Blog Posts in 2021

CVMC Earns Eleventh Consecutive 'A' Grade for Patient Safety in Fall 2021

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for Fall 2021. This national distinction recognizes CVMC’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital as well as meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. This marks the eleventh consecutive ‘A’ grade for safety that CVMC has received ...

Important Update for Patients with UnitedHealthcare - October 28, 2021

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) is pleased to update you that UnitedHealthcare and CVHS have reached a multi-year agreement on a new contract. This agreement protects affordability and provides UnitedHealthcare members with continued in-network access to Catawba Valley Medical Center and Catawba Valley Medical Group. This impacts patients with UnitedHealthcare commercial, Medicare Advantage ...

CATAWBA VALLEY CARDIOLOGY WELCOMES NEW MEDICAL DIRECTOR

HICKORY – Catawba Valley Medical Group (CVMG) has announced the arrival of Vincent Pompili, MD, as the new medical director for Catawba Valley Cardiology. A highly regarded physician and educator, Dr. Pompili comes to his new practice from Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College where served as professor of medicine, and from Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, ...

Oct. 1 Update for Patients with UnitedHealthcare

Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) is disappointed to announce that UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has chosen to terminate its contract with us as of October 1 for services within our medical center. We will, however, continue to work with UHC to negotiate a new contract that ensures in-network coverage for all our services long-term. In the interim, those covered by UHC may still access our hospital ...

Important Information for Patients with UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare has provided notice to CVMC that they will be terminating our contract for hospital-based services on October 1, 2021. This termination means that thousands of UnitedHealthcare members in our area would no longer be considered in-network at CVMC. CVMC leadership has worked tirelessly and in earnest to come to an agreement that would meet UnitedHealthcare’s desire to lower ...

Fitness Spotlight - Fall Hiking

What's All the Talk About Gut Health?

You’ve probably noticed “gut health” is getting a lot of attention lately as it’s become a trending topic in social and mainstream media. This is because recent research has discovered links between gut health and our immune system, chronic illnesses (diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and some cancers) as well as mental health and neurological conditions such as ...

A Clearer Image of Your Mammogram

Did you know… 1 in every 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. On average, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States every 2 minutes. 64% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage (no sign of cancer outside of the breast), for which the 5-year survival rate is 99% Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women ...

Key Facts about Seasonal Flu

Key Facts About Seasonal Flu Flu vaccination Influenza (flu) can be a potentially serious respiratory illness that may lead to hospitalization and/or death. The flu season each year, varies greatly depending on the strain of virus and how individuals are affected by it. Each year, millions of people get the flu; thousands are hospitalized, and up to tens of thousands die from flu related ...

Attention Patients who have a Philips Brand CPAP or BiLevel PAP

The Philips company has issued a recall notification for specific affected Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), BiLevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiLevel PAP) devices, and Mechanical Ventilators. Catawba Valley Health System has been made aware of a recall of specific affected Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), BiLevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiLevel PAP) devices, and Mechanical ...

CVHS BREAKS GROUND IN SHERRILLS FORD ON NEW CONSTRUCTION

Catawba Valley Health System broke ground June 29 on the construction of a new Medical Office Building in Sherrills Ford that will feature a family practice and space for as many as three other tenants. Summit Healthcare Group LLC, the project developer, expects completion by Summer 2022. The address is 3900 Terrell Park Drive in The Village at Sherrills Ford, a 206-acre mixed-use project ...

Catawba Valley Health System breaks ground on emergency expansion, Heart Center

On Wednesday, May 5, Catawba Valley Health System officially broke ground at its medical center to expand its Emergency Department and create a centralized heart center to better meet the growing demand for these services. Construction will begin this month, encompass five phases, and target September 2023 for completion. Led by CVHS President and CEO Eddie Beard, the groundbreaking featured ...

CVMC Earns Tenth Consecutive 'A' Grade for Patient Safety in Spring 2021

Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group ’s Spring 2021 Hospital Safety Grade. The designation recognizes CVMC’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and meeting the highest safety standards in the United States. Over 2,700 hospitals nationally were evaluated by The Leapfrog Group, and CVMC earned its tenth consecutive ...