Capital Blue Cross has named WellSpan York Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacement.
The Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care program is a national designation awarded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies to medical facilities that have demonstrated expertise in delivering quality specialty care—which expanded recently to include more robust quality measures focused on improved patient health and safety, as well as new cost-efficiency measures.
The selection criteria used to evaluate facilities were developed with input from the medical community and include general quality and safety metrics plus programspecific metrics.
Research confirms that Blue Distinction Centers demonstrate better quality and improved outcomes for patients, with lower rates of complications and readmissions than their peers.