OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

What OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL does

Oakdale Community Hospital is an independent, private community hospital founded in 1948 and headquartered at 130 North Hospital Drive, Oakdale, Louisiana (Allen Parish), with approximately 87 employees. It operates a multi-site rural health network across central Louisiana, including the main acute-care campus, Family Health Clinics in Oakdale and Elizabeth (licensed Rural Health Clinics), and Freedom Behavioral of Ville Platte, which houses a specialized Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit and short-term rehabilitation/skilled nursing services.

The hospital runs a traditional community-hospital service portfolio: 24/7 emergency care, clinical laboratory, advanced imaging (digital mammography, CT, MRI), nuclear medicine, cardiology, outpatient surgery, pulmonary/respiratory care (ranked top 10% nationally and #1 in Louisiana), nutritional services, women's health, cancer management, pediatrics, dental, and physical therapy. Its primary technology footprint is conventional; the only disclosed digital capability is a third-party price-transparency tool delivered via Medhost's YourCare Everywhere platform. There are no proprietary software products, APIs, or AI/ML capabilities described.

Commercially, the hospital functions on a fee-for-service / transaction-fee revenue model, collecting payment from patients, commercial insurers, and government healthcare programs (Medicare/Medicaid) via its RHC and acute-care operations. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer through physical facilities, with secondary channels including physician referrals, a hospital website, monthly email newsletter, and community health-education outreach. The customer base consists of local residents of Allen Parish and adjacent parishes (Evangeline) seeking primary, specialty, emergency, behavioral health, and post-acute care — a geographically concentrated rural population with limited alternative providers.

Name

OAKDALE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

Legal name

Oakdale Community Hospital

Website

https://oakdalecommunityhospital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Oakdale Community Hospital is an independent, private community hospital founded in 1948 in Oakdale, Louisiana, with 87 employees serving rural central Louisiana residents through a main acute-care campus, two Rural Health Clinics, and a behavioral health unit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: The hospital generates revenue through providing medical services to patients including emergency care, acute care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, surgery, and outpatient therapy. Revenue is collected via patient payments, insurance reimbursements, and government healthcare programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Oakdale Community Hospital is a community hospital that provides emergency, acute, and specialty healthcare services directly to patients in Oakdale, Louisiana and surrounding rural communities. Its offerings span a 24-hour emergency room, clinical laboratory, diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI, digital mammography), cardiology, outpatient surgery, pulmonary/respiratory care, cancer management, women's services, nutritional counseling, pediatric and dental care, physical therapy, and post-acute skilled nursing and rehabilitation. Care is delivered at the main Oakdale campus, two licensed Family Health Clinics in Oakdale and Elizabeth, and the Freedom Behavioral facility in Ville Platte.

Product overview

Oakdale Community Hospital operates as a community healthcare provider offering a comprehensive range of acute care, emergency, and therapy services. The hospital provides a unified continuum of healthcare services including Emergency Room, Laboratory, Imaging (CT/MRI/Digital Mammography), Cardiology, Surgery, Respiratory/Pulmonary, Nutritional, Women's Services, Cancer Management, and Family Health Clinics (Rural Health Clinics). Additional specialized services include Freedom Behavioral (Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit), Pediatric Services, Dental Services, and Physical Therapy. Short-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing services support patients recovering after hospital stays. The hospital operates multiple locations including its main campus in Oakdale, Louisiana, Family Health Clinics in Oakdale and Elizabeth, and Freedom Behavioral in Ville Platte.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Room Services
• Laboratory Services
• Imaging Services
• Cardiology Services
• Surgery Services
• Respiratory/Pulmonary Services
• Nutritional Services
• Women's Services
• Cancer Management
• Family Health Clinics
• Freedom Behavioral
• Short-term Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing

Quantifiable outcome

• Ranked top 10% in the nation and #1 in the state for pulmonary care
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Universal Health Services: Public operator of acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities nationwide, including community-format hospitals. Comparable mix of acute care plus behavioral health, though UHS operates at much larger scale and in more markets than Oakdale.
• Tenet Healthcare: Public hospital operator with a portfolio that includes community-format acute care hospitals and USPI ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable to Oakdale's general acute-care community hospital positioning, though Tenet operates at materially larger scale across diverse markets.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest public hospital operator in the U.S., with significant community and regional hospital presence in Louisiana and across the South. Comparable general acute care and emergency services, though operating at vastly larger scale and with more extensive specialty depth than Oakdale.

Direct peers

• Community Health Systems: Public hospital operator with a portfolio heavily weighted toward rural and non-urban community hospitals, including several in Louisiana. Directly comparable business model: small-format acute-care community hospitals serving underserved markets.
• Acadia Healthcare: Public operator of behavioral healthcare facilities with a strong geriatric and acute psychiatric treatment focus. Directly comparable to Oakdale's Freedom Behavioral / Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit, both addressing the shortage of behavioral health capacity in underserved markets.
• LifePoint Health: Operates a national network of community hospitals, rural hospitals, and associated healthcare services with a regional/niche operating model. Directly comparable to Oakdale as a rural community hospital operator with multi-site footprints and a focus on non-urban markets.
• Encompass Health: Public operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and home health services, directly comparable to Oakdale's short-term rehabilitation and skilled nursing service line and its broader post-acute care positioning.
• LHC Group: Public (now part of Optum) provider of home health, hospice, and community-based healthcare services with a strong rural footprint. Directly comparable to Oakdale's rural primary care and post-acute orientation, often serving as adjacent or partner services to community hospitals.
• Ardent Health Partners: Operates acute-care hospitals, including community and regional facilities, with a comparable mix of emergency, specialty, and outpatient services. Public since 2024 and competes for the same patient populations as community hospitals in the South.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oakdale-community-hospital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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