Agence régionale de santé (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

What Agence régionale de santé (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes does

The Agence régionale de santé (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a French public administrative establishment (établissement public) created in 2010 under the Hôpital, Patients, Santé et Territoires (HPST) law. It is the regional arm of the French Ministry of Health, exercising statutory authority over health policy, regulation of health establishments and health professionals, and coordination of public health initiatives across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region — covering 12 departments and approximately 8.2 million inhabitants. The agency is led by a Director General (Cécile Courrèges since May 2023), with a board chaired by the Préfète de région, and operates from a bi-site headquarters in Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand. Its workforce of approximately 950 agents is roughly half deployed in departmental delegations, giving it a field-based operating model.

The agency regulates 332 hospitals and clinics, 2,735 medical-social establishments, and 2,362 pharmacies, and has authorized 431 Maisons de Santé Pluriprofessionnelles (MSPs). It coordinates regional emergency care (1.378 million ED visits, 2.5 million total passages) and operates several digital health platforms: Mon Espace Santé (national patient record), PAPS (Portail d'Accompagnement des Professionnels de Santé), SI-VSS (sanitary vigilance information system), and an in-house vaccination appointment platform. Beyond regulatory functions, it allocates financing for prevention (€57M in 2024) and permanence des soins (€137M), and channels FIR (Fonds d'Intervention Régional) disbursements (€527M in 2022).

Financially, ARS ARA operates on an administrative budget of €84M for 2024, split across personnel (€75M), operations (€8M), and investments (€856K). Its revenue model is entirely non-commercial — funded by the French state through the Ministry of Health with no fee-for-service, subscription, or commercial revenue component. The agency's broader mandate covers a regional health expenditure envelope exceeding €29 billion, but this is overseen rather than retained. Its business model is therefore that of a regional regulatory and financing intermediary, with pass-through funding dwarfing its own operating budget.

Name

Agence régionale de santé (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Legal name

Agence régionale de santé Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Website

https://auvergne-rhone-alpes.ars.sante.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Agence régionale de santé Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is the French state's regional health authority, regulating health establishments and professionals and coordinating public health policy across 12 departments serving 8.2 million inhabitants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Administration

NAICS

Administration of Public Health Programs (923120), Administration of Public Health Programs (92312), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Sanitary Services (4950), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial/Regional Health Departments (HLAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Policy & Legislation Authorities (HLAJACAA), State/Provincial Health Department & Public Health Administration (BPAIABAH)

Keywords

• Public health administration
• Regional health regulation
• Healthcare facility oversight
• Medical-social coordination
• Health prevention services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a State public establishment, the agency receives government funding to implement national health policies. The main budget was 84 million euros in 2024, including 75M€ for personnel management (salary, training), 8M€ for operations (real estate, consumables, networks, telecommunications), and 856,000€ for investments.
2. Regional Intervention Fund (FIR) Disbursements: The agency disburses the Fonds d'Intervention Régional (FIR) to finance regional health actions. In 2022, 527M€ was dedicated to financing regional actions including prevention programs, healthcare establishments, medical-social sector, and local health contracts.
3. Prevention Financing: Direct financing of prevention actions across the region: 57M€ in 2024 including 40M€ for cancer prevention, 17.2M€ for infectious disease prevention, and 4.6M€ for mental health prevention.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is a French State public establishment that implements national health policy at the regional level, regulating healthcare establishments and professionals, financing regional health actions through the FIR (527M€ in 2022), and coordinating disease prevention, environmental health monitoring, and health emergency response across 12 departments serving 8.2 million inhabitants. The agency operates digital platforms for healthcare professionals (PAPS) and citizens (Mon Espace Santé), and provides inspection, authorization, and oversight services across the regional healthcare system.

Product overview

ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes operates as a regional public health agency managing a comprehensive portfolio of digital platforms and healthcare services. The organization provides digital tools including Mon Espace Santé (personal health record), PAPS (professional support portal), and various specialized platforms for environmental health (AgirMoustique.fr, Agir-ESE), sports-health (Portail Sport-Santé Bien-Être), and medication information (OMéDIT). The agency coordinates healthcare delivery through CPTS, MSPs, and health centers, while providing citizen services such as sanitary event reporting, complaint filing, and interactive care location maps. Multiple newsletters (Bulletins de veille sanitaire, Autonomie actu, Transform'Actions) support communication with stakeholders.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mon Espace Santé Personal digital health record platform for citizens to manage health information and access healthcare services.
• PAPS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Digital platform centralizing administrative procedures for healthcare professionals including training, installation support, RPPS registration, and professional credentials management.
• SI-VSS (Système d'Information Veille et Sécurité Sanitaire) Data processing system for recording, traceability, management and follow-up of health event reports, operated under joint responsibility of the Ministry of Health and regional health agencies.
• AgirMoustique.fr Regional platform dedicated to understanding and acting against tiger mosquitoes across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Portail régional Sport-Santé Bien-Être Regional portal facilitating access to information, advice, and support structures for sport, health, and well-being for citizens and professionals.
• Agir-ESE Platform dedicated to Education and Promotion in Health-Environment (ESE) with pedagogical resources for the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• OMéDIT Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional drug and medication information center website providing medication safety and usage information for healthcare professionals.
• Signalement d'événements sanitaires System for healthcare professionals to report adverse sanitary events, integrated with the SI-VSS health surveillance information system.
• Dépôt de réclamations en ligne Online complaint filing system for health system users to file complaints against healthcare establishments or professionals.
• Carte des lieux de soins sans rendez-vous Interactive map showing healthcare facilities accepting patients without appointments across the region.

Quantifiable outcome

• 93.8% of inhabitants consumed drinking water conforming to microbiological standards (2024)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DNUM (Direction Numérique)coreTechnology or Integration · 2 April 2024Co-organized regional webinaire with DNUM national team to present the e-CARS application for managing organizations.
• PEP 69 Métropole de LyoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes has entrusted PEP 69 Métropole de Lyon with a regional mission regarding Alternative and Augmented Communication (CAA). The association conducts a regional survey to better understand practices, needs, and development perspectives of CAA in medical-social establishments and services.
• ORS (Observatoire Régional de la Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint survey with ORS on ambrosia allergies revealing that 16.1% of regional inhabitants are allergic to this invasive plant, making Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes the most affected region in France.
• Cross-border Health Professional ObservatoryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational observatory tracking employment evolution of nurses, nursing assistants, and midwives working on both sides of the border.
• Ministry of Health (Ministère chargé de la santé)coreOthersARS operates under the tutelage of the Ministry of Health and implements national health policies adapted to regional realities. Joint responsibility for SI-VSS health surveillance information system.
• Regional Prefect (Préfecture de région)coreOthersThe Préfète de région presides over the ARS Board of Directors (Conseil d'administration). Regional coordination on health policy implementation.
• Health Insurance (Assurance Maladie)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner9 representatives in the Board of Directors including Régime général (salariés and employers colleges) and MSA. Joint projects including Specialized Care Teams creation with CPAM.
• Regional Council (Conseil Régional Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPresident of the Regional Council (or representative) sits on the Board of Directors. Collaborates on regional health projects including France Santé network deployment.
• Departmental CouncilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThree departmental council presidents (or representatives) on the Board of Directors. Joint administration of medical-social sector with departmental authorities.
• Professional Orders (Conseils de l'Ordre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with medical, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, and midwifery professional orders on professional regulation and complaints handling.
• ARS Hauts-de-FranceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterARS initiative: ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes shared expertise in adverse event management with ARS Hauts-de-France, including EI follow-up, establishment support, and data analysis for safety culture development.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ARS_ARA_SANTE
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@arsauvergne-rhone-alpes
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-r%C3%A9gionale-de-sant%C3%A9-auvergne-rh%C3%B4ne-alpes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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