Louisiana Gives Parish and Meridian Behavioral Health Services Control Of Hospital

Circle Connections: Mergers & Acquisitions As reported in The Advocate on December 5, 2012, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals and St. Tammany Parish officials signed a final three-way agreement Monday giving the parish the authority to manage all property at Southeast Louisiana Hospital in Mandeville and giving Meridian Behavioral Health Services, of Florida, 58 psychiatric beds to operate. A separate agreement between the parish and Meridian allows Meridian to operate the 58 beds - 42 youth and 16 adult - on the Southeast campus. In July, the announcement that the state would cease operations at the hospital known for . . .