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News Release January 22, 2018 Media Contact: Shawn Skillman, 803-264-2211 SC BlueCross Honors Maternity Care in Hospitals with ‘Blue Distinction’ Designation Columbia, SC – BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has recognized several South Carolina hospitals with a Blue Distinction® Center for Maternity Care designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated hospitals that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community. The facilities being recognized as Blue Distinction Centers+ for quality and cost are: Aiken Regional Medical Centers, Aiken AnMed Health Medical Center, Anderson Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital, Charleston Carolinas Hospital System, Florence Conway Hospital, Conway East Cooper Medical Center, Mount Pleasant GHS Greenville Memorial Hospital, Greenville GHS Greer Memorial Hospital, Greer Grand Strand Medical Center, Myrtle Beach Lexington Medical Center, Lexington MUSC Medical Center, Charleston Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill Roper Mount Pleasant Hospital, Mount Pleasant Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster St. Francis Eastside, Greenville The Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg & Calhoun Counties, Orangeburg Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet The facilities being recognized as Blue Distinction Centers for quality are: Baptist Easley Hospital, Easley Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville Colleton Medical Center, Walterboro GHS Laurens County Memorial Hospital, Clinton GHS Oconee Memorial Hospital, Seneca Hilton Head Hospital, Hilton Head Island Kershaw Health, Camden Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge, Columbia Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia Palmetto Health Tuomey, Sumter Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital, Georgetown Trident Medical Center, North Charleston Since 2006, the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program has helped patients find quality specialty care in several areas including cancer care, cardiac care, maternity care, knee and hip replacements, spine surgery and transplants, Research shows that, compared to other hospitals, those designated as Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate better quality and improved outcomes for patients. About BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Headquartered in Columbia and operating in South Carolina for more than 70 years, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. The only South Carolina-owned and operated health insurance carrier, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina comprises more than 20 companies involved in health insurance services, U.S. DoD health program and Medicare contracts, other insurance and employee benefits services, and a philanthropic foundation that funds programs to improve health care and access to health care for South Carolinians. Web www.SouthCarolinaBlues.com and www.BlueChoiceSC.com Facebook www.facebook.com/BCBSSC ? Twitter: www.twitter.com/BCBSSC LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/BlueCross-BlueShield-of-SC YouTube: www.youtube.com/BCBSofSouthCarolina ? Instagram: www.instagram.com/BCBSSCpics About Blue Cross Blue Shield Association The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 36 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide health care coverage for one in three Americans. BCBSA provides health care insights through The Health of America Report series and the national BCBS Health Index. For more information on BCBSA and its member companies, please visit bcbs.com. We also encourage you to connect with us on Facebook, check out our videos on YouTube, follow us on Twitter and check out our blog. ###
News Release January 22, 2018 Media Contact: Shawn Skillman, 803-264-2211
SC BlueCross Honors Maternity Care in Hospitals with ‘Blue Distinction’ Designation
Columbia, SC – BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has recognized several South Carolina hospitals with a Blue Distinction® Center for Maternity Care designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated hospitals that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from the medical community.
The facilities being recognized as Blue Distinction Centers+ for quality and cost are:
The facilities being recognized as Blue Distinction Centers for quality are:
Since 2006, the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program has helped patients find quality specialty care in several areas including cancer care, cardiac care, maternity care, knee and hip replacements, spine surgery and transplants, Research shows that, compared to other hospitals, those designated as Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate better quality and improved outcomes for patients.
About BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Headquartered in Columbia and operating in South Carolina for more than 70 years, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. The only South Carolina-owned and operated health insurance carrier, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina comprises more than 20 companies involved in health insurance services, U.S. DoD health program and Medicare contracts, other insurance and employee benefits services, and a philanthropic foundation that funds programs to improve health care and access to health care for South Carolinians.
Web www.SouthCarolinaBlues.com and www.BlueChoiceSC.com
Facebook www.facebook.com/BCBSSC ? Twitter: www.twitter.com/BCBSSC
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/BlueCross-BlueShield-of-SC
YouTube: www.youtube.com/BCBSofSouthCarolina ?
Instagram: www.instagram.com/BCBSSCpics
About Blue Cross Blue Shield Association The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association is a national federation of 36 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies that collectively provide health care coverage for one in three Americans. BCBSA provides health care insights through The Health of America Report series and the national BCBS Health Index. For more information on BCBSA and its member companies, please visit bcbs.com. We also encourage you to connect with us on Facebook, check out our videos on YouTube, follow us on Twitter and check out our blog.
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