HealthCare Partners IPA

Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay represents over 290 independent private practice physicians in the South Bay and Harbor areas. Our doctors include family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics primary care physicians. While Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay contracted physicians own and operate their own practices, their affiliation with HealthCare Partners provides them with access to excellent operational support and valuable patient services.

Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay is not an HMO or insurance company. Our doctors provide your medical care and accept a number of HMO, PPO/EPO and indemnity insurances. To select one of our doctors, you must choose Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay when you enroll with a health plan. For more information on which plans are accepted by our doctors, call (800) 403-4160.

Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay primary care providers contract with a broad network of the area's leading specialists. Through our Express Specialist Referrals program most specialist referrals are approved within 24 hours. In many cases your primary care physician can directly refer you to a contracted specialist without authorization.

A wide variety of free and low-cost health education programs are available to Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay patients, including stop smoking classes, stress management, diabetes management, weight control, mother-to-be and new parent education opportunities, menopause classes and joint fitness for seniors. For more information on health education classes available in the South Bay area, call (310) 214-0811, ext. 5070.

The Patient Services Department is our patients' direct line for problem-solving. Call toll free (800) 403-4160. Bilingual service professionals are available. A message machine is available outside normal business hours.

For more information on Healthcare Partners IPA Southbay physicians and office locations, please call (310) 354-4455.