NORTH BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD CAROLINA’S BEST

THE STATE’S LARGEST HEALTH INSURER RECOGNIZES HOSPITALS FOR THEIR QUALITY OF CARE IN CERTAIN SPECIALTIES, BASED ON CRITERIA INCLUDING PATIENT SAFETY AND RESULTS AND INPUT FROM THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. THE HOSPITALS LISTED HERE WERE DESIGNATED AS BLUE DISTINCTION CENTERS AS OF EARLY JANUARY.

Atrium Health’s Carolinas HealthCare System Stanly, Duke Raleigh : Presbyterian Medical Center, Albemarle: knee and hip replacement, spine surgery Charlotte: maternity care bariatric surgery, cardiac care, spine surgery Duke Regional Hospital, Durham: ’s Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, bariatric surgery, cardiac care, knee and hip replace- Novant Health Rowan Medical Center, Charlotte: ment, maternity care Salisbury: bariatric surgery bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement, maternity , Durham: care, spine surgery Atrium Health’s Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte: cardiac care, knee and hip replacement, transplants maternity care, spine surgery, transplants (bone- (bone-marrow/stem-cell, liver, lung and pancreas) Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center, marrow/stem-cell, heart and liver) maternity care FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Atrium Health Cleveland, Shelby: Pinehurst: Onslow Memorial Hospital, Jacksonville: maternity care bariatric surgery, cardiac care, knee and hip replace- maternity care ment, maternity care Atrium Health’s Carolinas HealthCare System North- Pardee UNC , Hendersonville: East, Concord: Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory: Knee and hip replacement bariatric surgery, cardiac care, maternity care bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement, spine surgery Rutherford Regional Medical Center, Atrium Health Pineville: Rutherfordton: maternity care Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids: knee and hip replacement maternity care Atrium Health Union, Monroe: Scotland Memorial Hospital, Laurinburg: maternity care Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville: maternity care knee and hip replacement Atrium Health University City, Charlotte: UNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill: maternity care Johnston Health, Smithfield: bariatric surgery, cardiac care, knee and hip replace- maternity care ment, maternity care, spine surgery, transplants (bone Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Lenoir: marrow/stem cell, heart, liver and lung) maternity care Lake Norman Regional Medical Center, Mooresville: bariatric surgery, maternity care UNC Rex Healthcare, Raleigh: Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville: bariatric surgery, cardiac care, knee and hip replace- bariatric surgery Mission Hospital, Asheville: ment, spine surgery bariatric surgery, maternity care CarolinaEast Medical Center, New Bern: , Greenville: cardiac care, maternity care Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount: bariatric surgery bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement, maternity CaroMont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia: care Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, knee and hip replacement, maternity care, spine Winston-Salem: surgery New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington: transplants (bone-marrow/stem-cell, heart, pancreas) bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement, spine Carteret Health Care, Morehead City: surgery Wake Forest Baptist — High Point Medical Center, bariatric surgery knee and hip replacement, maternity care, spine Novant Health Charlotte Orthopedic Hospital, surgery Catawba Valley Health System, Hickory: Charlotte: maternity care knee and hip replacement, spine surgery WakeMed Cary Hospital: bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement, maternity Cone Health’s Alamance Regional Medical Center, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, care, spine surgery Burlington: Winston-Salem: knee and hip replacement, maternity care knee and hip replacement, maternity care, spine WakeMed Raleigh Campus, surgery knee and hip replacement, maternity care, Cone Health’s The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospi- spine surgery tal, Greensboro: Novant Health Kernersville, Wayne UNC Health Care, Goldsboro: cardiac care, knee and hip replacement, spine surgery bariatric surgery maternity care Cone Health’s Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, bariatric surgery, knee and hip replacement maternity care

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