LA County Hospital Records & Malpractice Deadlines

This page lists the 88 general acute care hospitals licensed in Los Angeles County with their public records from the California Department of Public Health and Medicare. From 2023 through 2026 the state logged 8,112 complaints and facility-reported incidents for these hospitals, 807 of them substantiated with deficiencies, and 25 state penalties. Each hospital’s page shows its records and which claim deadline applies, which depends on who runs the hospital.

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Hospitals

Hospital	City	Run by	Medicare stars	Complaints and incidents 2023-2026	Substantiated with deficiencies	State penalties
Adventist Health Glendale	Glendale	Private	4	0	0	0
Adventist Health White Memorial	Los Angeles	Private	3	335	39	0
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello	Montebello	Private	3	0	0	0
Alhambra Hospital Medical Center	Alhambra	Private	4	0	0	0
Antelope Valley Medical Center	Lancaster	Public health care district	1	0	0	0
Barlow Respiratory Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	–	0	0	0
California Hospital Medical Center	Los Angeles	Private	2	97	16	1
California Rehabilitation Institute	Los Angeles	Private	–	0	0	0
Casa Colina Hospital	Pomona	Private	–	0	0	0
Catalina Island Health	Avalon	Private	–	0	0	0
Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital	Marina Del Rey	Private	4	0	0	0
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Los Angeles	Private	5	71	6	0
Centinela Hospital Medical Center	Inglewood	Private	2	0	0	0
Children's Hospital Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Private	–	0	0	0
City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital	Duarte	Private	–	0	0	0
Coast Plaza Hospital	Norwalk	Private	1	0	0	0
College Medical Center	Long Beach	Private	3	174	29	1
Community Hospital of Huntington Park	Huntington Park	Private	1	0	0	0
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	1	0	0	0
Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital	Glendora	Private	3	0	0	0
Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital	Covina	Private	1	305	33	0
Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital	West Covina	Private	1	0	0	0
Encino Hospital Medical Center	Encino	Private	3	0	0	0
Garfield Medical Center	Monterey Park	Private	1	0	0	0
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center	Glendale	Private	4	111	12	1
Greater El Monte Community Hospital	South El Monte	Private	2	13	4	0
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center	Torrance	Los Angeles County	1	217	66	3
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital	Valencia	Private	2	150	11	1
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center	Los Angeles	Private	3	294	47	3
Huntington Hospital	Pasadena	Private	–	0	0	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Baldwin Park	Baldwin Park	Kaiser Foundation	3	147	17	1
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Downey	Downey	Kaiser Foundation	4	186	28	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Kaiser Foundation	5	233	21	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Panorama City	Panorama City	Kaiser Foundation	4	0	0	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – South Bay	Harbor City	Kaiser Foundation	3	118	4	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – West Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Kaiser Foundation	3	151	10	0
Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Woodland Hills	Woodland Hills	Kaiser Foundation	4	125	12	0
Keck Hospital of USC	Los Angeles	Private	5	255	28	1
Kindred Hospital – Los Angeles	Los Angeles	Private	–	144	11	1
Kindred Hospital – San Gabriel Valley	West Covina	Private	–	0	0	0
Kindred Hospital Baldwin Park	Baldwin Park	Private	–	67	8	0
Kindred Hospital Paramount	Paramount	Private	–	0	0	0
Kindred Hospital South Bay	Gardena	Private	–	0	0	0
L.A. Downtown Medical Center	Los Angeles	Private	3	0	0	0
Los Angeles Community Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	3	133	10	0
Los Angeles General Medical Center	Los Angeles	Los Angeles County	2	340	88	3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	4	94	27	1
Memorial Hospital of Gardena	Gardena	Private	1	137	5	0
MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center	Long Beach	Private	2	142	6	1
MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach	Long Beach	Private	–	34	1	0
Mission Community Hospital	Panorama City	Private	3	0	0	0
Monrovia Memorial Hospital	Monrovia	Private	–	19	1	0
Monterey Park Hospital	Monterey Park	Private	2	30	3	0
Northridge Hospital Medical Center	Northridge	Private	4	156	7	0
Norwalk Community Hospital	Norwalk	Private	–	47	3	0
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center	Sylmar	Los Angeles County	2	95	31	1
PIH Health Downey Hospital	Downey	Private	4	0	0	0
PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	2	149	5	0
PIH Health Whittier Hospital	Whittier	Private	4	139	3	0
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley	Sun Valley	Private	–	114	13	1
Palmdale Regional Medical Center	Palmdale	Private	3	211	6	0
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center	Pomona	Private	3	147	12	0
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center	Tarzana	Private	3	140	14	0
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center	Mission Hills	Private	4	107	14	0
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro	San Pedro	Private	4	80	0	0
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance	Torrance	Private	5	101	7	0
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center	Burbank	Private	3	338	15	2
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center	Downey	Los Angeles County	3	49	5	0
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center	Los Angeles	University of California Regents	4	418	13	0
Saint John's Health Center	Santa Monica	Private	4	90	7	0
San Dimas Community Hospital	San Dimas	Private	2	115	14	0
San Gabriel Valley Medical Center	San Gabriel	Private	4	0	0	0
Sherman Oaks Hospital	Sherman Oaks	Private	2	89	9	0
Southern California Hospital at Culver City	Culver City	Private	3	0	0	0
Southern California Hospital at Hollywood	Los Angeles	Private	3	275	10	0
St. Francis Medical Center	Lynwood	Private	3	230	16	1
St. Mary Medical Center	Long Beach	Private	5	111	7	0
Torrance Memorial Medical Center	Torrance	Private	5	128	2	0
UCI Health – Lakewood	Lakewood	University of California Regents	4	0	0	0
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital	Santa Monica	University of California Regents	5	0	0	0
UCLA West Valley Medical Center	West Hills	Private	2	0	0	0
USC Arcadia Hospital	Arcadia	Private	3	218	11	0
USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital	Los Angeles	Private	–	38	2	0
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital	Glendale	Private	4	82	5	0
Valley Presbyterian Hospital	Van Nuys	Private	1	178	14	2
Vista Specialty Hospital of LA Mirada	LA Mirada	Private	–	93	14	0
West Covina Medical Center	West Covina	Private	3	2	0	0
Whittier Hospital Medical Center	Whittier	Private	4	50	5	0

How to read these records

Complaint and incident counts come from the California Department of Public Health’s Cal Health Find database. A bigger hospital usually has more complaints simply because it treats more patients, so compare the share that was substantiated with deficiencies, not only the total. Star ratings and infection results come from Medicare Care Compare (Medicare infection data; Medicare timely and effective care data). These records show what regulators found; whether a patient’s own care was negligent depends on that patient’s records and on medical testimony about the standard of care.

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Which deadline applies depends on who runs the hospital

Los Angeles County hospitals (Los Angeles General, Harbor-UCLA, Olive View-UCLA, Rancho Los Amigos) and health care district hospitals: a written government claim is generally due within six months of the injury (Government Code 911.2). See claims against county hospitals.
UCLA hospitals and other hospitals run by the Regents of the University of California: the six-month claim does not apply (Government Code 905.6); the regular malpractice deadline does.
Kaiser Foundation hospitals: Kaiser members’ claims generally go to binding arbitration. See how to file a Kaiser arbitration demand.
Private hospitals: generally one year from discovering the injury or three years from the injury, whichever comes first (Code of Civil Procedure 340.5), with 90 days’ notice before a lawsuit (Code of Civil Procedure 364). See malpractice deadlines in California.

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Common questions

Which Los Angeles hospitals have the most complaints?

The table above lists each hospital’s complaint and incident count for 2023 through 2026 from the state’s Cal Health Find database. Larger hospitals see more patients, so the number substantiated with deficiencies is a better comparison than the total.

Can I sue a county hospital in Los Angeles?

Yes, but a written government claim generally must be presented to the county within six months of the injury before a lawsuit, with a late-claim application possible up to one year after the injury.

Do I need to file a government claim against UCLA?

No. The Government Claims Act’s claim rules do not apply to the Regents of the University of California, which runs UCLA’s hospitals. The regular malpractice deadline applies. Harbor-UCLA and Olive View-UCLA are county hospitals, so the six-month claim does apply to them.

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Important: This page is general information about California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Deadlines and damage limits depend on the facts of each case; talk to a lawyer about yours. MICRA amounts are for judgments, awards and settlements in 2026. Last reviewed: November 5, 2026.

Los Angeles County hospital records: complaints, inspections and Medicare ratings