NEW ORLEANS – The Ochsner Health Network (OHN) recently announced new leadership positions. OHN is currently comprised of 6 partners including St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Lafayette General Health, CHRISTUS Health Louisiana, Terrebonne General Medical Center and Slidell Memorial Hospital that encompass 28 facilities across the state and ultimately serve the region.
David Carmouche, MD, has assumed the role as Senior Vice President and President of OHN. He is responsible for executive oversight and management for the rapidly growing, statewide network. Dr. Carmouche previously served as the Executive Vice President of External Operations and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana in Baton Rouge where he designed and deployed a physician-friendly, comprehensive primary care population health program and several commercial ACO contracts.
Thomas Groves joined Ochsner Health System as the Vice President of Network Development for OHN. Most recently, he served as Assistant Commissioner in the Division of Administration for the State of Louisiana, which includes directing multiple state agencies including, but not limited to, the state’s employee health plan, information technology, human resources, risk management, payroll and the Office of State Procurement.
Lisa Blume was named the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for OHN. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has held senior positions at provider-sponsored health plans, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Ochsner Health Plan, Inc., a managed care organization with over $700 million in annual revenues. In these roles, she directed all financial, treasury, analysis, underwriting, accounting, billing and enrollment functions.
Doug Ardoin, Jr., MD, currently serves as the System Medical Director for OHN. Dr. Ardoin is responsible for oversight of growth and management of OHN, including the development of Ochsner Physician Partners, population management, medical management and ambulatory quality for the network. Before joining Ochsner, Dr. Ardoin served as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for the Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System in Naples, Florida. Dr. Ardoin also previously served as Chief Medical Officer for the Hospital Corporation of America Delta and TriStar Divisions, and served in multiple executive functions at Houston’s Memorial Hermann Healthcare System including Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer, CEO of Memorial Hermann Northwest and Physician in Chief for the system.
Philip Oravetz, MD, is the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Medical Director at Ochsner. Dr. Oravetz provides physician leadership to the system’s Accountable Care Network, which is the largest integrated delivery system in southeast Louisiana. Dr. Oravetz also serves as lead in development of Ochsner’s Clinical Integration Network, Pursuit of Value initiative and integration of the system’s population risk management model.
Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 28 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 60 health centers. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” across six specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 99 countries worldwide each year. Ochsner employs more than 17,000 employees and over 1,000 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties, and conducts more than 1,000 clinical research studies.