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Blue Distinction Centers^®

Our centers of excellence in hospital care are now called Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care^®.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network, together with the national Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, have awarded the national Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care designation to Michigan hospitals that meet strict requirements for delivering quality health care in specific specialties.

The designation is based on rigorous, evidence-based, objective selection criteria established in collaboration with expert physicians' and medical organizations' recommendations. Our goal is to help consumers find quality specialty care, while enabling and encouraging health care professionals to improve the overall quality and delivery of care nationwide.

To learn more, visit the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Web site or click on one of the Blue Distinction^® programs below.

• Blue Distinction Centers for Bariatric Surgery^®
• Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care^®
• Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers^®
• Blue Distinction Centers for Transplants^®

Find a Blue Distinction center

Designation as Blue Distinction Centers means 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 any facilities, please call the customer service number on the back of your Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan or Blue Care Network identification card; and call your provider before making an appointment, to verify the most current information on their network participation status. Neither the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association nor any of its licensees, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network, are responsible for any damages, losses or noncovered charges that may result from using this Web site or receiving care from a provider listed on this Web site.