Saint Anne's Hospital Awards and Accreditations

Saint Anne’s Hospital is a 196‑bed Catholic acute‑care hospital in Fall River, MA, founded in 1906 by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation. It serves communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island through its main campus and satellite locations in Attleboro, Swansea, and Dartmouth.

The hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services and is known for patient‑ and family‑centered care. Its specialty programs include a Joint Commission‑certified orthopedic center, regional cancer centers, a pain management center, a multidisciplinary spine center, and inpatient geriatric psychiatry.

Awards, Accreditations, Achievements

• The Joint Commission has awarded Saint Anne's Hospital the Gold Seal of Approval for Health Care Equity, honoring the hospital's dedication to ensuring all patients receive safe, high-quality care across every hospital setting.
• Leapfrog's "Straight A" Hospital Safety Award. Saint Anne's is one of just 11 US hospitals to earn Straight A's for hospital safety since the program's inception (2012 to 2025)
• Saint Anne’s Hospital ranked ‘high-performing’ in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 to 2026 Best Hospitals in Four Specialty Areas – Back Surgery Spinal Fusion, COPD, Diabetes, Kidney Failure
• Saint Anne's Environmental Services has earned a 'CMS 5-Star Rating' for cleanliness from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• Healthgrades Patient Experience Award (2017 to 2023, 2025)
• Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award (2024)
• American Heart Association: Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award (2024, 2025)
• American Association of Critical Care Nurses Silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence (2025)
• The Coverdell Stroke Systems of Care Partnership Award (2025)
• Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Award (2025)
• Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons Accreditation: Saint Anne’s Hospital Regional Cancer Center
• Bariatric Surgery Program: Accreditation as a comprehensive center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Women's Choice Award: America's Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery
• The Joint Commission: Certification for Spine Surgery
• The Joint Commission: Advanced Certification for Knee and Hip Replacement
• Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement (2011 to present)
• Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery (2019 to present)
• Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery (2025)
• Bariatric Surgery Program Accreditation as a Comprehensive Center from the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (2019 and 2023)