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UNC Health Lenoir Earns 4-Star CMS Rating

UNC Health Lenoir has been awarded a 4-star rating by CMS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS is the federal agency that provides health coverage to more than 160 million people through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. CMS works in partnership with the entire healthcare community to improve quality, equity, and outcomes across the healthcare system.

Celebrating Women’s History Month and the all-female surgical team at UNC Health Lenoir

Every March, Women’s History Month reminds us to pause and celebrate the women who have changed the world, especially those who’ve done it by healing others. Medicine hasn’t always been an easy field for women to break into, but from the first female doctors in the 1800s to today’s surgical leaders, women have pushed through barriers with intelligence, compassion, and grit. 

UNC Health Lenoir: Only Hospital in NC to Receive Top Award

December 16, 2025 — UNC Health Lenoir has been recognized as a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit watchdog organization known for setting the highest standards for patient safety, quality, and transparency in the United States. This prestigious honor is awarded to a select group of hospitals that demonstrate exceptional performance across a range of safety and quality measures. 

UNC Health Lenoir Earns an ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade

UNC Health Lenoir earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries and infections as well as the systems hospitals have in place to prevent them.