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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]
L.A. Care is governed by a 13-member stakeholder Board of Governors representing consumers, community clinics, physicians, hospitals, federally-qualified health centers, children's health care providers, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Two of the seats are held by consumers who are elected by L.A. Care enrollees.
On October 6, 2015, the Board adopted an ordinance to create the Health Agency, effective November 5, 2015. [23] The proposal was criticized by community advocates, providers, and labor unions, who have argued that physical health services would be prioritized above mental and public health services, and potential conflicts of interest.
Los Angeles General Medical Center (also known as LA General and formerly known as Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, County/USC, County General or by the abbreviation LAC+USC) is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located at 2051 Marengo Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States.
A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The NPI has replaced the Unique Physician Identification Number (UPIN) as the required identifier for Medicare services, and is used by other payers ...
UCLA Health is the public healthcare system affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, located in Los Angeles, California. It comprises a number of hospitals, UCLA School of Medicine , and an extensive primary care network in the Los Angeles region.
In U.S. health insurance, a preferred provider organization (PPO), sometimes referred to as a participating provider organization or preferred provider option, is a managed care organization of medical doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers who have agreed with an insurer or a third-party administrator to provide health care at ...
My Health LA (abbreviated MHLA) was a no-cost health care program of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, designed to benefit between 400,000 and 700,000 Los Angeles County residents who were ineligible for Medi-Cal at the time, most of those being undocumented immigrants.