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Recognized for excellence

The South Sacramento Medical Center received several awards and accolades.

As a trusted healthcare partner, we are proud to be recognized with Magnet® with Distinction for sustained nursing excellence, alongside age‑friendly care, high‑performing outcomes across a wide spectrum of medical, surgical, and cancer services, advanced stroke and heart attack treatment, a strong commitment to patient safety, equitable access to care, outstanding maternity services, and consistently high‑quality experiences for Medicare and privately insured members.

  • Magnet with Distinction for nursing excellence (2023 – 2027)
  • Age friendly health systems (2025)
  • U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospitals (high performing for orthopedics, pulmonology, urology, colon cancer surgery, prostate cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, diabetes, stroke, and hip fracture)
  • U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospital for Equitable Access (2024, 2025)
  • AHA’s Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus recognition (2025, 15th consecutive year)
  • AHA’s Get With the Guidelines Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll (2025, 8th consecutive year)
  • AHA Get With the Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Center Gold Plus Award (2025)
  • Newsweek Magazine’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals list (2020-2025)
  • NCQA top-rated Medicare and private health plans in California (2025-2026: 10 consecutive years)