St. Mary's and its subsidiaries are regularly surveyed, accredited and/or licensed by numerous agencies. Some of our key certifications include:

Facility or unit Issuing agency Service or equipment covered
St. Mary’s Hospital
  • The Joint Commission
  • State of Georgia
  • Medicaid
 Entire facility
St. Mary's Primary Stroke Center
  • The Joint Commission
 All stroke care services, equipment and facilities
St. Mary’s Highland Hills
  • Ga. Dept Human Resources
 Personal Care facility
Heart Failure Program
  • The Joint Commission
 All heart failure services, equipment and facilities
Knee Replacement Surgery Program
  • The Joint Commission
 Certification for surgical services and St. Mary's continuum of rehab care
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
  • NeuroSource
 All facilities, services and equipment related to neuroscience
St. Mary’s Home Health Care/Hospice Service
  • The Joint Commission
  • Ga. Dept Human Resources
  • Ga. Dept Community Care
  • Medicaid
 All services and facilities
Food & Nutrition Services
  • Clarke County Health Dept.
  • State of Georgia Health Dept.
 Hospital and Highland Hills food handling and preparation
Pharmacies
  • Ga. State Board of Pharmacy
  • Drug Enforcement Admin.
  • Hospital pharmacy
  • IV Infusion pharmacy
Clinical laboratory
  • College of Amer. Pathologists
  • Georgia Department of Human Resources
  • Amer. Assoc. of Blood Banks
  • Entire department
  • Blood bank
Surgical lasers Ga. Dept. Human Resources
  • Main Operating Rooms
  • Outpatient Surgical Center
Engineering
  • Ga. Dept. of Labor
  • Athens-Clarke County Fire Dept.
  • Ga. EPD
  • High pressure vessels & elevators
  • All facilities
  • Underground tanks
Radiology
  • Ga. Dept. Human Resources
  • Federal Food and Drug Administration
  • Radioactive materials
  • X-ray equipment
  • Mammography
Heliport Federal Aviation Administration Helicopter landing pad
Radio transmission systems Federal Communications Commission Various radio systems
Cardiac Rehabilitation American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Entire program
Center for Rehabilitative Medicine CARF All services and facilities
St. Mary's Sleep Disorders Center American Academy of Sleep Medicine All services and facilities

Key to abbreviations:
Amer. - American
FCC - Federal Communications Commission