Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital

Opened in 2003 in the heart of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital (LMCHH) is an acute care facility noted nationally for its excellence in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease as well as disease and injury affecting the spine. The currently 58-bed hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, and a 24-hour heart attack intervention center. It serves patients from Tangipahoa, Washington and St. Tammany Parishes in Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast counties.

Recognized on a national and state level for quality outcomes, among the significant awards

Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital has earned recently are: designated a UnitedHealth Premium cardiac specialty center, reflecting national recognition of the cardiac care it provides; 2006 Louisiana Hospital Quality Award, presented by Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc., the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Louisiana; Louisiana Health Care Review’s 2006 Gold Award as LHH’s achievement for the highest ranking among all hospitals in the state in Core Measures;  2007 HealthGrades Specialty Excellence Award™ in Cardiovascular Surgery; 2007 HealthGrades Top Overall Cardiac Surgery Program in Louisiana (Hospital Quality in America Study); Gannett News Services’ “5 Star” national ranking as well as top rated hospital in Louisiana for cardiac results; 2006 National Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association; the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) Annual Performance Achievement Award for both 2006 and 2007; and, MedCath’s 2006 Excellence In Quality Award.