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CVMC Earns Thirteenth Consecutive 'A' Grade for Patient Safety in Fall 2022

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2022. This national distinction recognizes CVMC’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital, as well as meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. This marks the thirteenth consecutive ‘A’ grade for safety that CVMC ...

CVMC Named 2022 Best Maternity Hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center was recently named as a 2022 Best Maternity Hospital by The Leapfrog Group in partnership with Money Magazine. Money and The Leapfrog Group selected 259 hospitals out of more than 2,200 hospitals around the country to receive the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care recognition. “To receive this recognition truly shows CVMC’s dedication toward providing the ...

FaithHealth Catawba Begins Partnership with NC MedAssist

FaithHealth Catawba, which is a faith-based outreach program led by Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS), recently began partnering with NC MedAssist to ensure access to medications for those in need throughout Catawba County and surrounding areas. “Prescribed medications are just one piece of the Access-to-Care Puzzle. Being able to afford the prescribed medications is challenging to many ...

Catawba Valley Health System Names New CEO To Succeed Retiring Eddie Beard

AUGUST 18, 2022 – Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) has announced the hiring of Dennis Johnson of Elizabethtown, KY, as its next President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 14, 2022. He succeeds Eddie Beard who previously announced his end-of-year retirement plans after having served CVHS for over 33 years in numerous positions including Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Operating ...

Catawba Valley Medical Center Nationally Recognized by Newsweek as a Best Maternity Care Hospital

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) was recently named to Newsweek’s 2022 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals in the nation. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns and their families. “Delivering a baby is one of the most important events in life,” said Jackie Miller, administrator of the CVMC Women & Children ...

Twelve Consecutive 'A' Grades for Patient Safety

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Spring 2022. This national distinction recognizes CVMC’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error in the hospital, as well as meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. This marks the twelfth consecutive ‘A’ grade for safety that CVMC ...

CVMC Earns Eleventh Consecutive 'A' Grade for Patient Safety in Fall 2021

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2021. This national distinction recognizes CVMC’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital as well as meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. This marks the eleventh consecutive ‘A’ grade for safety that CVMC has received ...

Important Update for Patients with UnitedHealthcare - October 28, 2021

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) is pleased to update you that UnitedHealthcare and CVHS have reached a multi-year agreement on a new contract. This agreement protects affordability and provides UnitedHealthcare members with continued in-network access to Catawba Valley Medical Center and Catawba Valley Medical Group. This impacts patients with UnitedHealthcare commercial, Medicare Advantage ...

CATAWBA VALLEY CARDIOLOGY WELCOMES NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR

HICKORY – Catawba Valley Medical Group (CVMG) has announced the arrival of Vincent Pompili, MD, as the new medical director for Catawba Valley Cardiology. A highly regarded physician and educator, Dr. Pompili comes to his new practice from Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College where served as professor of medicine, and from Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, ...

Oct. 1 Update for Patients with UnitedHealthcare

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) is disappointed to announce that UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has chosen to terminate its contract with us as of October 1 for services within our medical center. We will, however, continue to work with UHC to negotiate a new contract that ensures in-network coverage for all our services long-term. In the interim, those covered by UHC may still access our hospital ...