Awards and Designations

Cottage Health

• Recipient of 2024 Great Place To Work Certification™ for a sixth time
• Designated a Digital Health Most Wired organization: Acute Level 7 and Ambulatory Level 7
• Named a 2024 Seramount 100 Best Companies for working parents

Heart & Vascular Center

• Named one of America's Best Cardiac Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek
• Blue Distinction Center® from Blue Cross Blue Shield 
• Designated STEMI Receiving Center

Center for Orthopedics

• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission

Neuroscience Institute

• Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission
• Joint Commission Brain Tumor Certification, one of six in the United States

Center for Advanced Imaging

• American College of Radiology accredited for CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Mammography, and Lung Cancer Screening

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

• “B” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2024
• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission
• 5-star CMS rating for Overall Quality & Safety, 2024
• 4-star CMS rating for Patient Satisfaction Survey

• Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll - SILVER status
• 2022 Best Hospitals for Billing Ethics by Money-Leapfrog Group

Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

• 5-star CMS rating for Overall Quality & Safety, 2024

• 4-star CMS rating for Patient Survey

• “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2022 and Fall 2022, “B” Grade for Spring 2023 and Fall 2023
• Accredited Echocardiography facility for Adult Transthoracic and Adult Transesophageal services by Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC)
• Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission

• Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement from The Joint Commission

• Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program Comprehensive Center with Adolescent

• Recipient of the American Heart Association: Get With The Guidelines® award with Stroke Elite Honor Roll recognition

• California Department of Public Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll designated with GOLD status

• American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Gold Plus Award

• Blue Distinction® Center Cardiac Care Program 2022
• Cottage Epilepsy Center accredited as Level 3 by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)  
• Designated Baby-Friendly® hospital by Baby-Friendly USA Inc.
• Get With the Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
• Joint Commission Sepsis Certification
• Level I Adult Trauma Center
• Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
• Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Silver Plus Achievement Award from the American Heart Association
• Platinum Level Environmental Sustainability Certificate from the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) of the American Hospital Association
• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Patient Satisfaction Award– Inpatient, Behavioral Health

• Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• Cal Hospital Compare Maternity Honor roll for reducing c-section rates for low risk births.

• Recognized as one of the World’s Best Hospitals 2024 by Newsweek

• Recognized as a global leader for Patient Satisfaction by Newsweek

Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

• Joint Commission Acute Stroke Ready Certification

• Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Rural Bronze recognition

• Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Patient Satisfaction Award - Medical Practice

• Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)

• California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Antimicrobial Stewardship Honor Roll - SILVER status

Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital

• Named one of America's Best Physical Rehab Centers 2024 by Newsweek

• Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in Brain Injury Specialty Programs, Spinal Cord Injury Specialty, Comprehensive Integrated Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs and Stroke Specialty Programs

Ridley-Tree Center for Wound Care Management

• Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Wound Care and Treatment Center of Distinction Award