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About BestCare IPA

Caring for Southern California, one neighborhood at a time.

A physician-led independent practice association serving members across LA, Orange, and Riverside counties — built on the belief that good medicine starts with knowing your community.

Our mission

Local doctors. Coordinated care. Real outcomes.

BestCare IPA was founded to give independent primary-care physicians the infrastructure of a large health system without losing the personal relationships that make local medicine work.

We negotiate with health plans, coordinate specialist referrals, manage claims, and handle the administrative load — so our network of physicians can focus on the patients in front of them.

Today, we serve more than 48,000 members through 220+ contracted providers across the region.

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Founded by 14 primary-care physicians in San Gabriel Valley
'09
Expanded into Orange County; first Medicare Advantage contract
'17
Reached 25,000 members; launched in-house care coordination team
'24
Partnered with Eklotho on the nexus member platform
Leadership

Physicians and operators who built this from the ground up.

A leadership team of practicing clinicians and healthcare-operations veterans, accountable to the members and providers we serve.

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Dr. Daniel Chen, MD
Chief Medical Officer

Internal medicine, 22 years in practice. Led the launch of BestCare's care-coordination program in 2017.

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Maria Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer

15 years in IPA operations. Joined BestCare in 2019 from a managed-care role at a regional health plan.

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Dr. Jennifer Kim, MD
Medical Director, Quality

Family medicine. Leads HEDIS performance and quality-improvement initiatives across the network.

Network at a glance

Built around your neighborhood , scaled to your needs.

220+
Contracted providers across primary & specialty care
48k
Members served across LA, OC, and Riverside
12
Health-plan partners — commercial, Medi-Cal, Medicare
22
Years operating as a physician-led IPA