University Healthcare System, L.C.

What University Healthcare System, L.C. does

University Healthcare System, L.C., operating under the trade name LCMC Health, is a private, non-profit integrated healthcare system headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving the Louisiana Gulf South region. The system operates eight wholly-owned hospitals — East Jefferson General Hospital, Lakeside Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, Manning Family Children's (a pediatric hospital formerly Children's Hospital of New Orleans, rebranded in 2021), New Orleans East Hospital, Touro Infirmary (originating in 1834), University Medical Center New Orleans (a Level 1 trauma and academic medical center), and West Jefferson Medical Center — along with eight urgent care sites and a broad outpatient specialty network spanning Louisiana and into Mississippi.

LCMC Health's service portfolio spans the full acuity continuum: 24/7 emergency care, trauma, surgical services (including a regionally first single-port robotic lung surgery program using the da Vinci SP system at East Jefferson), oncology, cardiovascular care, the Neuroscience Institute, transplant services via the Tulane Transplant Institute at East Jefferson, bariatric/weight-loss, behavioral health, women's health, pediatrics, orthopedics, and primary care. Digital channels include a MyChart patient portal, telehealth/virtual care with remote chronic-condition monitoring, a free nurse hotline, machine-readable price-transparency files across all eight hospitals, and the LCMC Health FindHelp social-determinants platform. Academic partnership with Tulane University School of Medicine underpins faculty physicians across cardiothoracic surgery, urologic oncology, ENT, transplant, and other specialties.

The revenue model is fee-for-service hospital and ambulatory care billed through commercial insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and self-pay, with pay-as-you-go billing cadence and publicly disclosed standard charges. Go-to-market is regionally distributed through hospitals, outpatient specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and virtual care. Patient segments are horizontal across the general population, plus persona and use-case cohorts for pediatrics, maternal health, and behavioral health. Leadership is headed by CEO Greg Feirn and CMO Dr. John Heaton, with facility-level CEOs at New Orleans East Hospital (Dr. Takeisha Davis) and East Jefferson (Greg Nielsen), and a recently appointed COO (Stephen E. Robinson, Jr.) at University Medical Center New Orleans. No external ownership, private equity, or public listing is disclosed.

Name

University Healthcare System, L.C.

Legal name

LCMC Health

Website

https://tuhc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LCMC Health is a private, non-profit integrated healthcare system operating eight hospitals across the Greater New Orleans and Gulf South region, delivering acute, specialty, pediatric, behavioral, and ambulatory care via a Tulane University academic partnership and digital/ telehealth channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Revenue generated from hospital services, emergency care, surgical procedures, diagnostic services, and specialty care across eight hospital facilities and numerous outpatient locations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

University Healthcare System, L.C. (d/b/a LCMC Health) operates a regional, non-profit health system delivering acute, emergency, specialty, and primary care across eight hospitals and numerous outpatient and urgent care sites in the Greater New Orleans and Gulf South region. The system provides hospital-based services (emergency, surgical, trauma, transplant), specialty service lines (cancer, heart and vascular, neuroscience, behavioral health, women's health, pediatrics, orthopedics, weight loss, urology), and digital health tools (patient portal, virtual care, price transparency). Academic affiliation with Tulane University School of Medicine enables advanced surgical capabilities including single-port robotic lung cancer surgery.

Product overview

LCMC Health is a health system operating eight hospitals across the Greater New Orleans region, providing a comprehensive range of acute care, specialty, and preventive healthcare services. The system includes East Jefferson General Hospital, Lakeside Hospital, Lakeview Hospital, Manning Family Children's (pediatric hospital), New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center New Orleans, and West Jefferson Medical Center. The portfolio spans core hospital services (emergency, surgical, inpatient) supported by specialized institutes (Neuroscience Institute) and comprehensive service lines including cancer care, heart and vascular care, behavioral health, women's health, pediatrics, orthopedics, weight loss, and transplant services. Digital health offerings include patient portal access, virtual care/telehealth, and price transparency tools. The system serves as an academic medical center in partnership with Tulane University School of Medicine.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Manning Family Children's: Pediatric hospital and specialty care services formerly known as Children's Hospital of New Orleans
• da Vinci Single-Port Robotic Surgical System
• LCMC Health FindHelp
• LCMC Health Emergency Care Downtown

Products and services

• East Jefferson General Hospital Acute care hospital within the LCMC Health network providing emergency care, cardiac services, cancer care, and surgical services including the da Vinci Single-Port robotic surgical program.
• Lakeside Hospital Acute care hospital offering comprehensive medical and surgical services within the LCMC Health network.
• Lakeview Hospital Acute care hospital providing cardiac, orthopedic, and emergency services within the LCMC Health network.
• Manning Family Children's Pediatric hospital providing comprehensive pediatric care including emergency, specialty, and primary care services for infants, children, and adolescents across multiple Louisiana locations.
• New Orleans East Hospital Acute care hospital serving eastern New Orleans communities with emergency, behavioral health, and general medical services.
• Touro Acute care hospital offering comprehensive healthcare including maternity, cardiac, and surgical services.
• University Medical Center New Orleans Academic medical center and Level 1 trauma center providing specialized and complex medical care, trauma services, and transplant services through the Tulane Transplant Institute.
• West Jefferson Medical Center Acute care hospital serving western Jefferson Parish with emergency, cardiac, and orthopedic services.
• Emergency Care 24/7 emergency department services across all LCMC Health hospital locations providing emergency medical care, including system-wide obstetric emergency readiness recognized by the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative.
• Urgent Care Walk-in urgent care facilities providing non-emergency medical care with extended hours across Gretna, Kenner, Lakeview, Luling, Uptown, Clearview, Marrero, and Chalmette locations.
• Cancer Care Comprehensive oncology services including chemotherapy, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, and cancer clinical trials, including single-port robotic lung cancer surgery.
• Heart and Vascular Care Cardiovascular services including cardiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, and interventional procedures delivered across multiple LCMC Health locations.
• Neuroscience Institute at LCMC Health Specialized neurological care treating conditions including aneurysm, arteriovenous malformations, brain tumors, stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, and multiple sclerosis.
• Weight Loss Services Bariatric and metabolic surgery programs including gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band procedures with medical weight loss support.
• Behavioral Health Mental health and psychiatric services including inpatient, outpatient, and crisis care for adults and children, with a new inpatient unit under construction at New Orleans East Hospital.
• Women's Health Comprehensive women's healthcare including obstetrics, gynecology, maternal-fetal medicine, breast care, and urogynecology.
• Pediatrics Pediatric care including primary care, specialty care, pediatric emergency, and neonatal services delivered through Manning Family Children's and satellite clinics.
• Orthopedic Care Bone, joint, and muscle care including surgery, sports medicine, and rehabilitation.
• Virtual Care Telehealth and virtual care services enabling remote consultations, on-demand care, and remote monitoring for chronic conditions.
• Patient Portal Online patient portal (MyChart) for accessing medical records, scheduling appointments, and communicating with healthcare providers.
• Primary Care Family medicine and internal medicine services providing preventive care, chronic disease management, and general health services across LCMC Health locations.
• Transplant Services (Tulane Transplant Institute) Organ transplant services including kidney, liver, and other organ transplantation delivered through the Tulane Transplant Institute at East Jefferson General Hospital.
• Imaging Services Diagnostic imaging including MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine.
• Laboratory Services Clinical laboratory testing and pathology services for diagnostic purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most patients discharged within 24 hours following single-port robotic lung surgery compared to typical 2-4 days for traditional robotic surgeries

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Tulane University School of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Academic partnership for medical education, research, and advanced surgical procedures. Thoracic surgeon Dr. Wassim Abi Jaoude performs single-port robotic lung surgeries as assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Jorge Caso serves as chief of urologic oncology. Dr. Rizwan Aslam serves as otolaryngology chair. Partnership enables multidisciplinary, cutting-edge patient care across multiple surgical specialties.
• Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Quality improvement initiative working with healthcare facilities across Louisiana to continuously improve the quality of care and health outcomes for mothers and infants. LCMC Health participated in the Obstetric Readiness in Emergency Departments (ORED) Initiative to standardize readiness and response to obstetric emergencies.
• Louisiana Department of Health - Bureau of Family HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState health department body overseeing the Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative initiative to lessen Louisiana's pregnancy-associated mortality rates by standardizing readiness and response in healthcare facilities.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Universal Health Services: Operates acute care hospitals and behavioral health facilities nationwide; directly relevant because LCMC's behavioral health expansion at New Orleans East Hospital mirrors UHS's behavioral health growth strategy.
• Advocate Health: Recently merged large non-profit system combining Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health; directly comparable in operating an integrated multi-state academic-community network with overlapping service-line infrastructure.
• AdventHealth: Large non-profit multi-hospital system with comprehensive specialty service lines and academic-style care delivery; relevant peer because it demonstrates how regional non-profit systems scale specialty services and compete for complex cases.
• HCA Healthcare: Largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. with a portfolio of general acute care hospitals and specialty facilities; comparable as a scaled multi-hospital system with broad service-line delivery and academic/physician alignment strategies.
• Trinity Health: National Catholic non-profit system operating dozens of hospitals and continuing care sites; comparable in scale, non-profit governance, and reliance on regional academic affiliations to anchor specialty care.
• Tenet Healthcare: Multi-hospital operator with acute care and specialty hospital segments; comparable in operating an integrated network of hospitals and ambulatory sites across multiple regions with similar capital-intensive expansion dynamics.
• Ascension Health: Large non-profit Catholic health system with community hospitals and academic medical centers; comparable as a multi-state non-profit operator offering the same breadth of acute, specialty, and ambulatory services.
• CommonSpirit Health: Formed non-profit system operating 100+ hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory sites; comparable as a recently consolidated non-profit network navigating post-merger integration and academic partnership strategy.

Regional players

• Baylor Scott & White Health: Largest non-profit health system in Texas with an academic medical center and broad multi-hospital footprint; comparable as a regional non-profit flagship system competing in a single dominant market with an academic anchor.

Direct peers

• Ochsner Health: Largest competing health system in the Greater New Orleans and Gulf South market, operating a multi-hospital network with academic affiliations and similar service-line breadth, making it the most directly comparable peer to LCMC Health.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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