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Business View Magazine
Central Control, LLC
The recognized provider of choice in louisiana’s healthcare markets
Central Control is not the name of a government agency,
a fictional, undercover spy ring, or a new, start-up tech-
nology firm - although the use of modern technology is
something at which this company does excel. Central
Control, also known as CCI, is actually in the business
of healthcare management. It is a multifarious firm
that operates several nursing homes and various other
healthcare-affiliated companies throughout the state of
Louisiana. The CCI in its name stands for Compassion,
Caring, and Integrity - and it is those values, above all oth-
ers - that have helped propel Central Control to a position
of leadership in the field of long-term and rehabilitative
care of the elderly and infirm.
CCI was founded in 1978 by Louis and Jerrine Harrell.
According to Lannie Richardson, the company’s current
Chief Executive Officer, the couple had some friends in
Alexandria, LA, who were operating boarding houses for
the elderly, and Louis Harrell was intrigued. “He was in-
spired by the opportunity that this was a business that
needed somebody to take state-wide,” Richardson re-
lates. “To provide quality living for the elderly population.
