California Licensed Healthcare Facility Services

The California Department of Public Health's Licensing and Certification Program manages data on over 30 types of licensed healthcare facilities. This dataset lists services associated with operational facilities holding current CDPH or CMS certification. It is updated monthly and can be linked to other state datasets via facility IDs.

Use Cases

• Link facility services data to geographic attributes in the Healthcare Facility Locations file using the FACID field for spatial analysis.
• Analyze service offerings across the over 30 licensed facility types managed by the CDPH's Electronic Licensing Management System.
• Track facility licensing and CMS certification status changes over time using the monthly updated operational status field.

Strengths

• Covers over 30 distinct types of healthcare facilities licensed by the state.
• Updated monthly, providing regular data refreshes.
• Designed for linkage to other state datasets via the FACID field and a dedicated crosswalk table.

Limitations

• Specific data volume, such as row count and column details, is not provided in the input.
• Geographic coordinates may be missing temporarily until the next monthly refresh of the linked location file.

Provenance

Source

California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program.

Collection Method

Managed via the Electronic Licensing Management System (ELMS) for licensing, certification, and enforcement actions.

Freshness

Updated monthly.

Geography

California, United States.