Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, LA

Infections, complications and deaths

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · compared with hospitals nationwide

Other complications

None of the other safety indicators CMS compares was statistically better or worse than national.

"Better" or "worse" means CMS found the difference from the national benchmark statistically significant; most hospitals are "no different". Infection results compare the infections a hospital reported with the number predicted for a hospital of its size and type (a ratio below 1 means fewer than predicted). Death and complication rates are risk-adjusted for how sick patients were. Each death rate counts deaths within 30 days of a hospital stay, pooled over one to three years of Medicare patients depending on the measure. About the data.

Timely and effective care

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026

CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.

Medicare spending and payment programs

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.

Size and finances

Medicare cost report · covers Jul 16, 2024 – Jan 31, 2025 (200 days, part of a year)

As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Louisiana hospital finances.

Who owns Alexandria Hospital

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Alexandria Hospital LLC, a for-profit organization, incorporated 2019.

23 doctors and other clinicians list Alexandria Hospital as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Alexandria Hospital

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Rapides are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 16.

Mental health: Parts of Rapides are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 19.

Dental: Parts of Rapides are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 14.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Louisiana earn a median $80,230 a year. Healthcare salaries in Louisiana.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Louisiana shortage areas