Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est

What Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est does

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est (ARS Grand Est) is a French regional health agency established in 2010 under the HPST (Hôpital, Patients, Santé, Territoire) law as a public administrative establishment (établissement public administratif) under the authority of the Ministry of Health (Ministère chargé de la Santé). Headquartered at 3 Boulevard Joffre, Nancy, it operates across 10 departmental delegations covering Ardennes, Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, and Vosges. Following the 2015 territorial reform that merged Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, and Lorraine into the Grand Est region, the agency was restructured in 2016 to serve the enlarged territory. Its mandate spans hospital and medico-social establishment authorization, financing and inspection; healthcare professional installation support, particularly in underserved areas; prevention program funding (Fonds d'Intervention Régional); environmental health risk management (water quality, bathing site compliance, species nuisance); crisis coordination (heat waves, epidemics); and cross-border healthcare facilitation.

The agency's operational product surface is a unified public-service portfolio rather than a discrete product line. Public-facing digital services include the Annuaires des professionnels et établissements, the Alerter/signaler/déclarer reporting platform, Mon espace santé (personal health record), Mon bilan prévention, and ADELI/RPPS professional registration systems. Professional-facing infrastructure includes the Portail d'Accompagnement des Professionnels de Santé (PAPS Grand Est) and digital health service portals. On the regulatory side, ARS Grand Est operates inspection cycles — the 2022-2024 national EHPAD control plan (all 603 nursing homes) and the 2025-2027 disability-establishment control plan (64 facilities controlled in 2025 with 4 injunctions issued). Cross-border care is delivered via two ZOAST conventions (Ardennes and LorLux) enabling access to Belgian and Luxembourg hospitals without prior authorization. Strategic direction is set by the Schéma Régional de Santé 2023-2028 within the Projet Régional de Santé framework.

ARS Grand Est does not generate commercial revenue; all services are provided free of charge to citizens, professionals, and establishments, funded through national health insurance and government budget allocations channeled via the Ministry of Health. The agency operates a direct-to-public/government GTM model through its website, social channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, YouTube, RSS, newsletters), webinars, press releases, and 10 physical departmental sites. Customer concentration in a commercial sense is not applicable: the agency serves an essentially mandatory regional population of healthcare providers, professionals, local authorities, and citizens across the Grand Est region, with parent oversight from the French Ministry of Health and cross-government coordination with departmental councils and the Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace.

Name

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est

Legal name

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est

Website

https://grand-est.ars.sante.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est, headquartered in Nancy and operating since 2010, is the French Ministry of Health's regional agency piloting and implementing health policy across the Grand Est region's 10 departments, covering hospital authorization, medico-social inspection, prevention, environmental health, and cross-border healthcare.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Administration

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), National Security and International Affairs (9281)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration (BPAIABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assisted Living with Enhanced Care / High-Acuity (Aging-in-Place) (HLADABAC), Social Care & Long-Term Care Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAK)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Healthcare regulation
• Medical-social oversight
• Health policy implementation
• Regional health governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Nancy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: ARS Grand Est is a public administrative agency funded by the French Ministry of Health through national budget allocations. The agency receives public funds to finance regional health policies, hospital operations, medical-social establishments, prevention programs, and territorial health infrastructure development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est is a French public administrative establishment under the Ministry of Health that implements national health policy at the regional level across 10 departments. It provides regulatory oversight of healthcare establishments (hospitals, EHPAD, disability facilities), coordinates prevention programs, manages environmental health risks, funds healthcare infrastructure through the Fonds d'Intervention Régional, and delivers direct citizen services including health professional directories, the Mon Espace Santé personal health record portal, and the Mon Bilan Prévention assessment service.

Product overview

Agence Régionale de Santé Grand Est operates as a regional public health agency that provides a unified platform of health services rather than a singular product. The portfolio includes public-facing information services (health professional directories, emergency services finder), digital health platforms (Mon espace santé, Mon bilan prévention), administrative services (ADELI/RPPS registration, Alerter/signaler/déclarer reporting), professional support portals (PAPS Grand Est), and inspection services for healthcare facilities (EHPAD and disability establishments). Cross-border healthcare coordination is also provided through ZOAST arrangements. The organization functions as a government health authority rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annuaires des professionnels et établissements Online directory allowing citizens and professionals to search for healthcare professionals, facilities, and services across the Grand Est region.
• Alerter, signaler, déclarer Online platform for citizens, professionals, and establishments to report health alerts, sanitary threats, and declarations related to public health concerns.
• Mon espace santé Personal digital health space allowing citizens in Grand Est to access and manage their health records and digital health services (national platform deployed regionally).
• Mon bilan prévention Personalized prevention health checkup service for citizens to assess risk factors and receive tailored prevention recommendations.
• ADELI et RPPS Registration and identification services for healthcare professionals, managing professional directories and practice authorizations in the region.
• Portail d'accompagnement des professionnels de santé Grand Est (PAPS) Support portal for healthcare professionals providing regional information, installation support, and practice assistance services in Grand Est.
• Contrôle des EHPAD Inspection and regulatory control service for nursing homes (EHPAD) across the Grand Est region, with results published as part of the national control plan (603 EHPADs inspected 2022-2024).
• Contrôle des établissements pour personnes en situation de handicap Inspection service for facilities serving people with disabilities, covering child and adult establishments (IME, ITEP, CMPP, IES, IEM, EAM-FAM, MAS, EEAP) under the 2025-2027 national control plan.
• Zone Organisée d'Accès aux Soins Transfrontaliers (ZOAST) Cross-border healthcare access arrangements allowing insured persons in Grand Est border zones to receive hospital care in Belgium and Luxembourg without prior authorization.
• Schéma Régional de Santé 2023-2028 Regional health strategy document outlining health priorities and actions for the Grand Est region over a five-year period.

Quantifiable outcome

• 603 EHPAD inspections completed 2022-2024 across Grand Est region
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Healthcare Professionals and EstablishmentscoreOthersARS Grand Est works in partnership with all health professionals, establishments, institutions, social protection bodies, territorial communities, elected officials, and patient associations across the region to implement regional health policies and coordinate healthcare delivery.
• Departmental Councils (Conseils Départementaux)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint inspection and control programs with departmental councils for EHPAD and disability establishments. Collaborative risk analysis and control planning in shared competency areas including FAM/EAM facilities.
• Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg (Arlon)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-border healthcare provider within ZOAST (Zone Organisée d'Accès aux Soins Transfrontaliers) agreements enabling frontier zone residents to access hospital care without prior authorization in Luxembourg facilities at Arlon, Virton, and Libramont.
• European Union / EEA Member StatesmajorOthersEuropean framework for cross-border healthcare including European Health Insurance Card (CEAM) implementation, EU Regulation 883/2004 coordination, and Cross-border Healthcare Directive 2011/24/EU application.
• Point de Contact National Français (Cleiss)minorOthersNational contact point for cross-border healthcare providing information to patients traveling within EU/EEA about their rights, access to care, and reimbursement procedures.
• French Ministry of Health (Ministère chargé de la Santé)coreOthersParent ministry setting national health policy guidelines which ARS Grand Est implements at regional level, including funding allocation, authorization processes, and crisis management protocols.
• CEA (Collectivité Européenne d'Alsace)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional authority collaborating on risk analysis and control of establishments with shared competency, particularly FAM/EAM facilities in the former Alsace territory.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ARS Île-de-France: Regional Health Agency for the Île-de-France region under the same French ARS framework and HPST law. Operates with identical regulatory mandate, funding model, and service portfolio as ARS Grand Est but serving the Paris region and surrounding area.
• ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Another French regional health agency with the same statutory mandate, organizational structure, and operational scope as ARS Grand Est, covering a comparably large multi-department territory.
• ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine: French regional health agency created post-2015 territorial reform similar to ARS Grand Est, with matching regulatory authority over health establishments, professionals, and regional health policy implementation.
• ARS Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: French regional health agency with identical mission: hospital and medical-social establishment financing, EHPAD inspection, public health programming, and environmental health oversight.
• ARS Hauts-de-France: French regional health agency for Hauts-de-France region, formed through the same 2015 territorial merger logic as ARS Grand Est, with parallel structure and statutory role.

Broad incumbents

• Santé Publique France: French national public health agency operating at country level over the same ARS network, providing surveillance, epidemiological monitoring, and health crisis response that ARS agencies implement regionally.
• NHS England: National body overseeing England's regional health authorities (Integrated Care Boards), with comparable functions in health system planning, establishment oversight, and quality assurance across a similar population scale.

Others

• Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS): French national health authority responsible for quality and safety of care, clinical guidelines, and accreditation — interacts directly with ARS Grand Est on healthcare quality and EHPAD evaluation standards.
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): EU agency for infectious disease surveillance and response coordination, with which ARS Grand Est collaborates on cross-border health threats and EU-level public health programming consistent with its ZOAST work.
• CNAM (Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Maladie): French national health insurance fund that channels reimbursement flows through the same regional architecture as ARS Grand Est, jointly shaping regional health financing and professional installation incentives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ars_grand_est
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCBDGXptAiFn8XTGQBj2qFZQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/ARSGrandEst
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-regionale-de-sante-grand-est
• Instagraminstagram.com/ars_grand_est

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