Iowa hospitals receive Blue Distinction designations for maternity care
In an effort to help prospective parents find hospitals that deliver quality, affordable maternity care, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced the first hospitals in Iowa to receive the Blue Distinction Center and Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care designations. The designations recognize hospitals for delivering quality specialty care safely and effectively, based on objective measures developed with input from the medical community. To receive a Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care designation, a hospital must meet the same quality criteria as Blue Distinction Centers while also meeting requirements for cost efficiency. Twenty-six hospitals, among them Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines, Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes, Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Methodist West received Blue Distinction Center+ designations. One hospital, Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, received the Blue Distinction Center designation.
|
Provider/Health System |
City |
Designation |
|
Alegent Health Mercy Hospital
|
Council Bluffs |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Covenant Medical Center
|
Waterloo |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Fort Madison Community Hospital
|
Fort Madison |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Genesis Health System
|
Davenport |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
|
Grinnell |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital
|
Council Bluffs |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Lakes Regional Healthcare
|
Spirit Lake |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mary Greeley Medical Center
|
Ames |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Hospital
|
Iowa City |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center
|
Cedar Rapids |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center
|
Clinton |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines
|
Des Moines |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center
|
Dubuque |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center
|
Mason City |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center
|
Sioux City |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes
|
West Des Moines |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
St. Anthony Regional Hospital
|
Carroll |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Allen Hospital
|
Waterloo |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Finley Hospital
|
Dubuque |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Iowa Lutheran Hospital
|
Des Moines |
Blue Distinction Center |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Iowa Methodist Medical Center
|
Des Moines |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Methodist West Hospital
|
West Des Moines |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – St. Luke’s Hospital
|
Cedar Rapids |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – St. Luke’s
|
Sioux City |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Trinity Bettendorf
|
Bettendorf |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
UnityPoint Health® – Trinity Muscatine
|
Muscatine |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
|
University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics
|
Iowa City |
Blue Distinction Center+ |
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