Blue Distinction Specialty Care
How can Blue Distinction help you?
What is the Blue Distinction program?
Blue Distinction Specialty Care is a national centers of excellence program recognizing health care facilities and/or providers with a proven track record for exceptional specialized care and better patient outcomes.
To earn a Blue Distinction designation, providers and / or facilities must meet strict, pre-determined quality standards developed by medical experts and providers. This national evaluation criteria makes it easy for patients to choose quality-focused specialty treatment.
Types of Blue Distinction Specialty Care
The program includes two levels of designation:
Blue Distinction Center – quality care, treatment expertise, and better overall patient results
Blue Distinction Centers+ – more affordable care in addition to quality care, treatment expertise, and better overall patient results
The Blue Distinction program recognizes centers that deliver care in several crucial specialty care areas:
- Knee and hip replacement
- Bariatric surgery
- Cardiac care
- Transplants
- Spine surgery
- Maternity care
- Substance use treatment and recovery