Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers Directory of Providers Updated January 2015 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association is an association of independent Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies.
Your Participating Provider Directory This Provider Directory is your guide to facilities that have been designated as Blue Distinction Centers or Blue Distinction Centers+. We are continually updating this list. If you do not see a particular healthcare provider listed, need additional information regarding a provider or have any questions about your specific benefits, please call the customer service number on the back of your identification card. A provider s participation in the program is subject to change. To verify this information, please contact the provider before you receive medical services. If this is an emergency, please proceed to the nearest healthcare facility with an emergency department. Blue Distinction Centers When it comes to your health and healthcare, the choices you make matter. Blue Distinction Centers can help you and your doctor have a better informed discussion about finding the right hospital for the specific procedure you need. Blue Distinction Centers The Blue Distinction Center program was developed with input from the medical community and evaluates hospitals on their ability to deliver high quality and safe specialty care based on criteria that directly impact patient results e.g., surgical team expertise and a history of better outcomes for patients. Blue Distinction Centers+ Blue Distinction Centers+ not only meet the same quality criteria as Blue Distinction Centers, but they also go a step further. Hospitals receiving a Blue Distinction Center+ designation are also measured on how efficiently they deliver this high-quality patient care. To see a list of the specific selection criteria used to evaluate hospitals for the Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers recognition, please visit www.bcbs.com/bluedistinction. 1-29
Blue Distinction Centers for Complex and Rare Cancers As of January 1, 2015 ALABAMA University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center ARIZONA Birmingham Mayo Clinic Hospital Arizona Scottsdale ARKANSAS University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock 2-29
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (cont d) Little Rock CALIFORNIA Cedars -Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles Facility has not authorized further details. City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte Keck Hospital at USC Los Angeles Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles Acute Leukemia (inpatient, non-surgical) 3-29
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Stanford Orange University of California, Davis Cancer Center Sacramento Acute Leukemia Inpatient, Non-Surgical 4-29
University of California, San Diego Medical Center UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center COLORADO San Diego San Francisco Acute Leukemia (inpatient, non-surgical) University of Colorado Hospital Aurora 5-29
CONNECTICUT Hartford Hospital Hartford Facility has not authorized further details. Yale New Haven Hospital New Haven Brain Primary DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA George Washington University Medical Center, The George Washington Cancer Program Georgetown University Hospital, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Washington Washington 6-29
FLORIDA Broward Health Medical Center Fort Lauderdale Facility has not authorized further detail. Moffitt Cancer Center H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center* Tampa Jackson Memorial Hospital* Miami University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester* Miami Miami Acute Leukemia Inpatient, Non-Surgical Bone Cancer Primary Brain Cancer Primary Head & Neck Cancers 7-29
University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester* Liver Cancer Primary GEORGIA Emory University Hospital Atlanta Memorial Health University Medical Center, Inc Savannah ILLINOIS Loyola University Medical Center, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Maywood 8-29
Loyola University Medical Center, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University NorthShore University HealthSystem (formerly Evanston Northwestern Healthcare) Maywood Chicago Evanston Liver Primary University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago 9-29
University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago INDIANA Indiana University Health Inc. (Indiana University Medical Center) IOWA Indianapolis Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City 10-29
KENTUCKY UK Healthcare Lexington MARYLAND Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Baltimore University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore Thyroid Cancer - (Medullary or Anaplastic Melanoma 11-29
Suburban Hospital Bethesda Bone Primary Brain Primary Liver Primary Thyroid Medullary and/or Anaplastic MASSACHUSETTS Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Esophagea Brigham and Women s Hospital Inc. Boston 12-29
MASSACHUSETTS (cont d) Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston Lahey Clinic Medical Center Burlington Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Boston 13-29
MICHIGAN Henry Ford Health System Detroit University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Ann Arbor William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak 14-29
William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak MINNESOTA Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute Royal Oak Minneapolis Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester Rochester Bone Cancer Primary Brain Cancer Primary s Liver Cancer Primary Thyroid Cancer - (Medullary or Anaplastic Melanoma University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis 15-29
University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis MISSOURI Mercy Hospital St Louis St. Louis Siteman Cancer, Barnes - Jewish Hospital St Louis Esophagea NEBRASKA The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Eppley Cancer Center Omaha Omaha 16-29
The Nebraska Medical Center, UNMC Eppley Cancer Center NEW HAMPSHIRE Mary Hitchcock Memorial Lebanon NEW JERSEY Hackensack University Medical Center, The Cancer Center Hackensack JFK Medical Center Edison Facility has not authorized further detail. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick Thyroid Medullary and/or Anaplastic NEW MEXICO University of New Mexico Cancer Center Albuquerque 17-29
NEW YORK Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York NYU Hospitals Center (Tisch Hospital) New York Roswell Park Cancer Institute* Buffalo 18-29
Roswell Park Cancer Institute* Buffalo St. Peter's Hospital Rochester Liver Primary Strong Memorial Hospital - Wilmot Cancer Center at the Univ of Rochester NORTH CAROLINA Rochester Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte Duke University Medical Center, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Durham 19-29
Duke University Medical Center, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center Durham North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem Thyroid Cancer - (Medullary or Anaplastic Melanoma University of North Carolina Hospitals Chapel Hill Liver Primary OHIO Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland 20-29
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland Bone Primary Ohio State University Hospitals Columbus UC Health (University of Cincinnati Hospital) Cincinnati University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cincinnati 21-29
University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cincinnati OREGON Legacy Good Samaritian Medical Center Portland Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham Oregon Health and Science University Portland 22-29
Providence Portland Medical Portland PENNSYLVANIA Abington Memorial Hospital Abington Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh Esophagea Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia 23-29
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown Thomas Jefferson University Hospital* Philadelphia RHODE ISLAND The Miriam Hospital Providence 24-29
Rhode Island Hospital Providence TENNESSEE Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center TEXAS CHI St Lukes Health Baylor College Medical Center (formerly St. Luke s Episcopal Hospital) Nashville Houston 25-29
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston Scott & White Memorial Hospital Temple UTAH University of Utah Hospitals & Clinics Huntsman Cancer Institute Salt Lake City 26-29
VIRGINIA Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (Medical College of Virginia Hospitals) Richmond University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville WASHINGTON Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Vancouver 27-29
Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Vancouver Peachhealth Southwest Medical Center Vancouver Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Seattle WISCONSIN Aurora St Lukes Medical Center Milwaukee 28-29
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Milwaukee Liver Primary St Josephs Hospital Marshfield University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center Madison 29-29