Who is the Department of Health and Human Services's biggest contractor in FY2023?

California Department of Health Care Services, with $85.1B obligated in FY2023. Second is NYS Department of Health at $54.2B.

Where does this ranking come from?

It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to that recipient in FY2023. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2023. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.

Does a high position mean anything is wrong?

No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2023, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

Rankings

Top contractors of the Department of Health and Human Services: FY2023

FY2023 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-03

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California Department of Health Care Services received more money from the Department of Health and Human Services than any other recipient in FY2023: $85.1B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to each recipient in FY2023, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded. Rank vs FY2022 is each name's change in position from FY2022; a dash means the name was not in FY2022's data.

Quick findings

Computed

The top 10 account for 47% of the $704.6B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.
Tennessee Department of Human Services rose the most, from #129 in FY2022 to #92 in FY2023.
Rapid Deployment Inc fell the most among those listed, from #54 in FY2022 to #95 in FY2023.

Rank	Name	FY2023	FY2022	Change	Rank vs FY2022
01	California Department of Health Care Services0 awards	$85.1B	$92.8B	−8%	same
02	NYS Department of Health0 awards	$54.2B	$58.3B	−7%	same
03	Health & Human SVC Commn TX0 awards	$39.6B	$40.6B	−2%	same
04	PA Department of Human Services0 awards	$31.7B	$31.3B	+1%	▲ 1
05	Ohio Department of Medicaid0 awards	$24.6B	$25B	−2%	▲ 1
06	Florida Agency for Health Care Administration0 awards	$22.7B	$24.9B	−9%	▲ 1
07	Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services0 awards	$20.9B	$18B	+16%	▲ 2
08	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$19.4B	$19.3B	+1%	same
09	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System0 awards	$19.1B	$18B	+6%	▲ 1
10	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$17.8B	$16.1B	+10%	▲ 2
11	Department of Social & Health Services0 awards	$17.8B	$14.5B	+23%	▲ 3
12	New Jersey Department of Human Services0 awards	$16.8B	$16.9B	−1%	▼ 1
13	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts0 awards	$16.3B	$15.2B	+8%	same
14	Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for0 awards	$15.4B	$13B	+18%	▲ 2
15	VA Department of Medical Assistance Service0 awards	$14.6B	$12.4B	+18%	▲ 2
16	Indiana Family and Social Serv0 awards	$14.3B	$13.8B	+4%	▼ 1
17	Lousiana Department of Health0 awards	$14.1B	$11.4B	+23%	▲ 4
18	Department of Social Services Misso0 awards	$13.9B	$11.7B	+19%	▲ 2
19	Minnesota Department of Human Services0 awards	$13B	$12.4B	+5%	▼ 1
20	Maryland Department of Health0 awards	$12.3B	—	—	—
21	Georgia Department of Community Health0 awards	$12.3B	$11.7B	+4%	▼ 2
22	Oregon Health Authority-Public Health0 awards	$11.8B	$10.7B	+10%	same
23	Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar0 awards	$9.4B	$9.4B	0%	same
24	State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services0 awards	$9B	$9.1B	−2%	same
25	State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing0 awards	$9B	$8.7B	+3%	same
26	Arkansas Department of Human Services0 awards	$7.9B	—	—	—
27	Arkansas Department of Human Services0 awards	$7.8B	$7.3B	+7%	same
28	Department of Social Services Connecticut0 awards	$7.7B	$7.1B	+8%	▲ 1
29	Department of Social Services California0 awards	$7.6B	$7.2B	+5%	▼ 1
30	New Mexico Health Care Authority0 awards	$7.4B	$7.6B	−3%	▼ 4
31	Alabama Medicaid Agency0 awards	$7B	$6.2B	+14%	▲ 1
32	Department of Health Human Services0 awards	$7B	$6.5B	+8%	▼ 1
33	Mississippi Division of Medicaid0 awards	$5.7B	$5.6B	+1%	▲ 1
34	IA Department of Human Services0 awards	$5.5B	$5.7B	−3%	▼ 1
35	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources0 awards	$5.3B	$5B	+6%	same
36	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources0 awards	$4.8B	$4.6B	+5%	same
37	Nevada Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$4.4B	$4.5B	−1%	same
38	Nevada Department of Human Services0 awards	$4.3B	$4.4B	−2%	same
39	Puerto Rico Department of Health0 awards	$4.2B	$2.8B	+51%	▲ 7
40	Kansas Department of Health & Environment0 awards	$3.9B	$3.3B	+17%	▲ 3
41	Government of District of Columbia0 awards	$3.8B	$3.4B	+11%	same
42	New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance0 awards	$3.7B	$3.4B	+10%	▼ 2
43	Utah Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$3.6B	$4B	−10%	▼ 4
44	Maine Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$3.4B	$3.3B	+4%	▼ 2
45	Idaho Department of Health & Welfare0 awards	$3.4B	$2.9B	+16%	same
46	Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$3.2B	$3B	+6%	▼ 2
47	Department of Human Services Hawaii0 awards	$2.7B	$2.4B	+13%	▲ 1
48	Florida Department of Children and Families0 awards	$2.7B	$1.4B	+89%	▲ 9
49	State of Rhode Island Department of Administration0 awards	$2.6B	$2.6B	0%	▼ 2
50	Delaware Dept of Health and Social Services0 awards	$2.6B	$2.2B	+19%	▲ 1
51	State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$2.4B	$2.3B	+5%	▼ 2
52	State of Alaska Department of Health0 awards	$2.2B	$2.3B	−2%	▼ 2
53	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC0 awards	$2.1B	$2.1B	−2%	▼ 1
54	Ohio Department of Job & Family Services0 awards	$2B	$1.6B	+22%	▲ 1
55	New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$1.9B	$2B	−2%	▼ 2
56	Advanced Technology International0 awards	$1.8B	—	—	—
57	Human Services Vermont Agency of0 awards	$1.7B	$1.6B	+10%	▼ 1
58	Leidos, Inc.0 awards	$1.5B	$1.2B	+20%	▲ 3
59	Illinois Department of Human Service0 awards	$1.4B	$1.1B	+22%	▲ 4
60	Pfizer Inc0 awards	$1.3B	$1.4B	−4%	▼ 1
61	Texas Workforce Commission0 awards	$1.3B	$874.2M	+45%	▲ 12
62	Arizona Department of Economic Security0 awards	$1.1B	$941.7M	+13%	▲ 5
63	Social Services South Dakota Department0 awards	$1B	$1.1B	−4%	▲ 2
64	The Johns Hopkins University0 awards	$911.2M	$933.6M	−2%	▲ 4
65	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards	$874.6M	$910.6M	−4%	▲ 6
66	State of Wisconsin Dept of Children & Families0 awards	$863.3M	$833.7M	+4%	▲ 8
67	Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the0 awards	$860M	$896.7M	−4%	▲ 5
68	Maximus Federal Services, Inc.0 awards	$851.4M	$749.8M	+14%	▲ 10
69	Glaxosmithkline, LLC0 awards	$850.1M	$1.2B	−27%	▼ 7
70	Research Triangle Institute0 awards	$826M	$561.9M	+47%	▲ 30
71	General Dynamics Corporation0 awards	$816M	$755.2M	+8%	▲ 6
72	Southwest Key Programs Inc0 awards	$770.1M	$789.1M	−2%	▲ 4
73	California Department of Public Health0 awards	$755.6M	$540.9M	+40%	▲ 29
74	Virginia Department of Social Services0 awards	$749.2M	$639.4M	+17%	▲ 14
75	Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards	$745.2M	$690.3M	+8%	▲ 9
76	Duke University0 awards	$741.6M	$705.8M	+5%	▲ 5
77	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the0 awards	$716.4M	$675.5M	+6%	▲ 8
78	Oklahoma Dept of Human Services0 awards	$712.1M	$614.7M	+16%	▲ 16
79	The General Hospital Corporation0 awards	$696.7M	$624.1M	+12%	▲ 13
80	The Leland Stanford Junior University0 awards	$694.4M	$652.8M	+6%	▲ 7
81	University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education0 awards	$692.4M	$696M	−1%	▲ 2
82	Florida Department of Education0 awards	$681.2M	$482.3M	+41%	▲ 27
83	Department of Human Services Colorado0 awards	$676.4M	$713.4M	−5%	▼ 3
84	Maryland Department of Human Services0 awards	$671.1M	$592.7M	+13%	▲ 14
85	Department of Human Services0 awards	$666.3M	$669.4M	0%	▲ 1
86	University of Washington0 awards	$660.8M	$723.2M	−9%	▼ 7
87	Deloitte LLP0 awards	$655.9M	$577.1M	+14%	▲ 12
88	Washington University, the0 awards	$651.7M	$637.3M	+2%	▲ 1
89	Emory University0 awards	$647.2M	$619.5M	+4%	▲ 4
90	Yale Univ0 awards	$635.8M	$610.8M	+4%	▲ 6
91	University of California, Los Angeles0 awards	$620.2M	$634.5M	−2%	▼ 1
92	Tennessee Department of Human Services0 awards	$618.3M	$357.4M	+73%	▲ 37
93	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill0 awards	$613.4M	$632.6M	−3%	▼ 2
94	University of California, San Diego0 awards	$592.8M	$612.8M	−3%	▲ 1
95	Rapid Deployment Inc0 awards	$588.8M	$1.8B	−67%	▼ 41
96	Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.0 awards	$560.3M	$700.6M	−20%	▼ 14
97	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai0 awards	$551.8M	$499.3M	+11%	▲ 9
98	Department of Health Wyoming0 awards	$548.6M	$513.2M	+7%	▲ 6
99	Booz Allen Hamilton Inc0 awards	$533.8M	$609.7M	−12%	▼ 2
100	New York University0 awards	$531.2M	$476.4M	+11%	▲ 10

Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.

Questions

Who is the Department of Health and Human Services's biggest contractor in FY2023?: California Department of Health Care Services, with $85.1B obligated in FY2023. Second is NYS Department of Health at $54.2B.
Where does this ranking come from?: It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to that recipient in FY2023. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2023. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
Does a high position mean anything is wrong?: No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2023, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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