MEDIA RELEASE: LA Health Services Earns 24 NACo Awards Amid Ongoing Budget Challenges

LA Health Services Earns 24 NACo Awards Amid Ongoing
Budget Challenges

LA Health Services is proud to share that we have been recognized with 24 National Association of Counties (NACo) awards. These annual awards honor government programs across the country that demonstrate innovation, leadership, and meaningful impact. 

This recognition is especially significant as it comes during a period of serious budget constraints for our integrated healthcare system. Despite these challenges, our teams continue to deliver exceptional, forward-thinking work that strengthens our ability to care for the patients and communities we serve. 

This accomplishment reflects our deep commitment to innovation, compassion, and excellence—values that drive our mission to advance the health of our patients and communities through extraordinary care. 

The 2026 Los Angeles County Health Services honorees are: 

• AMBITION for Cryptococcal Meningitis in Patients with HIV 

• Automated Multilingual Patient Outreach to Eliminate the Follow-Up Appointment Backlog 

• Advancing Language Access and Workforce Development at LA County Health Services 

• County-Wide Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Expanding Plant-Based Food Options at County Venues 

• Expediting Urgent Orthopedic Care in Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 

• Fixing Dialysis Access Before It Fails 

• GAPP (Gassing Awareness Prevention Program) 

• Improving access to Rheumatology care at Olive View–UCLA Medical Center 

• Improving Timeliness of Processing Health Care Grievances in Men's Central Jail 

• Inpatient Bed Utilization Forecasting at LA Health Services Using Ensemble Machine Learning and Data Science Models 

• Integrated Kidney Care across LA Health Services 

• Interdisciplinary Creation of a High-Value Neonatal Outpatient Circumcision Service 

• LA Health Services Social Care Integration 

• LA Health Services Portal Primary Care Message Response - Shared Service Model 

• LA General Medical Center Hemodialysis Flex Pathway 

• Olive View–UCLA Medical Center's Daily Huddle System 

• Olive View–UCLA Medical Center IR Inventory Pilot: Real-Time Tracking & Optimization 

• Preventing Silicosis Among Workers in the Engineered Stone Fabrication Industry 

• Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center Inpatient Hemodialysis Program 

• Reaching the 95% (R95) 

• Rewriting LA County's Story 

• Save Our Safety Net (SOS) Efficiency Strategy 

• Skid Row Care Campus 

• Systems Navigation Services: Advancing the Holistic Wellbeing of Our Community