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Centers for Bariatric SurgeryDirectory of ProvidersUpdated: February 17, 2021Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgeryYour Participating Provider DirectoryThis Provider Directory is your guide to providers that have been designated as Blue Distinction Centers or BlueDistinction Centers . We are continually updating this list. If you do not see a particular healthcare provider listed, needadditional information regarding a provider or have any questions about your specific benefits, please call the customerservice number on the back of your identification card.A provider’s participation in the program is subject to change. To verify this information, please contact the provider beforeyou receive medical services.If this is an emergency, please proceed to the nearest healthcare provider with an emergency department.Blue Distinction CentersWhen it comes to your health and healthcare, the choices you make matter. Blue Distinction Centers can help you andyour doctor have a better-informed discussion about finding the right hospital for the specific procedure you need.Blue Distinction CentersThe Blue Distinction Center program was developed with input from the medical community and evaluates providers ontheir ability to deliver high quality and safe specialty care based on criteria that directly impact patient results – e.g.,surgical team expertise and a history of better outcomes for patients.Blue Distinction Centers Blue Distinction Centers not only meet the same quality criteria as Blue Distinction Centers, but they also go a stepfurther. Providers receiving a Blue Distinction Center designation are also measured on how efficiently they deliver thishigh-quality patient care.To see a list of the specific selection criteria used to evaluate providers for the Blue Distinction Centers for BariatricSurgery recognition, please visit www.bcbs.com/bluedistinction.*This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.1 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgeryBlue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERALABAMABrookwood Baptist Medical CenterBirminghamComprehensive Center Crestwood Medical Center*HuntsvilleComprehensive Center Flowers Hospital*DothanComprehensive Center Grandview Medical CenterBirminghamComprehensive Center Grandview Medical CenterBirminghamComprehensive Center Huntsville HospitalHuntsvilleComprehensive Center Jackson HospitalMontgomeryComprehensive Center Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobileComprehensive Center St Vincents East*BirminghamComprehensive Center Stringfellow Memorial HospitalAnnistonComprehensive Center UAB HospitalBirminghamComprehensive CenterAnchorageComprehensive CenterBanner University Medical Center PhoenixCampusPhoenixComprehensive Center Banner University Medical Center TucsonCampusTucsonComprehensive Center ALASKAProvidence Alaska Medical Center* ARIZONA*This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.2 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERARIZONA (cont’d)Carondelet St Marys HospitalTucsonComprehensive Center Flagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaffComprehensive Center Mayo Clinic HospitalPhoenixComprehensive Center Mercy Gilbert Medical CenterGilbertComprehensive Center Northwest Medical CenterTucsonComprehensive CenterSt Josephs Westgate Medical CenterGlendaleComprehensive CenterYuma Regional Medical CenterYumaComprehensive Center Baptist Health Medical Center LrLittle RockComprehensive Center Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas*RogersComprehensive Center Nea Baptist Memorial Hospital*JonesboroComprehensive Center Northwest Health Physicians SpecialtyHospitalFayettevilleComprehensive CenterNorthwest Medical Center Willow CreekWomens HospitalSpringdaleComprehensive CenterAdventist Health BakersfieldBakersfieldComprehensive CenterAlta Bates Summit Medical Center SummitCampusOaklandComprehensive Center California Pacific Medical Center Van NessCampusSan FranciscoComprehensive Center Cedars Sinai Medical CenterWest HollywoodComprehensive Center ARKANSAS CALIFORNIA *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.3 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERCALIFORNIA (cont’d)Chapman Global Med Ctr IncOrangeComprehensive Center Clovis Comm HospClovisComprehensive Center Comm Hosp of The Monterey*MontereyComprehensive Center Community Hospital of The MontereyPeninsulaMontereyComprehensive Center Community Memorial Hospital SanBuenaventuraVenturaComprehensive CenterDameron Hospital AssociationStocktonComprehensive Center Desert Regional Medical CenterPalm SpringsComprehensive Center Doctors Hospital of MantecaMantecaComprehensive Center Doctors Medical Center of ModestoModestoComprehensive Center Eisenhower Medical CenterRancho MirageComprehensive Center El Camino HospitalMountain ViewComprehensive Center Enloe Medical Center IncChicoComprehensive Center Foothill Regional Medical CenterTustinComprehensive CenterFountain Valley Regional Hospital andMedical CenterFountain ValleyComprehensive Center Fresno Heart and Surgical Hosp ACommunity RMCCFresnoComprehensive Center Good Samaritan HospitalSan JoseComprehensive Center Huntington Memorial HospitalPasadenaComprehensive Center Keck Hospital of USC*Los AngelesComprehensive Center Loma Linda University Surgical HospitalRedlandsComprehensive Center *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.4 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERCALIFORNIA (cont’d) Marian Regional Medical CenterSanta MariaComprehensive CenterMarina Del Rey HospitalMarina Del ReyComprehensive CenterMemorial Hospital Medical Center ModestoModestoComprehensive Center Mercy Hospital BakersfieldBakersfieldComprehensive Center Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichaelComprehensive CenterMercy Southwest HospitalBakersfieldComprehensive CenterMethodist Hosp of Southern CaliforniaArcadiaComprehensive CenterMethodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramentoComprehensive Center Mills Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingameComprehensive Center Natividad Medical CenterSalinasComprehensive Center Orange Coast Memorial Medical CenterFountain ValleyComprehensive Center Palmdale Regional Medical CenterPalmdaleComprehensive Center Parkview Community Hospital MedicalCenter*RiversideComprehensive Center Pih Health Hospital WhittierWhittierComprehensive Center Placentia Linda HospitalPlacentiaComprehensive Center Pomerado Hospital*PowayComprehensive Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical CenterBurbankComprehensive Center Queen of The Valley Medical CenterNapaComprehensive Center Riverside Community HospitalRiversideComprehensive Center Ronald Reagan Ucla Medical CenterLos AngelesComprehensive Center *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.5 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERCALIFORNIA (cont’d)Santa Barbara Cottage HospitalSanta BarbaraComprehensive Center Scripps Green HospitalLa JollaComprehensive Center Scripps Memorial HospitalLa JollaComprehensive Center Scripps Mercy Hosp*San DiegoComprehensive Center Sharp Memorial HospitalSan DiegoComprehensive Center Southern California Hospital at Culver CityCulver CityComprehensive Center Southwest Healthcare System-WildomarWildomarComprehensive Center St Bernardine Medical CenterSan BernardinoComprehensive Center St Johns Regional Medical CenterOxnardComprehensive Center St Johns Regional Med Ctr Mercy HlthcreVenturOxnardComprehensive CenterSt Joseph Hospital OrangeOrangeComprehensive Center St Mary Med Ctr LongbeachLong BeachComprehensive Center Stanford Health Care*Palo AltoComprehensive Center Stanford Health Care ValleycarePleasantonComprehensive Center Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRosevilleComprehensive Center Sutter Santa Rosa Regional HospitalSanta RosaComprehensive Center Torrance Memorial Medical CenterTorranceComprehensive Center UC Davis Medical CenterSacramentoComprehensive Center UC Irvine Medical CenterOrangeComprehensive Center Ucsd Medical Center*San DiegoComprehensive Center *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.6 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERCALIFORNIA (cont’d)Ucsf Childrens HospitalSan FranciscoComprehensive Center Ventura County Medical Center*VenturaComprehensive Center Lutheran Medical Center*Wheat RidgeComprehensive Center Parker Adventist HospitalParkerComprehensive Center Penrose St Francis HealthcareColorado SpringsComprehensive Center Rose Medical Center*DenverComprehensive CenterSaint Joseph Hospital IncDenverComprehensive CenterSky Ridge Medical CenterLone TreeComprehensive CenterSt Marys Hospital and Medical Center*Grand JunctionComprehensive CenterUniversity HospitalAuroraComprehensive CenterBridgeport Hospital*BridgeportComprehensive Center Danbury HospitalDanburyComprehensive Center Griffin HospitalDerbyComprehensive Center Hartford HospitalHartfordComprehensive Center Middlesex HospitalMiddletownComprehensive Center Midstate Medical Center*MeridenComprehensive Center Norwalk HospitalNorwalkComprehensive Center St Francis Hospital & Medical Center*HartfordComprehensive Center COLORADO CONNECTICUT*This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.7 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERCONNECTICUT (cont’d)New HavenComprehensive Center American Surgery Center (ASC)*WilmingtonAmbulatory Surgery Center Bayhealth Hospital - Kent Campus*DoverComprehensive CenterBayhealth Hospital - Sussex Campus*MilfordComprehensive CenterChristiana Care Health ServicesWilmingtonComprehensive Center St Francis Hospital Inc*WilmingtonComprehensive Center George Wash UnivWashingtonComprehensive CenterHoward University HospitalWashingtonComprehensive CenterWashington Hospital CenterWashingtonComprehensive Center AdventHealth CarrollwoodTampaComprehensive Center Adventhealth CelebrationCelebrationComprehensive Center AdventHealth Dade City*Dade CityComprehensive Center Adventhealth Daytona BeachDaytona BeachComprehensive Center Adventhealth OcalaOcalaComprehensive CenterAdventHealth TampaTampaComprehensive CenterBaptist Hospital Pensacola*PensacolaComprehensive CenterBaptist Medical CenterJacksonvilleComprehensive CenterYale-New Haven Hospital*DELAWARE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.8 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERFLORIDA (cont’d)Brandon Regional HospitalBrandonComprehensive Center Capital Regional Medical CenterTallahasseeComprehensive Center Cleveland Clinic Florida Health System Weston*WestonComprehensive Center Cleveland Clinic Martin North HospitalStuartComprehensive Center Delray Medical CenterDelray BeachComprehensive Center Flagler HospitalSaint AugustineComprehensive Center Halifax Medical CenterDaytona BeachComprehensive CenterHialeah HospitalHialeahComprehensive Center Jackson South Community HospitalMiamiComprehensive Center JFK Medical CenterAtlantisComprehensive CenterLargo Medical Center*LargoComprehensive CenterManatee Memorial HospitalBradentonComprehensive CenterMayo Clinic Florida HospitalJacksonvilleComprehensive CenterMease Dunedin HospitalDunedinComprehensive Center Memorial Hospital JacksonvilleJacksonvilleComprehensive Center Memorial Hospital of Tampa LPTampaComprehensive Center Memorial Hospital Pembroke*Pembroke PinesComprehensive Center Memorial Hospital Pembroke*Pembroke PinesComprehensive Center Memorial Hospital West*Pembroke PinesComprehensive Center Memorial Regional Hospital*HollywoodComprehensive Center *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.9 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERFLORIDA (cont’d)North Florida Regional Medical Center*GainesvilleComprehensive Center Northwest Medical CenterMargateComprehensive Center Ocala Regional Medical CenterOcalaComprehensive Center Orlando Health CentralOcoeeComprehensive CenterOrlando Regional Medical Center*OrlandoComprehensive Center Palmetto General HospitalHialeahComprehensive Center Palms of Pasadena Hospital LPSaint PetersburgComprehensive Center Physicians Regional Medical Center - CollierBlvdNaplesComprehensive Center Sacred Heart HospitalPensacolaComprehensive Center Santa Rosa Medical CenterMiltonComprehensive Center Shands and University of Florida HealthCare NtwkGainesvilleComprehensive Center South Florida Baptist HospitalPlant CityComprehensive Center South Miami HospitalMiamiComprehensive Center St Anthonys Hospital IncSaint PetersburgComprehensive Center St Josephs HospitalTampaComprehensive Center St Vincents Medical Center Riverside*JacksonvilleComprehensive Center St Vincents Medical Center SouthsideJacksonvilleComprehensive Center Tampa General HospitalTampaComprehensive Center University of Miami HospitalMiamiComprehensive Center Venice Regional Bayfront HealthVeniceComprehensive Center *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to thisBlue Distinction Specialty Care program are in the local Plan’s BlueCard PPO network.Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield Companies.Blue Distinction Centers (BDC) met overall quality measures for patient safety and outcomes, developed with input from the medical community. A Local Blue Plan may require additionalcriteria for providers located in its own service area; for details, contact your Local Blue Plan. Blue Distinction Centers (BDC ) also met cost measures that address consumers’ need foraffordable healthcare. Each provider’s cost of care is evaluated using data from its Local Blue Plan. Providers in CA, ID, NY, PA, and WA may lie in two Local Blue Plans’ areas, resulting in twoevaluations for cost of care; and their own Local Blue Plans decide whether one or both cost of care evaluation(s) must meet BDC national criteria. National criteria for BDC and BDC aredisplayed on www.bcbs.com. Individual outcomes may vary. For details on a provider’s in-network status or your own policy’s coverage, contact your Local Blue Plan and ask your providerbefore making an appointment. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any Blue Plans are responsible for non-covered charges or other losses or damages resulting from BlueDistinction or other provider finder information or care received from Blue Distinction or other providers.10 - 39
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric SurgerySTATE/FACILITY NAMEBARIATRIC CENTERTYPECITYDESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTER DESIGNATEDBLUEDISTINCTIONCENTERFLORIDA (cont’d)Viera Hospital Inc MelbourneComprehensive CenterAtlanta General and Bariatric SurgeryCenter, LLCJohns CreekComprehensive CenterColiseum Northside HospitalMaconComprehensive Center Colquitt Regional Medical Center*MoultrieComprehensive Center Dekalb Medical CenterDecaturComprehensive Center Doctors Hospital of AugustaAugustaComprehensive Center Eastside Medical CenterSnellvilleComprehensive Center Emory Johns Creek HospitalJohns CreekComprehensive Center Emory Univers
Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery *This hospital indicated voluntarily that Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, Pathologists, Hospitalists, and Intensivists who provide services for elective (scheduled) procedures related to this
