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Nix Receives Honors For Many Services

Through the past several years, Nix Health has received several honors and recognitions. We are proud of our hard-working employees, nursing staff and medical staff without whom we would not have achieved such high quality levels. Below are some of the awards and accolades Nix Health has received:

• Nix Health is proud to be recognized as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement^SM by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas.*
  
  
  

• Nix Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center has been formally recognized as one of the top treatment facilities in the country, receiving accreditation with distinction from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS).
  
  
  

• Nix Health was awarded Get with the Guidelines Gold Achievement Award by the American Heart Association.  The Gold Achievement Award is designated to facilities that have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure or stroke with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standards for at least 24 months. 
  
  
  

• Nix Health is Five Star Rated for Bariatric Surgery. Nix Health is also rated best in the San Antonio/Austin Area and ranked among the top 10 hospitals in Texas for overall bariatric surgery (*as defined by HealthGrades). 
  
  

• The Nix Weight Loss Surgery Center is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by The American Society for Bariatric Surgery’s (ASBS).

• Data from a national data collection agency, UDS Database, has shown that the results of patients of the Nix Rehabilitation Services surpass other rehabilitation facilities in the region and across the U.S. for cases of stroke, brain injury, cardiac, debility, neurology, orthopaedics, and spinal cord.
  
  
  
  *Note:  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 your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan.