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Spring 2025 and Fall 2024 Natividad received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade from the nonprofit watchdog for keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors. This publicly reported information helps the public make informed choices about where to receive care.
2022–2024: Recipient of nine Salinas Valley Readers’ Choice Awards by the Monterey Herald, including first place for Best Hospital three years in a row.
2017-2024 BETA Healthcare Group Award of Excellence in the Emergency Department.
2024 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center ranked No. 21 in California according to Newsweek’s “America’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers 2024” list.
2018–2024 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center received the “Top Performer Award” for CMS quality metrics, scoring in the top 10% of facilities for seven consecutive years.
2024 Natividad’s Sam Karas Acute Rehabilitation Center recognized by Lifepoint as their top unit on the West Coast. Natividad routinely ranks in the top 10% of over 100 Lifepoint US Acute Rehab Centers and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities.
2025 America’s Essential Hospitals, a network of more than 350 public hospitals, awarded Natividad the Gage Award Top Quality Improvement Honor for our work reducing anemia in pregnant patients.
2025 U.S. News & World Report rated Natividad a Top Hospital for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) and highlighted us for our commitment to achieving excellent maternal health outcomes in disadvantaged communities.
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.
2009-2024 BETA Healthcare Group Award of Excellence for High Quality Obstetrical Practices, achieving 100% Compliance.
2013-current International recognition as a Baby-Friendly USA® birth facility for offering breastfeeding mothers the information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.
2023 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.
Accreditations
- Natividad is fully accredited by The Joint Commission.
- 2019-current Level II Trauma Center is 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.
- 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 was 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.
- Accreditation as a Comprehensive Center by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®), a joint Quality Program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS).
