Under the Affordable Care Act, hospitals can face cuts in federal payments if they have high readmission rates. CMS can cut as much as 3 percent for each patient.
Here are the hospitals in each state that are facing the highest penalties for 2023 along with the percentage of the penalty, according to an Oct. 31 report in Kaiser Health News:
Alabama: North Alabama Medical Center, Florence — 2.04 percent
Alaska: Central Peninsula General Hospital, Soldotna — 2.45 percent
Arizona: Arizona Orthopedic and Surgical Specialty Hospital, Chandler — 3 percent
Arkansas: National Park Medical Center, Hot Springs — 2.22 percent
California: Mercy Hospital of Folsom, Folsom — 1.77 percent
Colorado: San Luis Valley Health, Alamosa — 0.98 percent
Connecticut: William Backus Hospital, Norwich — 1.42 percent
Delaware: Bayhealth Hospital Kent Campus, Dover — 0.64 percent
District of Columbia: Howard University Hospital — 0.44 percent
Florida: St. Lucie Medical Center, Port Saint Lucie — 3 percent
Georgia: Wayne Memorial Hospital, Jesup — 2.94 percent
Hawaii: North Hawaii Community Hospital, Kamuela — 0.31 percent
Idaho: Saint Alphonsus Medical Center, Nampa — 0.76 percent
Illinois: Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon — 3 percent
Indiana: St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart — 2.13 percent
Iowa: Finley Hospital, Dubuque — 0.76 percent
Kansas: St. Catherine Hospital, Garden City — 1.5 percent
Kentucky: Greenview Regional Hospital, Bowling Green — 3 percent
Louisiana: Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital, Alexandria — 2.42 percent
Maine: Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick — 0.75 percent
Maryland: None
Massachusetts: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Milton — 3 percent
Michigan: North Ottawa Community Health System, Grand Haven — 1.65 percent
Minnesota: Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea and Austin, Albert Lea — 0.49 percent
Mississippi: Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, McComb — 1.86 percent
Missouri: Belton Regional Medical Center, Belton - 2.85 percent
Montana: St. James Healthcare, Butte — 1.33 percent
Nebraska: Kearney Regional Medical Center, Kearney — 0.89 percent
Nevada: Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas — 1.7 percent
New Hampshire: Concord Hospital, Concord — 1.02 percent
New Jersey: Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical, Westwood — 1.69 percent
New Mexico: UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center, Rio Rancho - 1.97 percent
New York: St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse — 2.28 percent
North Carolina: Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital, Raeford — 3 percent
North Dakota: CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck — 0.40 percent
Ohio: King's Daughter Medical Center Ohio, Portsmouth — 3 percent
Oklahoma: Bailey Medical Center, Owasso — 3 percent
Oregon: Sky Lakes Medical Center, Klamath Falls — 0.65 percent
Pennsylvania: Surgical Institute of Reading, Wyomissing — 3 percent
Rhode Island: Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket — 0.74 percent
South Carolina: Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet — 1.98 percent
South Dakota: Dunes Surgical Center, Dakota Dunes — 0.8 percent
Tennessee: Vanderbilt Wilson Community Hospital, Lebanon — 1.44 percent
Texas: Childress Regional Medical Center, Childress — 3 percent
Texas: Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital, Fort Worth — 3 percent
Texas: Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown, Dallas — 3 percent
Texas: Lubbock Heart Hospital, Lubbock — 3 percent
Texas: Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital, Kingwood — 3 percent
Texas: Methodist Hospital for Surgery, Addison — 3 percent
Utah: Mountain View Hospital, Payson — 1.17 percent
Vermont: Central Vermont Medical Center, Barre — 1.31 percent
Virginia: Fauquier Hospital, Warrenton — 2.85 percent
Washington: Multicare Good Samaritan Hospital, Puyallup — 1.11 percent
West Virginia: Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton — 2.88 percent
Wisconsin: Aspirus Riverview Hospital & Clinics, Wisconsin Rapids — 3 percent
Wisconsin: Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Franklin — 3 percent
Wyoming: St. Johns' Medical Center, Jackson — 1.36 percent