Ingalls IndustriesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for education and training facility - the Riverside Simulation Training Lab is located within the Huntington Ingalls Industries Education & Training Center at Riverside Regional Medical Center
• Rogers Family and Community DonorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Riverside Simulation Training Lab was established in 2020 in memory of Dr. Brandon D. Rogers through partnership between the Rogers family, Riverside Foundation, and community donors

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CHRISTUS Health Louisiana: Faith-based not-for-profit health system operating multiple hospitals and rural clinics in Louisiana and East Texas; competes in rural Louisiana markets and represents the kind of larger-system affiliation or competitor that affects standalones like Riverside.
• Ochsner Health System: Dominant Louisiana integrated health system operating hospitals, clinics, and telehealth statewide; a major tertiary referral destination for Riverside's higher-acuity cases and a growing competitive presence in rural markets via outpatient clinics.

Direct peers

• Our Lady of the Angels Health: Community hospital in Bogalusa, Louisiana (adjacent Washington Parish), offering similar acute care, emergency, and outpatient services to a comparable rural Louisiana population; the closest geographic and operational analog to Riverside Medical Center.
• Lane Regional Medical Center: Community acute-care hospital in Zachary, Louisiana serving a similar rural/semi-rural catchment with emergency, inpatient, surgical, and outpatient services; same independent, community-hospital peer category.
• Highland Community Hospital: Critical access-type community hospital in Picayune, Mississippi serving Pearl River County; comparable in size, rural service area, and broad primary-plus-specialty outpatient clinic model.
• Hood Memorial Hospital: Small rural acute-care hospital in Amite, Louisiana, providing emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services to a rural Tangipahoa Parish population; comparable in scale, ownership profile, and rural community hospital mission.

Regional players

• North Oaks Health System: Regional health system based in Hammond, Louisiana that operates a community hospital plus physician clinics across Tangipahoa and surrounding parishes; competes with Riverside for outpatient, ED, and specialty referrals from the same general region of southeast Louisiana.
• Slidell Memorial Hospital: Community hospital in Slidell, Louisiana (across the parish border) providing acute care and outpatient services to a southeast Louisiana population that partially overlaps with Riverside's catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/rmchospital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/riverside-medical-center

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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