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"Our Blue Distinction program recognizes hospitals with a process of care that achieves higher levels of performance, resulting in overall better outcomes for patients," said Thomas Simmer, M.D., BCBSM senior vice president and chief medical officer. "We congratulate all of our Michigan Blue Distinction Centers for their commitment to providing high quality health care."
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The selection criteria used to evaluate facilities were developed with input from a panel of expert physicians and medical organizations. To be designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement or a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery, the following types of criteria were evaluated:
Michigan hospitals that have been designated as Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement include:
Allegiance Health - Jackson
Battle Creek Health System - Battle Creek
Bay Regional Medical Center - Bay City
Borgess Medical Center - Kalamazoo
Botsford Hospital - Farmington Hills
Bronson Methodist Hospital - Kalamazoo
Covenant Medical Center - Saginaw
Crittenton Hospital Medical Center - Rochester
Genesys Regional Medical Center - Grand Blanc
Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital - Clinton Township
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital - Warren Campus
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Hurley Medical Center - Flint
Ingham Regional Medical Center - Lansing
McLaren Regional Medical Center - Flint
Mercy Hospital - Cadillac
MidMichigan Medical Center - Midland
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital - Petoskey
Oakwood Heritage Hospital -Taylor
Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center - Dearborn
Oakwood Hospital Annapolis Center - Wayne
Providence Hospital and Medical Centers - Southfield
Saint John Hospital and Medical Center - Detroit
Saint John Macomb Oakland Hospital - Macomb Campus - Warren
Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital - Howell
Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland - Pontiac
Saint Mary's Health Care - Grand Rapids
Sparrow Hospital - Lansing
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital - Grand Rapids
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital - Grand Rapids
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - Ann Arbor
St. Mary Mercy Hospital - Livonia
University of Michigan Health System - Ann Arbor
William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
William Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe
William Beaumont Hospital - Troy
Michigan hospitals that have been designated as Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery include:
Allegiance Health - Jackson
Borgess Medical Center - Kalamazoo
Bronson Methodist Hospital -Kalamazoo
Covenant Medical Center - Saginaw
Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Marquette General Health System
McLaren Regional Medical Center - Flint
Saint John Hospital and Medical Center - Detroit
Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland - Pontiac
Saint Mary's Health Care - Grand Rapids
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital - Grand Rapids
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital - Grand Rapids
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital - Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Health System - Ann Arbor
William Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak
William Beaumont Hospital - Troy
For a complete listing of Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery and Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement, or for more information on all designated Blue Distinction Centers, visit bcbs.com/bluedistinction.
Designation as a Blue Distinction Center® means this facility's overall experience and aggregate data met objective criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians' and leading professional organizations' recommendations. Individual outcomes may vary. To find out which services are covered under your policy at any facilities, please call the customer service number on the back of your Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield identification card or call your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield plan.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is a nonprofit corporation and independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. For more company information, visit bcbsm.com.
-- Established acute care inpatient facility, including intensive care, emergency care and a full range of patient support services with full accreditation by a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services-deemed national accreditation organization -- Experience and training of program surgeons, including volume of cases, which is an indication of quality -- Quality management programs, including use of surgical checklists as well as tracking and evaluation of patients' clinical outcomes and the processes used in patient care -- Hospital's use of multidisciplinary care teams that coordinate and streamline patient care, the use of clinical guidelines or care processes, and the processes the care team uses to transition the patients from one clinical setting to the next -- Shared decision-making and pre-operative patient education
SOURCE Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
