Accolades
Accolades Like These Are Just One More Reason Why You Can Count On Covenant Health
At Covenant Health, we provide high-quality care, and industry experts agree. Our hospitals are consistently recognized for excellence in areas like quality, patient safety and advanced medical care. As a health system, we are regularly awarded for our use of technology and being a top employer. This partial list of accolades is a testament to our dedication to excellence.
Covenant Health
- Named a “Best Employer” ten times by Forbes, including “Best-in-State Employer” (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” list (2023, 2025)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces” list (2023, 2024)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity” list (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women” list (2024, 2025)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Gen Z” list (2025)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Job Starters” list (2024)
- Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families” list (2024)
- Multiple “Most Wired” designations for effective use of computer technology, acute category
Covenant Medical Group
- Multiple “Most Wired” designations for effective use of computer technology, ambulatory category
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Recognition as Patient-Centered Medical Homes (24 CMG practices recognized)
Claiborne Medical Center
- Named one of “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Bronze Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Acute Stroke Ready Hospital designated by The Joint Commission
- Hospital and Laboratory: Joint Commission Accreditation
- Imaging:
- Breast Center: FDA certification
- Computed Tomography (CT): American College of Radiology accreditation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): American College of Radiology accreditation
- Mammography: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Nuclear Medicine: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Ultrasound: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 5-Star Ratings: Physician Communication, Nurse Communication, Staff Responsiveness, Cleanliness
Claiborne Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Five-star rating on Nursing Home Compare (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
- American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living Commitment to Quality Award – Silver
- “America’s Best Nursing Homes 2025” by Newsweek
- “Best Nursing Homes 2025” by U.S. News and World Report
Cumberland Medical Center
- “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2025)
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award (2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Silver Plus Award (2024)
- Breast Imaging Center: American College of Radiology Center of Excellence accreditation
- Radiation Oncology: Commission on Cancer® and American College of Radiology accreditation
- Positron Emission Tomography accreditation, American College of Radiology
- Surgery: American College of Surgeons accreditation
- Hospital and Laboratory: Joint Commission Accreditation
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Maternity Care: Blue Distinction Center+ for Maternity Care by BlueCross BlueShield
Fort Loudoun Medical Center
- Named one of “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2024)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 5-Star Rating
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Mammography: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation: American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation accreditation
- Stroke:
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement (2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Elite Plus Honor Roll (2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024)
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
- “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2025)
- Named on Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Great Hospitals in America” list (2024)
- Stroke:
- Comprehensive Stroke and Rehabilitation Center designated by The Joint Commission and CARF
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Target Stroke Advanced Therapy Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Cardiology:
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Receiving Plus (2023, 2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award (2023, 2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024)
- Pulmonary Hypertension Center of Excellence
- Bariatrics:
- Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery
- “America’s Best Weight Loss Clinics and Centers” by Newsweek (2025)
- Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Rehabilitation (CROP): certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
- Maternity Care:
- BEST for Babies Award, Tennessee Hospital Association and Tennessee Department of Health (2019)
- Safe Sleep Certified – Bronze
- Cancer:
- Commission on Cancer Accredited
- Rectal Cancer: National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Transitional Care Unit:
- 5-star overall rating, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- “Best Nursing Homes of America” by U.S. News and World Report (2025)
- Multiple The Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospitals™ (2025)
LeConte Medical Center
- Named one of “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2024, 2025)
- Stroke:
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award (2023, 2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Bronze Award (2023)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Elite Plus Honor Roll (2023)
- Advanced Imaging: American College of Radiology accreditation in every procedure offered
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- The Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospitals™ – Best Mammogram Imaging Center (2025)
Methodist Medical Center
- Stroke:
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Award (2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award (2023)
- Get with The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Elite Plus Honor Roll (2023)
- Cardiology:
- Get With The Guidelines®- Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Receiving Plus (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines®- Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Cancer:
- Commission on Cancer Accredited
- Breast Center: perfect FDA score 26 years in a row
- Breast Center: Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR)
- Knee and Hip Surgery: Blue Distinction Center+ by BlueCross BlueShield
- Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Rehabilitation (CROP): certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR)
- Maternity Care: Safe Sleep Certified – Gold
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Multiple The Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospitals™ (2025)
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare System
- Stroke: Advanced Primary Stroke Center designation by The Joint Commission
- Cardiology:
- Get With The Guidelines®- Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Plus Achievement Award (2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines®- Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Breast Imaging Center: American College of Radiology Center of Excellence accreditation
- Cancer Services: Commission on Cancer accreditation
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- Blue Distinction Center+ in Maternity Care by BlueCross BlueShield
Parkwest Medical Center
- Named on Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Great Hospitals in America” list (2024)
- Stroke:
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With the Guidelines® – Stroke Target Elite Plus Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Cardiology:
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Receiving Plus (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline STEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Achievement Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Get With The Guidelines® – Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (2024, 2025)
- Hip and Knee Surgery: Blue Distinction Center+ by BlueCross BlueShield
- Bariatrics: Blue Distinction Center+ by BlueCross BlueShield
- Sleep: Accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
- “Best Hospitals for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy)” by U.S. News and World Report (2025)
- Multiple The Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospitals™ (2025)
Covenant Health Roane
- “America’s Best-in-State [Tennessee] Hospitals” by Newsweek (2025)
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 5-Star Rating
- Stroke:
- Advanced Primary Stroke Center designated by The Joint Commission
- Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Imaging:
- Breast Ultrasound: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Computed Tomography: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Lung Cancer Screening Center: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): American College of Radiology accreditation
- Mammography: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Nuclear Medicine: American College of Radiology accreditation
- Ultrasound: American College of Radiology accreditation
- The Leapfrog Group, “A” Safety Grade (Spring and Fall 2023, Spring and Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
