Hospital · Long-term care hospital
Who owns Ochsner Specialty Hospital?
1314 19th Avenue · Meridian, MS · 39301
Overview
Beds49
Discharges63cost report 2024
Occupancy9%inpatient days ÷ bed days
Employees (FTE)22
Ochsner Specialty Hospital is a long-term care hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, operated by Rush Care, Inc.. Lauderdale County has 4 hospitals, 6 nursing homes and 3 urgent care centers.
Ownership
Ochsner Specialty Hospital is operated by Rush Care, Inc., part of Rush Health Systems.
- Operator
- Rush Care, Inc.
- Owner group
- Rush Health Systems
- Managed by
- Ochsner Health System · CMS ownership filing
- Ownership type
- Private Nonprofit
- Sources
- CMS record · 2026-10-26
- CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · 2026-10-25
- CMS record · 2024
- AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage) · 2023-12-31
Ownership history
Every dated change of operator and owner for Ochsner Specialty Hospital, with the source for each.
Full ownership tree of Rush Health Systems
Every entity between this facility and its ultimate owner, with ownership percentages and dates.
Finances
From the hospital's Medicare cost report, fiscal year ending 2024.
| Net patient revenue | $3.6M |
| Operating expenses | $7.2M |
| Net income | −$3.2M |
| Net income as a share of net patient revenue | -88.8% |
Payer mix by inpatient days (2024)
- Medicare 89.9%
- Commercial and other 10.1%
Location and market
- Address
- 1314 19th Avenue · Meridian, MS · 39301
- County
- Lauderdale County
- State
- Mississippi
Hospitals in the county4
Nursing homes6
Urgent care centers3
Nearby hospitals
| Name | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital | Meridian | 0.0 mi |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center | Meridian | 0.1 mi |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South | Meridian | 0.2 mi |
| Hill Hospital Of Sumter County | YORK | 24.9 mi |
| Ochsner Laird Hospital | UNION | 27.6 mi |
Sources and identifiers
- Operator: CMS record · CMS Hospital Enrollments and All Owners (PECOS): hospital ownership graph · AHRQ Compendium of U.S. Health Systems (hospital linkage)
- Finances and payer mix: CMS hospital cost reports (HCRIS), fiscal year 2024
- Ownership type and beds: CMS Provider of Services file
- Location: CMS and Census Bureau geography
- CMS certification number
- 252004
- NPI
- 1003873225
- Last confirmed
- 2026-10-23
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