Covenant High Plains Surgery Center Earns Blue Distinction Centers Designation For Bariatric Surgery

Lubbock-area center one of eleven freestanding surgery centers in the nation to merit Blue Distinction®

Covenant High Plains Surgery Center announced that its Quaker Avenue facility earned designation as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric (w**********) Surgery.

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The Blue Distinction^® Center designation is awarded by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) to bariatric surgery centers that have a proven track record of delivering better outcomes, including fewer complications and readmissions. At this writing, only eleven freestanding surgery centers in the country have met eligibility criteria and earned this distinction.

Blue Distinction^® Centers for Bariatric Surgery provide not just the bariatric surgery care itself, but must show excellence in post-operative care, outpatient follow-up care and patient education. These centers have lower complication rates and fewer readmissions.

“It’s an honor to earn this designation, which allows us to offer cost-effective, quality care to countless patients covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas,” stated CHPSC administrator Alfonso del Granado, MBA. “Although there are hundreds of hospital-based programs around the country, only eleven freestanding surgery centers have made the cut. For appropriate patients, the advantage is that they can receive excellent care at more affordable prices in a surgery center than in other facilities.”

Del Granado credits the hard work and dedication to excellence demonstrated by their staff and physicians, adding that “they have been working hard to keep patients safe and satisfied during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is a pleasure to see their efforts recognized.”

CHPSC this year became one of only a dozen surgery centers in the nation to achieve Center of Excellence recognition for bariatric surgery, and the first in West Texas to perform robotic total knee replacement surgery using the state-of-the-art Stryker Mako^® surgical robot.

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