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Berkshire Medical Center Named Among Best Hospitals for Maternity Care

PITTSFIELDU.S. News & World Report named Berkshire Medical Center (BMC) a 2025 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn as part of U.S. News’ Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

U.S. News began evaluating maternity-care hospitals in 2021, rating hospitals that provide labor and delivery services and submit detailed data to the publication for analysis. Best Hospitals for Maternity Care assists expectant parents, in consultation with their prenatal care team, in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity services that best meets their family’s needs.

Berkshire Medical Center’s Family Birthplace earned a High Performing designation in recognition of maternity care as measured by factors such as severe unexpected newborn complication rates, birthing-friendly practices, and transparency on racial and ethnic disparities, among other measures.

“The exceptional care provided to our maternity patients is exemplified in this national recognition,” said Tejas Gandhi, Berkshire Health System (BHS) vice president and chief operating officer of BMC. “The physicians, nurses, and staff of the BMC Family Birthplace are prime examples of the outstanding care that BMC’s patients can rely on day in and day out.”

Dr. James Lederer, chief medical officer and chief quality officer for BHS, added that “the BMC Family Birthplace is committed to only the highest standards for our Berkshire families celebrating their newborns. Our community can count on these dedicated providers using the most advanced maternal child health services and technology to care for birthing parents and their infants.”