River Place Behavioral Health

What River Place Behavioral Health does

River Place Behavioral Health is a 104-bed acute psychiatric hospital located at 500 Rue de Sante, LaPlace, Louisiana, operated as a joint venture (Ochsner-Acadia, LLC) between Ochsner Health and Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. The facility provides inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric care for adolescents and adults presenting with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, psychosis, personality disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and co-occurring substance use disorders, organized into three programs: Adolescent Inpatient, Adult Inpatient, and Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, ARNPs, internal medicine physicians, pharmacists, social workers, registered nurses, behavioral health technicians, recreational therapists, and a dietitian, supported by individualized treatment planning, daily therapeutic modalities (individual, group, family, experiential), and 24/7 walk-in admissions.

The hospital's technology stack consists of an electronic medical record (EMR) system, the integrated MyOchsner patient portal, participation in Health Information Exchanges including Surescripts for medication history, and a 21st Century Cures Act-compliant API for patient-directed record transmission. Marketing and patient acquisition rely on a mix of owned digital properties (website, blog, social channels), SEO/paid digital advertising, and a broad professional referral network spanning emergency rooms, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, employers, VA, and private practitioners.

Revenue is generated through per diem billing for inpatient mental health and detoxification services (gross charge $2,520/day, negotiated rates $737.63–$1,333/day) and intensive outpatient services (gross $210/day), with reimbursement drawn from Medicare, managed Medicare, managed Medicaid (six Louisiana plans), major commercial insurers (Aetna, Blue Cross, Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare), TriWest/Tricare, and the VA, supplemented by self-pay and charity care. The entity is privately held as a JV subsidiary of publicly traded Acadia Healthcare (NASDAQ: ACHC); the firmographic field of 1–10 employees reflects the LLC entity record rather than actual clinical headcount. No AI capabilities, funding rounds, M&A activity, or expansion beyond the single LaPlace campus are disclosed.

Name

River Place Behavioral Health

Legal name

River Place Behavioral Health Hospital

Website

https://riverplacebh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

River Place Behavioral Health is a 104-bed acute psychiatric hospital in LaPlace, Louisiana, operating as a joint venture between Ochsner Health and Acadia Healthcare. It provides adolescent inpatient, adult inpatient, and adult intensive outpatient care for a broad range of mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders in the greater New Orleans region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Psychiatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (623220), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals (HLAFAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitals & Units (HLAFACAB), Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers (HLAFACAC)

Keywords

• Acute psychiatric care
• Inpatient mental health
• Intensive outpatient program
• Behavioral health services
• Adolescent psychiatric care

Headquarters

HQ city

La Place

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Inpatient Mental Health Services (per diem): Per diem charges for inpatient mental health (Revenue Code 124) and detoxification (Revenue Code 126) stays. Gross charge of $2,520 per day; discounted cash/self-pay price of $650 per day; payer-negotiated per diem rates ranging from approximately $737 to $1,333 depending on insurer.
2. Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP): Per diem outpatient charges for the Intensive Outpatient Mental Health Program (Revenue Code 905). Gross charge of $210 per day; discounted cash/self-pay of $40 per day; negotiated per diem rates vary by payer between $40 and $80.33 (or $120–$241 for the multi-day course).
3. Insurance & Government Payer Reimbursement: Reimbursement from major commercial payers (Aetna, Blue Cross, Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare), managed Medicaid plans (Aetna Better Health, Amerihealth, Healthy Blue, Humana Healthy Horizons, LA Healthcare Connections, UHC Community Plan Bayou Health), managed Medicare plans (Optum UHC, Wellcare), traditional Medicare, TriWest/Tricare, and the VA. Some contracts use DRG-based methodology while others use per diem.
4. Self-Pay and Financial Assistance: Self-pay options with discounted cash pricing, payment plans, charity care policy, and financial assistance for uninsured or underinsured patients; estimates available via admissions specialists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

River Place Behavioral Health operates a 104-bed acute psychiatric hospital in LaPlace, Louisiana, providing inpatient mental health and addiction treatment for adolescents and adults. The facility delivers three core programs — Adolescent Inpatient, Adult Inpatient, and Adult Intensive Outpatient — supported by a multidisciplinary care team, 24/7 walk-in admissions, and integrated medication management with individual, group, family, and experiential therapies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adolescent Inpatient Program Inpatient acute psychiatric stabilization program for adolescents, providing 24/7 treatment in a specialized age-appropriate track. Addresses depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, self-harm, suicidal ideation, conduct disorder, aggression, and co-occurring substance use through medication management, individual, group, family, and experiential therapies.
• Adult Inpatient Program Inpatient acute psychiatric stabilization program for adults (18+), serving men and women with mood, personality, and psychotic disorders, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. Includes medical detoxification (Revenue Code 126) alongside mental health treatment. Delivered by a multidisciplinary care team.
• Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) Intensive outpatient mental health program (Revenue Code 905) for adults, providing structured multi-day treatment as a step-down or alternative to inpatient care. Delivered through individual, group, family, and experiential therapies with medication management support.
• Co-occurring Substance Use Disorder Treatment Integrated treatment for patients with a primary mental health diagnosis and co-occurring substance abuse. Addresses the risk of self-medication that worsens psychiatric symptoms by combining mental health and addiction treatment in a single episode of care.

Quantifiable outcome

• 104-bed acute psychiatric hospital capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Ochsner Health (Ochsner-Acadia, LLC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRiver Place operates as a joint venture between Ochsner and Acadia Healthcare under the legal entity Ochsner-Acadia, LLC (NPI 1962949958; Louisiana license 2203783610). The hospital uses the MyOchsner patient portal for patient access, and the partnership enables integrated care for the greater New Orleans area.
• Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcadia Healthcare is the parent/operating entity; River Place is an Acadia Healthcare affiliate subject to Acadia's Compliance Program, Code of Conduct, Chief Compliance Officer, and Compliance Ethics Hotline ((833) 854-7417). Acadia handles compliance and corporate oversight for the facility.
• The Joint CommissioncoreOthersHospital holds Joint Commission accreditation, indicating an active accreditation relationship with the national healthcare quality body. Joint Commission accreditation is prominently featured on the home page and disorder pages as a quality signal.
• Acadia CareersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCareers are routed through Acadia's centralized recruitment site (acadiacareers.com), which hosts the River Place Behavioral Health Hospital job listings for recruitment marketing and applicant tracking.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Acadia Healthcare Company: Parent operating company (NASDAQ: ACHC) and largest pure-play behavioral health provider in the U.S., operating a network of psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers. River Place is an Acadia-affiliated facility, making Acadia both its parent and its closest operating-model comparable.
• Universal Health Services: Large publicly traded hospital operator (NYSE: UHS) with a significant Behavioral Health Care division operating acute psychiatric hospitals and residential facilities across the U.S. Directly comparable business model: inpatient psychiatric hospitals with multi-state scale.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest U.S. for-profit hospital operator (NYSE: HCA) with psychiatric service lines across many of its acute care hospitals. Broad incumbent with overlapping inpatient psychiatric capability, though behavioral health is not its primary focus.

Regional players

• Ochsner Health: Major Louisiana-based nonprofit health system and 50/50 JV partner with Acadia in River Place. Operates the broader Ochsner network across Louisiana and Mississippi, including the MyOchsner patient portal that River Place uses; a regional comparable and ecosystem partner.

Emerging players

• BrightView Health: Outpatient-focused addiction and mental health provider with locations across multiple states. Comparable in treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, but focused on outpatient/medication-assisted treatment rather than inpatient psychiatric care.
• Centria Healthcare: Provides behavioral health services including autism, mental health, and substance use treatment with both center-based and in-home delivery. Partial overlap with River Place's mental health and co-occurring disorders treatment scope, but different delivery model.

Direct peers

• Pyramid Healthcare: Operates inpatient psychiatric hospitals, detox, and intensive outpatient programs across Pennsylvania and other states. Comparable mix of inpatient mental health, detox, and adolescent/adult treatment tracks under a single operator.
• Strategic Behavioral Health: Operates acute psychiatric and behavioral health hospitals serving children, adolescents, and adults — directly overlapping River Place's adolescent/adult inpatient and crisis stabilization services with similar per-diem reimbursement model.
• Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: Nonprofit provider of behavioral health services with significant inpatient and residential psychiatric programs, including a strong adolescent specialty track directly comparable to River Place's Adolescent Inpatient Program.
• Haven Behavioral Healthcare: Operates acute psychiatric hospitals similar in scope and scale to River Place, serving adult and geriatric populations across multiple states. Closest direct peer in terms of facility size, inpatient psychiatric focus, and per-diem reimbursement model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RiverPlaceHospital
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/riverplacebehavioralhealth

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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