Louisiana Voice

In an earlier post, Rock Bordelon, Allegiance Health Care CEO, was compared to Nero fiddling as Rome burned because he was off elk hunting in Colorado while his North Louisiana Medical Center was literally on life support.

It doesn’t appear that he has exerted much effort to dispel that image as the IRS has filed $15 in million personal federal tax liens against him even as he cavorts on the beaches in Florida.

The situation at North Louisiana Medical Center continues to deteriorate as inspectors made a second pass at the facility and found brand new deficiencies and have threatened the hospital anew with potential loss of its federal Medicare provider agreement which could in turn cost the facility its certification and license.

The 150-bed facility is said to be capable of caring for only about 10 patients because of a shortage of personnel and equipment, particularly a backup system for heart catheterizations. The report noted that despite the absence of a backup power source—the backup battery had been dead for months—the hospital had continued performing 10 to 15 heart catheterizations per week. A power failure during a procedure could conceivably be catastrophic.

While other tax liens were filed against Bordelon’s corporate entities, the latest lien, filed in the Bossier Parish Clerk of Court’s Office, claims federal liabilities of $14,999,161.15 against Bordelon personally, according to a story in THE LINCOLN PARISH HOURNAL, an online news source. The Journal’s story was written by Malcolm Butler.

Butler said that the IRS Trust Fund Recovery Penalty code allows penalties to be assessed against individuals the IRS determines were responsible for collecting, accounting for and remitting payroll taxes but who willfully fail to do so. (Failure to remit federal tax withholdings, by the way, could negatively impact employees’ income tax refunds: nothing submitted, nothing refunded. Not submitting FICA taxes could also result in smaller social security payments at retirement.)

Bordelon told The Journal there was nothing new in the filings and that his legal team has been working with the IRS for several months in seeking a resolution. He added that the liens were unrelated to any Lincoln Parish operations.

“The liens referenced are related to matters that have already been covered in multiple local news report,” he said. “The only difference is that these filings identify me personally in addition to the business. There is no new information contained in these filings.”

He said once the negotiation with IRS is complete, all balances will be resolved and liens satisfied.

Meanwhile, Bordelon continues on his seemingly worry-free 2026 tour as he goes from elk hunting in Colorado to the sandy beaches of Florida while his employees wonder about their next paychecks.

That’s Bordelon in back. The elk was shot in Colorado.