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PINEHURST, N.C. – FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, including its Hoke and Richmond campuses, has been recognized as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopaedic Surgery by Healthgrades, the leading resource consumers use when searching for a doctor or hospital.
Moore Regional also earned the 2025 Orthopaedic Surgery Excellence award, placing the hospital among the nation’s top 10% for overall orthopaedic services. Moore Regional also ranked as a five-star recipient for total knee replacement for 2025 and hip fracture treatment for four years in a row.
These achievements place Moore Regional in the upper echelon of hospitals for orthopaedic care nationwide and reflect the organization’s commitment to delivering exceptional care year after year.
“I am immensely proud to acknowledge the remarkable achievements of our staff and surgical team, whose unwavering commitment to excellence in patient care has earned us these outstanding distinctions,” said Mickey W. Foster, MHA, FirstHealth chief executive officer.
“We could not have achieved this recognition without our physician partners and the outstanding orthopaedic surgeons at Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, who share in our pursuit of excellence in health care. Together, we have achieved remarkable success in delivering the highest standards of care to our patients.”
Healthgrades also awarded Moore Regional for excellence in outpatient orthopaedic care with honors in the following categories:
- Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement for Two Years in a Row
- Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Total Knee Replacement for Two Years in a Row
- Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Hip Replacement for Two Years in a Row
According to the orthopaedic surgery team at Pinehurst Surgical Clinic, “It is an honor to be recognized by Healthgrades for excellence in outpatient orthopaedic care. Our program is driven by John Moore, M.D., orthopaedic surgeon, who completed the first outpatient total joint replacement more than 16 years ago. We continue to see the benefits of improved patient outcomes and decreased complications. Our partnership with FirstHealth allows us to continue making outpatient total joint replacement more accessible to our community.”
Moore Regional’s achievements are based solely on what matters most: patient outcomes. As part of its 2025 hospital assessment, Healthgrades evaluated risk-adjusted mortality and complication rates for over 30 of the most common conditions and procedures at approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide to determine the top performers in specialty care. By offering easy access to objective performance measures, Healthgrades helps consumers find and select a hospital that excels in providing the care they need.
As variation in performance among hospitals continues to grow, it is increasingly important for consumers to seek care at top-rated programs. Healthgrades’ 2025 analysis revealed that if all hospitals as a group performed similarly to five-star hospitals during the 2021-2023 study period, on average, 224,958 lives could potentially have been saved and 141,692 complications could potentially have been avoided.*
“Healthgrades commends Moore Regional for their clear commitment to delivering consistently superior patient outcomes in critical service areas, including orthopaedic surgery,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer and head of data science at Healthgrades. “Moore Regional’s leadership, expertise, and unwavering dedication to clinical excellence set a high mark for specialty care in North Carolina and nationwide.”
In addition to the orthopaedic excellence awards, FirstHealth also earned the following honors from Healthgrades:
- Five-Star Recipient for Pacemaker Procedures in 2025
- Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Diabetic Emergencies in 2025 for Three Years in a Row
- Five-Star Recipient for Outpatient Prostate Care Excellence in 2025
- Named One of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Excellence
- Recipient of the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for 17 Years in a Row (2009-2024)
Consumers can visit healthgrades.com to learn more about how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access a patient-friendly overview of how we rate and why hospital quality matters.
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2021 through 2023 and represent three-year estimates for Medicare patients only. Visit healthgrades.com to view the complete 2025 Specialty Awards and Ratings Methodology.
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