Sentara Awards and Recognitions

Sentara's Recent Awards and Recognitions

Awards and Recognitions

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CMS Rated Hospitals

Eight Sentara hospitals have earned either a 5-star CMS rating or a 4-star CMS rating from the 2024 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating. The national average among all rated hospitals is three stars.

DNV Accreditation

All Sentara hospitals have earned DNV Accreditation, which upholds regulatory requirements for hospitals, such as US Government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and provides guidance and best practices for clinical specialty organizations across healthcare.

Forbes

In 2024, Forbes named Sentara Health one of America’s Best-In-State Employers, recognizing the organization as a preferred place to work based on evaluations from employees and community members.

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America's Best-In-State Employer, Forbes (2024)

Best Employer for Veterans, Forbes (2022, 2023)

Best Employer for New Grads, Forbes (2022)

Best Employer for Women, Forbes (2020)

America's Best Employers, Forbes (2018)

Health Quality Innovator of the Year Award

Web Badge-Innovator of the Year.png Health Quality Innovators named Sentara Health a 2024 Health Quality Innovator of the Year. This prestigious annual award program recognizes and celebrates organizations that are using successful, evidence-based approaches to improve health care quality and outcomes.

Sentara was selected as the winner in the Population Health category for its efforts to improve health equity and expand access to care through its innovative care delivery model, Sentara Community Care. Learn more about Sentara's award and accomplishments here.

Human Rights Campaign Health Equity Index (HEI)

Through the work of Sentara’s Diversity & Inclusion department, all of our hospitals have received the High Performer designation for 2024 from the Human Rights Campaign, a nationwide organization working to achieve quality and inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community.

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'High Performer' in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality, Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) (2024, 2022)

IBM Watson Health

Top 15 Health System, IBM Watson Health (2018, 2021)

Leapfrog

10 Sentara hospitals received an "A" or "B" grade in The Leapfrog Group's Spring 2025 Safety Grades, recognized for providing safe, exceptional patient care.

Lown Institute

10 Sentara hospitals earned an "A" grade for social responsibility on the 2025-26 Lown Institute Hospitals Index.

Magnet Recognition Program®️ designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center

10 Sentara hospitals have earned Magnet Recognition Program®️ designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

You can learn more about our nursing awards here.

Newsweek

Named in "America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion/Diversity 2025," "America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2025," and "America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2025." Additionally, five Sentara hospitals have earned recognition in Newsweek's Best-in-State Hospitals 2025 rankings, highlighting the leading hospitals in every state.

U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Sentara hospitals in multiple “Best Hospital” categories, and received recognition as “High Performing” in several specialties, procedures, and conditions.

Sentara has consistently earned recognition from U.S. News for more than 20 consecutive years.

Virginia Values Veterans – V3 Employer

We are proud to be a certified V3 employer since 2013, which demonstrates our exceptional efforts in recruiting, hiring, training, and retaining military veterans.