Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Natchitoches
Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Natchitoches is a Medicare-certified long-term acute care hospital in Natchitoches, LA, certified since 2002.
Address501 Keyser Ave 4th Floor, Natchitoches, LA 71457
Phone(318) 354-2044
OwnershipFor-profit
Beds20
Medicare certifiedMarch 2002
CountyNatchitoches
CMS Certification Number192035
Long-term acute care quality
CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program, data through December 2025
Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Natchitoches reports long-term acute care quality results to Medicare. Returned home or to the community: 21% here, against 15% nationally. Where CMS compares facilities statistically, this one is no different from the national rate.
Results
Returned home or to the community
Medicare patients who went home (or to another community setting) and stayed out of hospitals and nursing homes for at least 31 days. Risk-standardized; CMS compares it with the national rate. Based on 45 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
21%
U.S. 15%
Same as national
Preventable readmissions after discharge
Medicare patients readmitted to a hospital within 30 days of leaving, for problems that good care could have prevented (risk-standardized). Based on 45 patients. Oct 2023 – Sep 2025.
20%
U.S. 22%
Same as national
Met their expected function at discharge
Patients who were at or above the expected ability to care for themselves and move around when they left. Based on 41 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
66%
U.S. 48%
Safety
Falls with major injury
Patients who had one or more falls with a major injury during their stay. Based on 49 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
0%
U.S. 0.1%
New or worsened pressure ulcers
Patients with pressure ulcers or injuries that were new or got worse during the stay (risk-adjusted). Based on 47 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
2.8%
U.S. 2.3%
C. diff infections
Standardized infection ratio for Clostridioides difficile infections. Below 1 means fewer than predicted. Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
0.00
U.S. 0.24
Medications reviewed
Patients whose medicines were reviewed, with follow-up when a problem was found. Based on 49 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
90%
U.S. 96%
Medication list sent to next provider
Patients whose current medication list went to their next care provider. Based on 28 patients. Jan 2025 – Dec 2025.
100%
U.S. 83%
Staff flu vaccination
Health care staff who got a flu shot for the season. Based on 78 patients. Oct 2024 – Mar 2025.
96%
U.S. 69%
Staff up to date on COVID-19 vaccines
Health care staff who were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines. Based on 90 patients. Oct 2025 – Dec 2025.
7.8%
U.S. 4.6%
Patients up to date on COVID-19 vaccines
Patients who were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines at discharge. Based on 49 patients. Oct 2025 – Dec 2025.
0%
U.S. 12%
Cost
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending for a long-term acute care stay and the 30 days after, compared with the national median facility (1.00). Below 1 means less spending. Based on 75 patients. Oct 2022 – Sep 2024.
1.05
U.S. 1.00
Source: CMS Long-term acute care Quality Reporting Program (Provider Data Catalog). Better/worse labels appear only where CMS itself compared the facility with the national rate; other figures are shown next to the national figure for context.
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Source: CMS Long-Term Care Hospital general information (azum-44iv) and quality measures (fp6g-2gsn). August 2026 release. This site is not affiliated with Louisiana Extended Care Hospital of Natchitoches or with CMS. Report a problem with this page.