60 heart centers earning designations

Here are 60 heart centers and programs that earned designations and accreditation in 2024:

  1. Lufkin, Texas-based Heart Institute of East Texas and St. Luke's Health—Memorial were awarded accreditation and top recognition from the American College of Cardiology for the Partners in Care for Heart Failure program.

  2. The Structural Heart and Valve Program at Englewood (N.J.) Hospital received a three-star rating for its transcatheter aortic valve replacement program from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the American College of Cardiology. The hospital also received two Get With The Guidelines awards from the American Heart Association for stroke care and resuscitation.

  3. Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute was awarded the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the Mitral Foundation.

  4. Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.) and Providence Mission Hospital in  Mission Viejo, Calif., received the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the American Heart Association's Heart-Check mark for Comprehensive Cardiac Certification.

  5. Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital was redesignated a level 1 emergency cardiac care center by the Georgia Department of Public Health. Sylvester, Ga.-based Phoebe Worth Medical Center received a  level 3 emergency cardiac care center designation. 

  6. Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health was awarded cardiac catheter lab accreditation by the American College of Cardiology.

  7. Englewood (N.J.) Health received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award. The health system's emergency medical services received the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline Gold award

  8. Bozeman (Mont.) Health received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.

  9. Nine Minneapolis-based Allina Health hospitals received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines awards for stroke care: Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Buffalo (Minn.) Hospital, Cambridge (Minn.) Medical Center, Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center, Coon Rapids, Minn.-based Mercy Hospital, New Ulm (Minn.) Medical Center, Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital, River Falls (Wisc.) Area Hospital and St. Paul, Minn.-based United Hospital. 

  10. Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.) cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programs were recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

  11. Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center's cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program was recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

  12. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health's Olean General Hospital received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Silver Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognition.

  13. The cardiac progressive care unit at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City received a Gold-Level Beacon Award of Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

  14. Vanderbilt University Medical Center received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.

  15. Five Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health hospitals received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines awards for heart disease and stroke care: Enola, Pa.-based Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center, Camp Hill, Pa.-based Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, Penn State Health Lancaster (Pa.) Medical Center, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center and Reading, Pa.-based Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center.

  16. Murray, Utah-based Intermountain Medical Center received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award.

  17. Kingwood, W.Va.-based Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital's cardiac rehabilitation program was recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

  18. Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Regional Medical Center received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.

  19. Columbia, Tenn.-based Maury Regional Medical Center received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Gold Performance Achievement Award.

  20. The cardiac rehabilitation program at Indiana University Health's Bedford (Ind.) Hospital was recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

  21. Neptune City, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center received a HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology.

  22. St. Louis-based SSM Health's Dale Michels Heart & Vascular Care at St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, Wis. received a four-star rating in the American College of Cardiology and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Cath Lab PCI registry.

  23. Three Munster, Ind.-based Powers Health hospitals received American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines awards for heart disease and stroke: Munster, Ind.-based Community Hospital, East Chicago, Ind.-based St. Catherine Hospital and Hobart, Ind.-based St. Mary Medical Center.

  24. Four Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health hospitals received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines awards for stroke care: Dayton, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital, Centerville, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital South, Middletown, Ohio-based Atrium Medical Center and Troy, Ohio-based Upper Valley Medical Center.

  25. San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Health System hospitals were reaccredited Chest Pain Centers with Primary percutaneous coronary intervention designation by the American College of Cardiology.

  26. Chico, Calif-based Enloe Health's Enloe Medical Center received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines' Gold Plus award for a Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving.

  27. Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health's Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, Ind. received the American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines' Bronze Resuscitation award for the adult age group.

  28. Bridgeport, W.Va-based United Hospital Center's cardiac rehabilitation program was recertified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

  29. St. Luke's Health-The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital received the American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award. The hospital also received two Get With The Guidelines awards from the American Heart Association for Coronary Artery Disease care.

  30. Freeport, Ill.-based FHN Memorial Hospital received five American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines awards for cardiovascular care.

  31. Maui (Hawaii) Memorial Medical Center received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines awards for resuscitation, heart and stroke care.

  32. The Emergency Medical Services Department at State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health received the American Heart Association's 2024 Mission: Lifeline Gold Award.

  33. Carthage, Ill.-based Memorial Hospital received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines awards for stroke care.

  34. Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health - Porter received a HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology.

  35. WVU Medicine's Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital received American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines and Mission: Lifeline achievement awards.

  36. Twelve of Jefferson, La.-based Ochsner Health's hospitals were recognized by the American Heart Association as part of the organization's Get with the Guidelines awards.

  37. Conway (S.C.) Medical Center was awarded Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI by the American College of Cardiology.

  38. Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas, received two American Heart Association achievement awards.

  39. Good Samaritan Dayson Heart Center in Vincennes, Ind., received six Get With The Guidelines and Mission: Lifeline achievement awards from the American Heart Association.

  40. Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., received the Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology as part of the ACC's National Cardiovascular Data Registry.

  41. The UPMC Heart & Vascular Institute in Pittsburgh was recognized as one of the Best U.S. Hospitals for Cardiac Care by Money.

  42. Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo., received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Rural Recognition Silver award from the American Heart Association.

  43. PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash., was recognized by the American Heart Association as part of the organization's Get with the Guidelines awards.

  44. Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham in Demorest was accredited as a Level 3 emergency cardiac care center by the state Department of Public Health.

  45. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston was awarded the HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology.

  46. NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City was recognized as a Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center by the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation. 

  47. The Franciscan Health Heart & Vascular Institute Olympia Fields (Ill.) echocardiography lab was granted accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission for adult transthoracic echocardiography.

  48. New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center received the Mitral Valve Repair Reference Center Award from the American Heart Association and the Mitral Foundation.

  49. UC Health's University of Cincinnati Medical Center and West Chester (Ohio) Hospital have again been recognized by the American Heart Association with the Heart Failure Gold Plus Award.

  50. Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health Medical Center is the first in West Virginia and 24th in the country to receive redesignation as HeartCARE Center National Distinction of Excellence by the American College of Cardiology.

  51. Kingwood, W.Va.-based Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital was awarded Chest Pain Center Accreditation.

  52. Chillicothe, Mo.-based Hedrick Medical Center received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognition Bronze Award.

  53. Methodist Fremont (Neb.) Health was awarded two bronze American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines—Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognitions.

  54. West Chester, Pa.-based Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital received The American College of Cardiology's Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI.

  55. Beckley, W.Va.-based Raleigh General Hospital once again received its Chest Pain Center Accreditation.

  56. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Cardiology was awarded chest pain center accreditation with primary percutaneous coronary intervention from the American College of Cardiology.

  57. Millersburg, Ohio-based Pomerene Hospital received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Rural Recognition Bronze award for ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

  58. The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at New York City-based The Mount Sinai Hospital received three-star recognition in all of the cardiac surgery categories in the 2020-2023 Society of Thoracic Surgeons report.

  59. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag's Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute earned a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for three categories of surgery: isolated aortic valve replacement, isolated mitral valve replacement and repair and isolated coronary artery bypass grafting.

  60. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Division at Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital once again earned a three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for its patient care and outcomes in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures.

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