UCLA Health completed the acquisition of a West Hills hospital on March 28, according to UCLA representatives. The 260-bed West Hills Hospital and Medical Center has been renamed UCLA West Valley Medical Center.
“This acquisition represents a strategic investment in our community and our mission,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System in a statement. “It will both increase convenience for patients living and working in the San Fernando Valley and provide critically needed inpatient hospital capacity in the UCLA Health system to serve more patients who require highly specialized care and treatments.”
The announcement comes months after UCLA Health said the University of California Board of Regents authorized a future acquisition of the West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in the western neighborhood of the Valley.
The majority of doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals employed by HCA Healthcare at West Hills will remain with the hospital during the transition as the hospital’s operations will merge with the rest of the UCLA Health network.
“We are pleased to welcome West Hills staff members as UCLA Health employees as we work together to serve the community. I thank HCA Healthcare leaders for their efforts in completing this transaction with us,” Spisso said.
The hospital has seven operating rooms and a free-standing ambulatory surgery center. The hospital sits on a 14-acre lot, presenting opportunities for future expansion.
The UCLA West Valley Medical Center will undergo an upgrade as medical services provided at the hospital will remain the same, according to UCLA Health officials.
Other faculties operated by UCLA Health include primary and specialty care clinics and hospitals in the San Fernando Valley area and across Southern California and the Central Coast, including Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA in Westwood and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center.