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Patient help and resources

After-Hours Assistance

Please call Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22 Telephone Advice Nurse Call Line at 877-252-4866 for an evaluation from a triage nurse and, when appropriate, referral to an urgent care center in the community.

Need help? Contact a patient advocate

If you need help getting care or resolving an issue with VA, get help from one of our trained patient advocates.

Medical records office

Access your medical records online or request a copy of your records from our Release of Information office.

Billing and insurance

Pay your VA Long Beach health care bill online, by phone, mail, or in person. You can also raise issues or address billing disputes.

Pharmacy

Find out how to refill your prescriptions, where to pick up new prescription orders, and how to safely dispose of your medicines.

Phone directory and mailing address

Find phone numbers for many of the administrative and program offices at VA Long Beach health care.

Mailing address

Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center
5901 East 7th Street
Long Beach CA 90822

Main phone numbers

Local: 562-826-8000
Toll-free: 888-769-8387

To use TeleType for the Deaf (TTY) services: 711

A – F

Acupuncture

562-826-8000, ext. 13664

Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD)

562-826-8000, ext. 13200
Cell: 562-577-6117

Agent Orange

562-826-8000, ext. 13042

Allergy and Immunology Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 15485

Anesthesia Clinic

562-826-5434
562-826-5275

Anticoagulation Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 13399

Army’s Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)

562-826-5193

Arthritis Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 13430

Audiology

562-826-5151
562-826-5414

Barber Shop

562-826-8000, ext. 13646
714-600-1759

Beneficiary Travel

Billing: 562-826-8000, ext. 13115
Travel (Cust. Svc.): 562-826-5167 or 562-826-8000, ext. 13581
Travel (Message): 562-826-5888

Blind Rehab Center (BRC)

562-826-8000, ext. 16718

Blinded Veterans Association (BVA)

562-826-8000, ext. 16718

Canteen

Patriot Café: 562-826-8000, ext. 13783, 13583
Patriot Store: 562-826-5442 or 562-826-8000, ext. 12950

Cardiology Fellow Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 12292, 13430

Caregiver Support Program

562-826-8000, ext. 14764, 14659

Cashier

562-826-8000, ext. 13671, 12332

CAT Scan (Radiology)

Scheduling: 562-826-5657
General: 562-826-8000, ext. 13770

Cath Lab

562-826-5486
562-826-8000, ext. 12001

Chaplain Services/Chapel

562-826-5418

Cholesterol

562-826-8000, ext. 12043

Compensation & Pension

562-826-5845

Coumadin Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 12871

Dental

562-826-5407
562-826-5342

Dermatology

562-826-8000, ext. 13630, 13117

Diabetic Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 12292, 13430

Dialysis

562-826-5902
562-826-5072

Ear Nose & Throat/Plastic Surgery

562-826-5558
562-826-5560

Echo Cardiology/Cardiogram Lab

562-826-8000, ext. 13877

Electro-Cardiogram (EKG)

562-826-5065
562-826-8000, ext. 16056

Electro-Encephalogram (EEG)

562-826-8000, ext. 13816, 13817

Eligibility, Enrollment/Means Testing

562-826-8000, ext. 12960

Emergency Department (ER) 24/7

562-826-5438
562-826-8000, ext. 13558

Emergency Management

562-826-8000, ext. 12359

Endocrinology

562-826-8000, ext. 13430, 12292

Engineering Department

562-826-8000, ext. 13713, 13754

Environmental Management Service (EMS)

562-826-8000, ext. 13421

Escort Service

Bldg.126 OP /Sta 126: 562-826-8000, ext. 12266
Bldg.133 CLC /Sta 133: 562-826-8000, ext. 14681
Bldg.150 SCI /Sta 150: 562-826-8000, ext. 14680
Bldg.164 Rm. 108 /Sta 164: 562-826-8000, ext. 12748
Bldg.165 (Next to “The Egg” Westside) /Sta 165: 562-826-8000, ext. 17215
Bldg.166 (Next to “The Egg” Eastside) /Sta 166: 562-826-8000, ext. 17214
Wheelchair Patients: 562-826-5715

Integrated Ethics

562-826-8000, ext. 12781, 14339

Event Monitor Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 16777

Experience Office

562-826-8000, ext. 13856

External Discrimination Complaints Program

562-826-5652

Fisher House

562-826-5905

G – M

Gastrointestinal Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 13147

Gastrointestinal Lab

562-826-5855

Geriatrics Evaluation & Management (GEM)

562-826-8000, ext. 12554

GI Clinic (Specialty Clinic)

562-826-8000, ext. 13430
562-826-5847
562-826-8000, ext. 13147

GI Lab (Endoscopy/Colonoscopy)

562-826-5855

Golf Cart Services

562-826-5715

Hematology/Oncology

562-826-8000, ext. 13083, 12292

Health Administration Service (HAS)

562-826-8000, ext. 14516

Hepatitis

562-826-8000, ext. 12944

Home Based Primary Care (HBPC)

562-826-5347
562-826-8000, ext. 13802

Home Oxygen

562-826-5495

Home Telehealth

562-826-5683

Homemaker Home Health Aid

562-826-8000, ext. 14266, 14750

HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)

562-826-8000, ext. 12054, 16919

Human Resources/Management Services

562-826-5651

Hyperbaric Oxygen

562-826-5702

Infectious Diseases

562-826-8000, ext. 13430, 13433

Inferential Radiology (IR)

562-826-8000, ext. 14593

Infusion Clinic

562-826-5851
562-826-8000, ext. 14894

IT Help Desk

562-826-8000, ext. 13606

Lab (Outpatient Lab/Phlebotomy)

562-826-8000, ext. 14125

Liver Clinic

562-826-5847

Mammography

Scheduling: 562-826-5657
562-826-8000, ext. 14745

Medical Library

562-826-5529, 562-826-5463

Medical Media

562-826-5462

Medical Records—Release of Information

562-826-8000, ext. 13310, 12962

Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM)

562-826-8000, ext. 13565
562-826-5601, 562-826-5758
FAX: 562-826-5461

Military Sexual Trauma (MST)

562-826-8000, ext. 14271

Million Veteran Program

562-826-5212

MOVE Weight Management Program

562-826-8000, ext. 16571, 12980

MRI

562-826-5798
562-826-8000, ext. 12168

My HealtheVet

562-826-8000, ext. 12563
877-327-0022

N – Z

Nephrology Clinic

562-826-5847

Neurology

562-826-8000, ext. 13430, 12292

Non-VA Care Coordination (NVCC)

562-826-8000, ext. 14704

Nuclear Medicine

Scheduling: 562-826-5565
562-826-8000, ext. 14538

Nutrition

562-826-8000, ext. 16571

Occupational Health (Employee Health)

562-826-5450
562-826-8000, ext. 13079

Occupational Therapy

562-826-5512

Ophthalmology

562-826-8000, ext. 17290

Optometry

844-808-2020
562-826-8000, ext. 17417

Orthopedics

562-826-5432
562-826-8000, ext. 12665
562-826-5564

Pacemaker Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 16394, 13813

Podiatry

562-826-5151, 562-826-5990

Pantages Theatre

562-826-8000, ext. 13523

Pathology and Lab Medicine Admin

562-826-5513,
562-826-8000, ext. 14104

Pathways Recovery Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 14333

Patient Advocate Office

562-826-5467

Patient Centered Care Office

562-826-8000, ext. 13044

Patient Education Resource Center (PERC)

Booking: 562-826-8000, ext. 12322
Classroom: 562-826-8000, ext. 12900

Pain Clinic

562-826-8000, ext.17237

Pain Management (Mental Health)

562-826-8000, ext. 14394, 15604

Patient Safety

562-826-8000, ext. 12017

Patriot Café

562-826-8000, ext. 13783

Patriot Store

562-826-5442

Peer Support

562-826-8000, ext. 14006, 14035, 14874

Personal Care Clinic

562-826-8000, ext. 17038

Pharmacy (Outpatient)

562-826-5503

Physical Therapy

562-826-5555

Physical and Occupational Therapy

562-826-8000, ext. 14335

P.I.E.R. Center

562-826-8000, ext. 13005

Podiatry

562-826-8000, ext. 17256

Police Dispatch

Emergency: 562-826-5911
Non-Emergency: 562-826-5800

PIV Badge

562-826-8000, ext. 14436, 14448

Primary Care, Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Clinics

562-826-5151

Privacy Officer

562-826-8000, ext. 12650, 13346

Prosthetics

562-826-5660,
562-826-5601

Psychiatry (Outpatient)

562-826-5603,
562-826-5601

Psychology (Outpatient and General)

562-826-5604

Public Affairs Office (PAO)

562-826-5373

Pulmonary Clinic

562-826-5847

Pulmonary Function Lab

562-826-5842

Quality Management

562-826-5419

Radiation Oncology

562-826-5606

Radiology (Main Xray)

Interventional Radiology: 562-826-8000, ext. 14593
Mammography: 562-826-5657
Nuclear Medicine: 562-826-5565
Ultrasound: 562-826-5657
X-Ray: 562-826-5657

Recovery Room

562-826-8000, ext. 14206

Recreational Therapy (Spinal Cord Injury)

562-826-8000, ext. 13128

Red Cross

562-826-8000, ext. 13733, 14664, 14465

Registration and Eligibility

562-826-8000, ext. 12692

Renal/Transplants

562-826-8000, ext. 13430
562-826-5847

Rehabilitation

562-826-5554
562-826-8000, ext. 14539

Research/Admin Offices

562-826-5801

Respiratory

562-826-5843

Rheumatology/Arthritis

562-826-8000, ext. 13430, 12292

Risk Management

562-826-8000, ext. 13170

Safety, Occupational Health & Environment (GEMS)

562-826-5464

Shuttle Bus/Bus & Motor Pool

562-826-8000, ext. 13232
Wheelchair Patients: 562-826-5715
Afterhours (VA Police): 562-826-5800

Sleep Lab

562-826-8000, ext. 14832
562-826-5837

Social Work Services

562-826-8000, ext. 13120
562-826-5918

Specialty Care Clinics (Outpatient)

562-826-8000, ext. 12292, 13430

Speech Pathology

562-826-5415
562-826-8000, ext. 13282

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Outpatient

562-826-5702

Substance Abuse Treatment Center (SATC)

562-826-5610

Suicide Awareness Prevention

562-826-8000, ext. 13652

Surgery

562-826-8000, ext. 12094, 12209
General Surgery and Surgery Clinics: 562-826-8000, ext. 12100
Surgery, Pre-OP: 562-826-8000, ext. 14978
Surgery, Same Day: 562-826-5871

Tele-Care (After Hours)

562-826-5151

T.I.D.E.S. Clinic (Translating Initiatives for Depression into Effective Solutions)

562-826-5363

Transfer Coordinator

562-826-5038
562-826-8000, ext. 1542

Traumatic Brian Injury (TBI)

562-826-8000, ext. 14296, 11156

Travel (see “Beneficiary Travel”)

Treadmill

562-826-8000, ext. 13880, 13768

Urgent Mental Health Care

562-826-8000, ext. 12304
562-826-5737

Urology

562-826-5275,
562-826-5434,
562-826-5562

VA Care in the Community (VACC)

562-826-8000, ext. 12995

VA Desert Pacific Credit Union

562-498-1250

Valet Parking

562-826-8000, ext. 13979

Veteran Choice Program Tri-West

866-606-8198

Veterans Experience Team Specialist (Patient Advocates)

562-826-5467

Veterans Family Assistance

562-826-5467

Veterans Transition Center

Call Center: 562-826-8000, ext. 12990
562-826-5353

VIST Coordinator (Visual Impairment Service Team)

562-826-5696

Women’s Health Clinic

562-826-5633

Woman’s Program Manager

562-826-5617

Women’s Mental Health

562-826-8000, ext. 14919

Media and press

The Office of Public Affairs can assist local media with queries, interview requests, and expert information about the VA Long Beach Healthcare System.

Phone: 562-826-5373
Email: vhalonpublicaffairs@va.gov

After hours or on weekends, call the operator at 562-826-8000 and ask for the administrator on duty.

Submit a FOIA request

Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), you have a right to federal agency records unless those records are protected from disclosure by specific exemptions or exclusions laid out in law.

Requesting records maintained by VA Long Beach

Mail:

Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center
Release of Information(HIMS)
5901 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90822

For questions about your request to VA Long Beach

Phone: 562-826-8000, ext. 13344

Additional FOIA request information

Review VA’s requirements for a FOIA request, including sample requests.
See the VA FOIA Library, which publishes commonly requested records.
If you don’t know where the records you are requesting are maintained, submit your request to vacofoiaservice@va.gov instead of VA Long Beach.

Report an issue

Give us website feedback

To report a technical issue or give us feedback about this site, email our web team at vhalonpublicaffairs@va.gov.

Report suspected fraud or mismanagement

Contact the VA Office of the Inspector General (VAOIG) to report suspected criminal activity, fraud, inadequate patient care, or mismanagement of VA programs or government resources.

Phone: 800-488-8244

Mail:
VA Inspector General Hotline (53e)
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420

Learn more about the VA OIG hotline.

Report patient care or safety issues

If you have any concerns about the care and safety of patients or residents, the first step is to contact hospital management. If management did not address or resolve your concerns, contact the Joint Commission.

Submit a complaint online
Phone: 800-994-6610
Fax: 630-792-5636
Email: complaint@jointcommission.org

Mail:
Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181