Blue Ridge Surgery Center proudly announces we received the 2025 Press Ganey Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award® for exceptional patient care.

As a Guardian of Excellence winner, our center ranks in the top 5 percent of healthcare providers in delivering the highest levels of standards in patient experience over the past year. We achieved 95th percentile or higher scores on designated survey measures.

“Our team at Blue Ridge Surgery Center is very proud of this accomplishment — earning the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award® for the first time,” said Center Director Tammy Stephens, R.N., B.S.N. “When working toward this goal, communication with staff is the key. Focusing on the positives typically makes the team want to strive for even better results.”

To reach this level of excellence, Stephens said the center strives for improvement by displaying patient satisfaction scores and discussing patient satisfaction comments and concerns at staff meetings.

“This helps everyone know where our strengths and weaknesses are and how we can improve,” she said.

This prestigious honor is presented by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. The award is included in Press Ganey’s annual ranking of the top hospital and health systems in the U.S., based on patient and employee experience performance.

Blue Ridge Surgery Center is committed to delivering high-quality care in a setting that prioritizes efficiency, safety and patient satisfaction.

For the second year, Shared Content has been named one of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. These ratings of outpatient surgical centers offer patients a data-informed resource when seeking outpatient surgical care. 

As an AMSURG-affiliated surgery center, we are at the forefront of orthopedics and spine. AMSURG is a leader in ambulatory surgery center services with 64 of its surgery centers being recognized by U.S. News. 

“Providing high-quality patient care is a core commitment at every AMSURG center,” said Jeff Snodgrass, President and CEO of AMSURG. “Having 64 of our centers recognized by U.S. News & World Report is a testament to the expertise and compassion of our teams across the country. This achievement directly reflects our unwavering dedication to excellence. Congratulations to all centers honored.” 

U.S. News and its partner CareJourney rated more than 4,000 surgery centers across the country on several criteria, including how successfully they avoided complications, ER visits, unplanned hospitalizations and other undesirable outcomes; patient outcomes; risk-adjustment and more. Ambulatory Surgery Centers were evaluated in four separate specialty areas: Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology and Urology. 

Click here for more information. For more on the U.S. News Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings, explore Facebook and Instagram using #BestASCs. 

Recently, Shared Content was named as one of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers nationwide by U.S. News & World Report. The debut ratings of outpatient surgical centers offer patients a data-informed resource when seeking outpatient surgical care.

As an AMSURG affiliated surgery center, we are at the forefront of orthopedics. AMSURG is a leader in ambulatory surgery center services with 57 of its surgery centers being recognized by U.S. News.

“Every day, AMSURG surgery centers provide worldclass care for patients, making us a leader in multiple outpatient surgery operations,” said Jeff Snodgrass, president and chief executive officer of AMSURG. “U.S. News’ recognizing 57 AMSURG Partners highlights the excellent work accomplished day in and out by our teams across the country. Congratulations to all those named to the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers list for 2024.”

U.S. News and its partner CareJourney rated nearly 5,000 surgery centers across the country on several criteria, including how successfully they avoided complications, ER visits, unplanned hospitalizations and other undesirable outcomes; patient outcomes; risk-adjustment and more. Ambulatory Surgery Centers were evaluated in four separate specialty areas, including Gastroenterology, Orthopedics and Ophthalmology.

Click here for more information, and for more on the U.S. News Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings, explore Facebook and Instagram using #BestASCs.