The El Paso County Hospital District, a Healthcare System for the Region

We are committed to C.A.R.E.:
Community, Accountability, Respect & Dignity, Excellence

4815 Alameda
El Paso, Texas 79905
(915) 544-1200


The El Paso County Hospital District’s healthcare system includes the following entities: University Medical Center of El Paso, an acute care teaching hospital, UMC Neighborhood Healthcare Centers, which are primary care centers, El Paso First Health Plans, Inc., the district’s wholly owned subsidiary HMO, and the University Medical Center Foundation.

University Medical Center of El Paso is the primary teaching institution for Texas Tech University's four-year Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso. As such, the University Medical Center of El Paso/Texas Tech campus is the only academic healthcare setting in far West Texas and Southern New Mexico. That affiliation and the fact that University Medical Center of El Paso is El Paso’s only not-for-profit, community-owned hospital, help ensure that high quality healthcare services are available to all, regardless of their ability to pay.

University Medical Center of El Paso is home to the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and is the designated facility to receive the President of the United States should he require medical attention while traveling in the area. Our regional influence also includes: the hospital’s Mother/Baby division, a Regional Referral Center for high-risk pregnant women; a state of the art Regional Laboratory; the West Texas Regional Poison Center; and affiliation agreements with over 50 of the region’s educational institutions.

Vital Signs FY 2015:
- Joint Commission Accredited- 3,606 births
- 395 licensed beds- 18,732 admissions
- 706,826 outpatient visits- 55,526 ED visits
- 557,622 outpatient prescriptions

Foundation

The mission of the University Medical Center Foundation is to develop and support programs that promote the health, wellness, and quality of life for all El Pasoans. UMC Foundation supports approximately 10 major programs, including UMC and the El Paso Children’s Hospital. It is the beneficiary of the dreams of every community leader who envisioned a unified medical campus; of every champion who fought for a four-year medical school; of every mother and father with a heartfelt desire to treat their sick child close to home, family and friends; of a community that endorsed a children's hospital so that their children could have the best health care possible. Each one wanted what we all want… a healthy life for ourselves and for those we love. As a Foundation, they are the keeper of dreams come true. They are the reminder that today's dreams are tomorrow's healthy children, tomorrow's new and improved drug or miracle cure. They are the reminder that a community that is poor is not necessarily without resources; that simple gifts can bring about change, and that through your desires, hopes and dreams, you can make a difference.

El Paso First

El Paso First Health Plans, Inc. The Plan currently covers 92,000+ members across all lines of business (CHIP, STAR/Medicaid, HCO, TPA). The Plan is the membership Medicaid/CHIP market leader; EPF Medicaid membership has grown by over 35% over the last three years. The program currently covers 75,700 Medicaid lives and has grown 17% over the past three years.

El Paso Children’s Hospital

El Paso Children’s Hospital is the only separately licensed, non-taxing, independent, 501(c) (3) not-for-profit children’s hospital in the El Paso region and the only dedicated Pediatric Hospital within a 200-mile radius of El Paso, Texas. The hospital, a subsidiary of UMC El Paso, features 122 private pediatric rooms, state of the art equipment, family friendly space, kids “pain free” playrooms, pediatric rehabilitation, pediatric emergency department, pediatric imaging, pediatric inpatient and outpatient infusion, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric operating rooms, pediatric critical care transport team, and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit.