The General Reimbursement & Financial Overview
The General is a non-profit, short-term acute care hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, providing inpatient and outpatient care across medical-surgical, emergency medicine, orthopedics, and cardiology services. As a community-focused regional hospital, it serves Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes, offering patients access to comprehensive clinical services, specialized care programs, and affiliated system resources typical of a community acute care provider.
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CMS Facility Identification & Reporting Details
CMS facility data for The General includes hospital classification, ownership, location, CMS Certification Number (CCN), and Medicare cost reporting period.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Address | 3600 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 |
| County | — |
| CBSA | 12940 |
| Rural / Urban | U |
| CMS Certification Number (CCN) | 190316 |
| Facility Type | Short-Term Acute Care Hospital |
| Ownership | Non-Profit |
| Fiscal Year | Oct 2022 – Sep 2023 |
The General Financial Performance & Hospital Financial Data
The General’s financial performance provides insight into the hospital’s financial stability, operating efficiency, cost pressures, and capacity to sustain patient care and invest in future growth. These metrics help finance, revenue cycle, and managed care teams evaluate performance, identify financial trends, and better understand the hospital’s overall financial position.
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| Account | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total Current Assets | $200M |
| Total Assets | $500M |
| Total Current Liabilities | $42M |
| Total Liabilities | $160M |
| Total Equity (Fund Balance) | $330M |
| Current Ratio | 4.8 |
| Debt-to-Equity | 0.49 |
The General Medicare, Medicaid & Payer Mix
The General’s Medicare, Medicaid, payer mix, and community benefit data provide insight into reimbursement exposure, patient coverage trends, uncompensated care, and reliance on government and commercial payers. These metrics help assess payer composition, reimbursement dynamics, financial risk, and the hospital’s overall revenue profile.
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| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Charity Care Cost | $1M |
| Bad Debt Expense | $3.5M |
| Uncompensated Care Cost | $2.6M |
| Total Unreimbursed & Uncompensated | $4.6M |
The General Taxonomy
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| Code | Type |
|---|---|
| 282N00000X [PRIMARY] | General Acute Care Hospital |
| 207P00000X | Emergency Medicine Physician |
| 273R00000X | Psychiatric Hospital Unit |
The General NPI Registration & Network
Explore NPI affiliations associated with The General, including connected healthcare organizations, individual practitioners, specialties, and provider network relationships. A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit ID assigned by CMS to healthcare providers. Type 1 NPIs identify individual practitioners, while Type 2 NPIs identify organizations such as hospitals, clinics, and group practices.
Registration Details
NPI registration data for The General includes the hospital’s National Provider Identifier, registered business name, mailing address, authorized official, and registration date.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| NPI | 1619504016 |
| Doing Business As | The General |
| Mailing Address | 8585 Picardy Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70809-3748 |
| Phone | (225) 387-7767 |
| Authorized Official | KENDALL JOHNSON, CFO |
| Authorized Official Phone | (225) 237-1645 |
| NPI Registered Since | Mar 25, 2020 |
NPI Network
Organizations and individual practitioners affiliated with The General's Tax Identification Number (TIN), as registered in the NPPES database.
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| NPI Type 2 | Organization | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1679096416 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1982155867 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1952642878 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL PHYSICIANS INC. | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1063784007 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1184648651 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1215199724 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1407346984 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1285887844 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1184750192 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1811023823 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1073649083 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1376881524 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| 1962537407 | BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER | BATON ROUGE | LA |
| Type 1 NPIs | States Spanned |
|---|---|
| 242 | 19 |
Also Known As
Alternate names registered for this facility's NPI in the NPPES registry — trade names (doing business as), former legal names, and other names.
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| The General | Doing Business As |
Frequently Asked Questions
References
- 1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
- 2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
- 3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.
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