SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Regional Urology and Ochsner LSU Well being are becoming a member of forces to develop companies and sources in a merger they are saying they’ve been engaged on for about 9 months.

“We need to see enhancements on the well being take care of our neighborhood; we need to see enhancements in urology care; we need to see extra analysis; need to educate extra people extra suppliers within the urology house,” says Steve Randall, the Chief Working Officer at Ochsner LSU.

Randall says each amenities can present extra sources with no change in price for sufferers.

“We’re each in the identical at the moment as suppliers in the identical networks, so there needs to be no distinction there,” Randall stated.

Though price can fluctuate from individual to individual, Randall stated the primary objective of the merge is to get sufferers extra well timed care and remedy.

“There’s no purpose for price ought to go up for any of our sufferers.”

The merger can even assist Regional Urology get monetary savings by utilizing sources from Ochsner LSU.

“For greater than 20 years, we have now served sufferers on this area with high-level specialty care, and we’re excited to be partnering with an organization that embraces the identical ideas in superior care, innovation, and analysis whereas offering our sufferers with entry to extra and totally different medical specialties,” stated Regional Urology companion and board member, Dr. Kevin Cline.

Randall says as a result of suppliers and workers at Regional Urology are from Northwest Louisiana, that might doubtlessly enhance extra visitors.

“They’ve an curiosity for bettering the care for his or her neighbors and their households as properly. I  suppose collectively, we can make features in urology care in north Louisiana we couldn’t do individually.”

Physicians and suppliers at Regional Urology will proceed companies at its current places on Bert Kouns Industrial Loop in Shreveport and clinics in Natchitoches and West Monroe.