E.S.E. HOSPITAL SAN JOSE DE MAICAO

What E.S.E. HOSPITAL SAN JOSE DE MAICAO does

E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao is a public Empresa Social del Estado operating as the Level II departmental reference hospital for La Guajira, Colombia, founded in 1974 and reorganized as an E.S.E. in 1994. The hospital operates within Colombia's Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (SGSSS), serving subsidized and contributory regime users through EPS capitation, fee-for-service procedures, and government subsidies. Its service portfolio spans 24/7 emergency care, outpatient consultations, hospitalization, surgery, dental, clinical laboratory, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, maternal-infant care, and—newly added in 2026—acute dialysis via the Sala de Nefrología "Cambio Vital" (20 hemodialysis chairs, 3 continuous renal therapy stations) and molecular tropical disease diagnostics via the BioMérieux FilmArray panel. The hospital distributes services through a main 13,800 sqm facility in Maicao, five satellite health posts in Carmen, Uribia, Nazareth, Paraguachón, and Carraipia, plus a mobile health unit reaching Alta Guajira's most remote corregimientos. Digital infrastructure includes ORBIS (hospital management), NEXA (institutional administration), Portal de Imágenes (imaging results), and WhatsApp-based appointment booking.

The business model is publicly funded and not commercially revenue-driven in the traditional sense. The hospital operates under forced administrative intervention by the Superintendencia Nacional de Salud since June 2016 due to historic financial difficulties, with multiple Special Intervention Agents appointed through 2019-2020; recent Supersalud conciliation agreements recovered over $7,500 million COP in receivables between January-May 2026, the highest among Colombian public hospitals. The current leadership is Dr. Larry Laza Barrios as Agente Especial Interventor, with named clinical specialists including nephrologist Dr. Álvaro Pedroza Pallares and pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Andrés Felipe Arias. The hospital's stated 2027 vision targets becoming a nationally recognized reference center, supported by a MinCiencias-funded maternal health research consortium with Universidad de Cartagena and regional foundations that achieved 100% clinical risk reduction over two years.

Customer concentration is structurally total on the Colombian public health system, with no commercial payers or private insurance counterparties. The hospital serves the dispersed rural population of La Guajira—including the indigenous Wayuu community across Alta Guajira's remote corregimientos—through both fixed facilities and itinerant services. Notable absences from the data include any publicly disclosed revenue figures, any AI/ML capability claims, and any patents or trademarks.

Name

E.S.E. HOSPITAL SAN JOSE DE MAICAO

Legal name

E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao

Website

https://esesanjosedemaicao.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao is a Level II public reference hospital in La Guajira, Colombia, operating under the national health system (SGSSS) and serving subsidized and contributory regime users across rural and indigenous Wayuu communities through its main facility, five satellite health posts, and a mobile health unit.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Access & Rural Hospitals (HLAFAAAG)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Outpatient healthcare
• Hemodialysis services
• Maternal health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Maicao

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. National Health System Revenue (SGSSS): Revenue is generated through capitated payments from EPS (Empresas Promotoras de Salud) under the contributory and subsidized regimes, fee-for-service payments for specific procedures, and government subsidies for public health programs. The hospital also generates revenue through agreements with departmental and municipal health secretaries.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao is a Level II complexity public hospital that provides 24/7 emergency care, outpatient consultation, hospitalization, surgical, obstetric, pediatric, dental, diagnostic imaging, clinical laboratory, pharmaceutical, and hemodialysis services to users of the Colombian General System of Social Security in Health (SGSSS). It extends its reach into rural communities of La Guajira through five satellite health posts and a mobile health unit, and operates a specialized nephrology and continuous renal replacement therapy unit.

Product overview

E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao operates as a public healthcare enterprise (Empresa Social del Estado) providing comprehensive medical services at primary and secondary care levels. The hospital functions as a single integrated healthcare delivery platform with multiple service lines including 24/7 emergency care, outpatient consultations, hospitalization, surgery, laboratory, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, and specialized nephrology services. Digital infrastructure includes patient portals (Portal de Imágenes), hospital management systems (ORBIS, NEXA), and telemedicine capabilities. The hospital also operates satellite health posts in Paraguachón, Carraipía, and Nazareth, plus a mobile health unit serving rural communities in La Guajira.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sala de Nefrología 'Cambio Vital': Nephrology unit inaugurated in early 2026 with an investment of $888 million, equipped with 20 hemodialysis chairs and 3 continuous renal therapy stations.

Products and services

• Servicios de Urgencias 24/7 24-hour emergency care (chain of urgencias: triage, observation, minor procedures, shock-trauma, arterial and venous gasses,急救, rehydration) provided to patients presenting acute conditions, available every day of the year.
• Consulta Externa (Outpatient Consultation) Outpatient medical consultation across multiple specialties including internal medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, general surgery, orthopedics, and other ambulatory specialties served by E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao.
• Hospitalización e Internación Inpatient hospitalization services for adult, pediatric, obstetric, surgical, and intermediate-care patients, including isolation and psychiatric hospitalization.
• Servicio de Cirugía General and specialized surgical procedures including elective surgery, ambulatory surgery, and cesarean delivery performed in the hospital's operating rooms.
• Ginecobstetricia y Atención del Parto Obstetric care including prenatal control, labor and delivery, postpartum care, and neonatal care, supporting maternal and perinatal health in Maicao and surrounding rural areas.
• Sala de Nefrología Cambio Vital (Hemodialysis) Renal replacement therapy service providing maintenance hemodialysis across 20 stations and 3 continuous renal replacement therapy units for chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury patients under EPS contract.
• Imagenología y Diagnóstico por Imagen Diagnostic imaging services including radiology, ultrasonography, and other imaging modalities, with results accessible via the online Portal de Imágenes.
• Laboratorio Clínico Clinical laboratory diagnostics including routine chemistry, hematology, microbiology, and molecular infectious disease testing using the FilmArray panel.
• Servicio Farmacéutico Inpatient and outpatient pharmaceutical dispensing service supporting medication therapy for hospitalized patients and ambulatory prescriptions.
• Odontología Hospitalaria Hospital-based dental services provided to inpatients and outpatients as part of the integrated care portfolio.
• Transporte Básico Asistencial y Medicalizado Basic and medicalized ambulance transport services using a fleet of 13 ambulances (3 TAB and 10 TAM) for inter-facility and emergency patient transfers.
• Servicio Extramural y Puestos de Salud Rurales Mobile health unit and five satellite health posts in rural corregimientos of La Guajira, plus a field hospital in Nazareth, delivering primary care, health promotion, and disease prevention to dispersed rural and indigenous populations.
• Promoción y Prevención Public health promotion and disease prevention programs delivered through outpatient and community channels, supporting SGSSS-mandated PYP activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% reduction in clinical risks in maternal health program after 2 years of implementation
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• BioMérieux ColombiacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026BioMérieux Colombia supplied the FilmArray molecular diagnostic platform to the hospital, enabling the identification of tropical fever pathogens (Dengue, Malaria, Chikungunya, Leptospira) with rapid molecular diagnostics. This partnership elevates the hospital's diagnostic capacity and positions it as a reference for tropical disease identification in La Guajira.
• ComprolabSAScoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026ComprolabSAS collaborated with BioMérieux Colombia and the hospital in the deployment of the FilmArray tropical fever panel, contributing to the strengthening of diagnostic services in La Guajira.
• Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (MinCiencias)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024MinCiencias funded the maternal and perinatal health research project in the Caribbean region, implemented by a consortium including the E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao, Fundación GRICIO, Fundación ALZAK, Incinta Consultores, Gestión Salud IPS, and Universidad de Cartagena. The project achieved 100% reduction in clinical risks over two years.
• Fundación GRICIOflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Fundación GRICIO provided academic direction for the maternal health project, led by Dr. José Antonio Rojas Suárez (director of research), in collaboration with the hospital and the research consortium.
• Universidad de CartagenaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Academic research partner in the maternal health initiative, contributing scientific expertise to the project that demonstrated 100% risk reduction outcomes over two years of implementation.
• Fundación ALZAKflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Strategic foundation partner in the Caribbean maternal health project, contributing to the interdisciplinary research and care model that achieved measurable clinical outcomes.
• Gestión Salud IPSflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Healthcare service provider integrated into the maternal health research consortium, supporting the implementation of care protocols that achieved 100% clinical risk reduction.
• Superintendencia Nacional de Salud (Supersalud)coreOthers · 1 January 2024Supersalud conducted six conciliation sessions (Jornadas de Conciliación Extrajudicial) between January-May 2026, formalizing agreements for over $38,000 million nationally. The E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao led recovery with over $7,500 million COP in cartera agreements, reflecting the institution's active financial recovery management under regulatory oversight.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Universitario San Ignacio: Major university hospital in Bogotá affiliated with Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Comparable in providing comprehensive healthcare services including nephrology, infectious disease, and maternal care, but at significantly larger scale and with academic mission emphasis.
• Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe: Private non-profit reference hospital in Medellín with comprehensive services including nephrology, infectious disease, and maternal care. Comparable in service breadth and reference hospital role but operates under different funding model and scale.
• Clínica del Country: Major private hospital in Bogotá providing comprehensive specialty care including nephrology and diagnostic services. Comparable in service portfolio but operates as a private institution with different funding model and patient population.

Direct peers

• E.S.E. Hospital Federico Lleras Acosta: Public E.S.E. hospital in Ibagué, Tolima, operating as departmental reference facility. Directly comparable in public enterprise structure, SGSSS funding, and departmental reference role with similar operational challenges and regulatory dynamics.
• Hospital San Vicente Fundación: University hospital in Medellín serving as a reference facility for Antioquia department. Comparable in providing specialized care, maternal-child health services, and complex procedures, though with a stronger academic affiliation and larger scale.
• E.S.E. Hospital Rosario Pumarejo de López: Public E.S.E. hospital in Valledupar, Cesar, serving as departmental reference for the neighboring Cesar department. Comparable public hospital model with similar SGSSS revenue structure, EPS capitation, and departmental reference hospital mandate in a Caribbean Colombian region.
• E.S.E. Hospital Universitario Erasmo Meoz: Public university hospital in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, operating as a Colombian E.S.E. with similar departmental reference role, SGSSS funding model, and Level III/IV complexity services. Directly comparable as a public reference hospital facing similar Supersalud oversight and EPS receivables dynamics.
• E.S.E. Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio: Public departmental hospital in the Meta department operating under the E.S.E. framework. Similar role as a departmental reference facility with comparable service portfolio, EPS dependency, and public health system integration.
• E.S.E. Hospital San Juan de Dios (various locations): Network of E.S.E. public hospitals across Colombia with similar public enterprise structure, SGSSS integration, and departmental reference functions. Comparable in funding model, regulatory framework, and operational challenges typical of Colombian public hospitals.

Others

• BioMérieux Colombia: Diagnostic technology partner that supplied the FilmArray molecular diagnostic platform to E.S.E. Hospital San José de Maicao. Comparable as a healthcare ecosystem participant enabling advanced tropical disease diagnostics, though not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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