Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery
Studies confirm that as many as eight out of 10 Americans suffer from some sort of back pain. Many treatment options for back pain may be appropriate, at the recommendation and guidance of your doctor. For those with severe and/or chronic pain, spine surgery may be a treatment option. If you or someone you care about is in need of spine surgery, look to medical facilities you can trust – look to Blue Distinction Centers®.
Blue Distinction Centers for Spine SurgerySM have demonstrated their commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for spine surgery patients. Each Blue Distinction® facility meets objective clinical measures that are developed with input from expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations. By April 2010, we anticipate designating more than 200 facilities across the country as Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery.
Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery provide comprehensive inpatient spine surgery services, including discectomy, fusion and decompression procedures. Find a Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery near you:
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More information about Blue Distinction's selection process and the selection criteria specific to the spine surgery program can be found here:
Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery, along with Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery®, Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care®, Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers®, Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip ReplacementSM , and Blue Distinction Centers for Transplants® are part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies' ongoing collaboration with the medical community to improve the overall quality of specialty care.
If you are a physician or hospital administrator interested in learning more or applying for the Blue Distinction® designation for your medical facility, please click here.
Note: Designation as Blue Distinction Centers means that these facilities' overall experience and aggregate data met objective criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians' and leading professional organizations' recommendations. Individual outcomes may vary. To find out which services are covered under your policy at these or any other facilities, please call your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan; and please call your provider before making an appointment, to verify the most current information on their Network participation status. Neither Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any of its Licensees are responsible for any damages, losses, or non-covered charges that may result from using this Web site or care received from a provider designated as a Blue Distinction Center.
