2019-current Level II Trauma Center Verified by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The verification recognizes the hospital for meeting the highest standard of care possible for treating injured patients.
2017-2023 BETA Healthcare Group Award of Excellence in the Emergency Department. The goal of Excellence in the ED is to improve the care for the critical pediatric patient.
2018–2023 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center received the “Top Performer Award” for CMS quality metrics, scoring in the top 10% of facilities for six consecutive years.
2023 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center ranked in top 10% out of 113 LifePoint Acute Rehab Centers and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities.
2023 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center ranked in the top 3% of 861 Inpatient Rehab Facilities in the IRF database of Netsmart.
2009-2023 BETA Healthcare Group Award of Excellence for High Quality Obstetrical Practices achieving 100% Compliance. The goal of the OB initiative is to promote best practices in care delivery to moms and babies in BETA’s “Quest for Zero” preventable birth injuries.
2015-current Blue Distinction® Center for Maternity Care designation by Blue Cross Blue Shield signifying that Natividad delivers high quality maternity care safely and effectively, based on objective quality measures that represent evidence-based practices of high-quality maternity care.
2016-2023 Smart Care California’s C-section Honor Roll for Maternity Care. Efforts include improving C-section rates, applying critical safety measures, ensuring that mothers get timely and high-quality prenatal and postpartum care.
2013-current International recognition as a Baby-Friendly® birth facility for offering breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
2022 Recognized by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) for meritorious surgical care outcomes. Natividad is one of only 78 health care organizations nationally to receive this honor and the only one in Monterey County.
2017-current Blue Distinction® Center for Bariatric Surgery designation by Blue Cross Blue Shield. The Blue Distinction Specialty Care program recognizes nationally designated health care facilities that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes.
2020 California Association of Public Hospitals and California Health Care Safety Net Institute Quality Leaders Award Special Recognition for COVID-19 Response.
2020 Recognized by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) for meritorious surgical care outcomes for 2019. Natividad is one of only 89 health care organizations nationally to receive this honor and the only one within Monterey County.
Accreditations
- Natividad is fully accredited by The Joint Commission.
- Natividad Family Medicine Residency Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
- Diabetes Education Center accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists.
- International Accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International (CARF) for Hospital (Adults) and Hospital: Stroke Specialty Programs (Adults) Programs.
- Accredited for Simulation Program by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Natividad is only the second hospital in California to achieve this status.
- The Child Advocacy Center at Natividad is accredited by the National Children’s Alliance, ensuring that all children receive consistent, evidence-based services to help them heal.
