Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

DHS' administrative headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles
Agency overview
Formed1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Preceding agency
  • Los Angeles County Health Department
JurisdictionLos Angeles County
Headquarters313 N. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, California
34°03′36″N 118°15′00″W / 34.0599°N 118.25°W / 34.0599; -118.25
Employees22,085 (2016)[1]
Annual budgetUS$4,215,331,000 (2016)[2]
Agency executives
  • Dr. Christina Ghaly, MD, Medical Officer
  • Dr. Aries Limbaga, DNP, MBA, Deputy Director
  • Dr. Sylvia Martin, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, System Chief Nursing Officer
Child agencies
Websitedhs.lacounty.gov

Health Services Los Angeles County, officially the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, operates the public hospitals and clinics in Los Angeles County and is the United States' second largest municipal health system, after NYC Health + Hospitals.[3]

The department (sometimes abbreviated as DHS or LADHS) operates an extensive healthcare network made up of Los Angeles General Medical Center, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Olive View–UCLA Medical Center, Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, and numerous outpatient clinics, including two ambulatory care centers and 16 local health clinics. Health Services ran the free health care programs Healthy Way LA and My Health LA from 2007 until 2024, when eligibility and access to California's health care program, Medi-Cal, was expanded.[4] In Fiscal Year 2015–16, Health Services provided healthcare services to over 643,856 unique patients during 2,457,174 patient visits.[5] For Fiscal Year 2015–16, Health Services had an annual budget of US$3,832,724,000.[2] The County funds less than 15% (US$635,492,000) of Health Services' total annual budget.[2]

The department's administrative headquarters is located in Downtown Los Angeles's Civic Center, at the corner of Figueroa and Temple Streets. The department works with the County's two other health departments, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, in a cooperative healthcare integration effort.

  1. ^ "County of Los Angeles Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "County of Los Angeles 2015-16 Final Budget" (PDF). County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ^ "History". Department of Health Services. County of Los Angeles. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  4. ^ "My Health LA Program Key Demographics and Enrollment Summary" (PDF). Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF). 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)