Welcome to the State of California

Health Care Services

  • California Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine - California Department of Consumer Affairs
  • California Department of Health Care Services
  • California Department of Public Health
  • California Healthcare Atlas - Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
    An interactive, Internet GIS mapping application that enables users to find and get information about hospitals and healthcare facilities, including patient, financial, facility, and geographic data.
  • Health & Nutrition - USA.gov
    Medical, health care, insurance, diet, food stamps, fitness, public health, prescription drugs.
  • Health Care Professionals
    • Medical Doctors Licensing - Medical Board Of California
      The Medical Board licenses medical doctors, investigates complaints, and disciplines those who violate the law.
    • Registered Nurses Licensing - California Board of Registered Nursing
      Link to the California Board of Registered Nursing, which licenses registered nurses and handles consumer complaints against nurses. Read the requirements for nurses.
  • Health Insurance
  • Hospitals - Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
    Locate hospitals, long-term care, specialty clinics, and other facilities.
  • Low Cost Health Programs - WeConnect.net
  • Managed Health Care - California Department of Managed Health Care
    The Department of Managed Health works to ensure high quality health care and its HMO Help Center can help resolve problems you have with your health plan, including issues about medical care, prescriptions, preventive testing, and mental health services.
  • Medical Assistance Commission - California Department of Health Services
    Learn about the California Medical Assistance Commission, which is responsible for negotiating contracts with managed care plans and hospitals, on behalf of the California Department of Health Services for specific services, under the Medi-Cal program in California.
  • Medi-Cal Provider - California Department of Health Services
    This site provides access to provider bulletins, manuals, regulations and forms for enrolling in the Medi-Cal program. A variety of transactions can also be performed through this site including: Recipient Eligibility, Computer Media Claims (CMC) Uploads, Checkwrite Information and much more.
  • Need to Apply for Medi-Cal - California Department of Health Care Services
    This is a public health insurance program which provides needed health care services for low-income individuals including families with children, seniors, persons with disabilities, foster care, pregnant women, and people with specific diseases such as tuberculosis, breast cancer or HIV/AIDS.
  • Office of the Patient Advocate
    Designed for consumers to learn how to use their health plan in California.  This site teaches consumers about their rights and answers many questions consumers have about their health care. Order free materials and view the interactive health care quality report card to see how your health plan rates in meeting national standards of care and how their patients rate them.

  • Organ and Tissue Registry - Donate Life California
    This site allows you to sign up online to be an organ and tissue donor in California. Your organ donation could save the lives of eight people, and your tissue donation enhance the lives of another 50 people.
  • Publications - California Department of Health Care Services
    View publications for the Department of Health Care Services.
  • Publications Finder - California Department of Health Care Services
    Find information on a number of health-related topics. This website is designed to help you access many of the excellent publications produced by the California Department of Health Care Services in both print and electronic formats.
  • Services for Californians with Disabilities
  • Services for Seniors
  • Services for Veterans
  • U.S. Social Security Administration