You can expect award-winning care across all of our Mission Health care sites. Check-out some of the many accolades our facilities have received thanks to our skilled and dedicated colleagues.
Mission Hospital
Mission Hospital currently has more than 35 active clinical trials under the HCA Healthcare Research Institute, a site network with national scientific leaders and community-based hospitals across the country. These trials encompass multiple service areas, including all aspects of cardiovascular care - from surgical and interventional cardiology to electrophysiology and heart failure.
America’s 50 Best Hospitals from 2015-2025 by Healthgrades
Ranked as #1 in North Carolina for Critical Care, Gastrointestinal Care, GI Medical Treatment, GI Surgery, Stroke Care and Cardiology by Healthgrades in 2025
Mission Hospital tied for #1 spot with Duke University Hospital and WakeMed Raleigh on Business North Carolina’s annual list of Best Hospitals
America's Best Employers by Forbes in 2022 and 2023.
Magnet® Designation in 2020 and 2025 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Leapfrog Patient Safety "Straight As” from Fall 2021 to Fall 2023; Leapfrog Top Teaching Hospital for 2022
Patient Safety Excellence Award from 2022-2025 from Healthgrades
PINC Top 50 Cardiovascular Hospitals in 2024
Ten-year recognition for American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus, Advanced Therapy and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Mission Hospital recognized as one of Healthgrades’ America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Surgical Care (2024-2025)
Mission Hospital recognized as one of Healthgrades’ America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention (2024-2025), Orthopedic Surgery (2024-2025), Stroke Care (2025), Prostate Surgeries (2024-2025), GI Care (2021-2025, GI Surgery (2021-2025), and Critical Care (2023-2025)
Healthgrades’ Excellence Awards for Orthopedic Surgery (2024-2025), Coronary Intervention (2024-2025), Vascular Surgery (2025), GI Surgery (2021-2025), Prostate Surgery (2024-2025), Neurosciences (2025), Stroke Care (2023-2025), GI Care (2021-2025, Pulmonary Care (2011-2025), Critical Care (2023-2025), Surgical Care (2022-2025)
Five-Star Breastfeeding-Friendly designation from the NC Maternity Center
Radiation Therapy Department and Mountain Radiation Oncology achieved accreditation through the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Accreditation Program for Excellence
Accredited breast program through NAPBC (National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers)
Mission Hospital has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for its patient care and outcomes in aortic valve replacement (AVR), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), AVR combined with CABG, and lobectomy. The three-star rating, which denotes the highest category of quality, places Mission Hospital among the elite for Adult Cardiac Surgery and General Thoracic Surgery in the United States and Canada.
Mission Heart Care earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval--Cardiac Surgery Program for meeting national standards for healthcare, as well as quality and safety in the care of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. Mission was the first program in the state of North Carolina to receive this designation.
The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers
The Fracture Prevention Program at Mission Hospital has received the Star Performer recognition from The American Orthopaedic Association’s (AOA) Own the Bone® program
Mission has been triple-certified as a Comprehensive Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for both adults and adolescents with obesity medicine qualifications by MBSAQIP, a joint accreditation program by the ACS and ASMBS
Mission Weight Management is a Cigna 3-Star Quality Bariatric Center
OptumHealth Bariatric Surgery Network Certification
Mission Fullerton Genetics Center earned PRC 5-Star Excellence Award for Overall Quality of Care
Angel Medical Center
Achieved the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Received a five-star rating for Overall Hospital Quality for 2022 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Recognized as a Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure in 2024 and with a Pulmonary Care Excellence Award in 2022 from Healthgrades
Achieved and has maintained Pathway to Excellence designation since 2019 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
Achieved the 2025 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® - Rural Stroke SILVER Achievement Award
Recognized with an Outstanding Patient Experience Award in 2022 and 2025 from Healthgrades
Recognized with a Pulmonary Care Excellence Award from 2020-2022 from Healthgrades
Achieved the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® -Stroke GOLD PLUS
Care Partners
Recognized as a 2021-2024 Center of Excellence in Oncology Rehabilitation through the Physiological Oncology Rehabilitation Institute (PORi). This recognition exemplifies best practice in providing specialized oncology rehabilitation services for patients who have been diagnosed with any type of cancer in any phase of cancer treatment or survivorship
CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital named one of Newsweek's 2021-2023 America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital
Highlands-Cashiers Hospital’s Eckerd Living Center earned a five-star rating in 2022 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Earned the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Patient Experience Award in 2023 for the Emergency Department
Recognized with the 2021 Practice Greenhealth Making Medicine Mercury Free Award
Certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) for Cardiac Rehabilitation
Mission Hospital McDowell
Achieved the 2025 American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Named to Newsweek’s 2020-2022, 2024, 2025 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals
Recognized on the 2024 Fortune/PINC AI 100 Top Hospitals® list for excellence in patient outcomes and experience, operational efficiency, financial health and community impact.
Recognized as a Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia from 2017-2025, Gallbladder Removal Surgery (2025), Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies (2025), and for Treatment of Respiratory Failure from 2023-2025
Achieved the 2024 American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
Earned designation as a Baby-Friendly® Hospital in 2020 by Baby-Friendly USA
Transylvania Regional Hospital
Received a five-star rating for Overall Hospital Quality for 2023 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Hospital and its Transitional Care Unit (TCU) have both earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Accreditation in 2022
Achieved the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
Recognized as Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pneumonia 2024, Respiratory Failure (2023-2024) and with Pulmonary Care Excellence Award 2021-2022
Recognized as a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence 2018-2021