Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health Medical Center was named a Blue Distinction Center+ for knee and hip replacement by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia, reports The Morgantown News.
Three things to know:
1. The distinction recognizes facilities that provide optimum patient safety and outcomes in total knee and hip replacements, based on measures developed by BCBS.
2. Blue Distinction Center+ facilities demonstrate expertise in total knee and hip replacements, resulting in fewer complications and hospital readmissions.
3. MHMC is the flagship hospital of Mon Health, a three hospital health system providing care throughout North Central West Virginia, Southwestern Pennsylvania and Western Maryland.