Hospital-Acquired Condition Penalties By State
Medicare is reducing payments to 721 hospitals with high rates of infections or other medical complications. About 1,400 hospitals, including all in Maryland, are excluded from the program and Medicare did not assess their rates of patient harm.
| State | Penalized Hospitals | %Â Of Assessed Hospitals Penalized |
| Alabama | 11 | 13% |
| Alaska | 2 | 22% |
| Arizona | 13 | 21% |
| Arkansas | 8 | 18% |
| California | 79 | 27% |
| Colorado | 15 | 33% |
| Connecticut | 14 | 45% |
| Delaware | 2 | 33% |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 71% |
| Florida | 31 | 19% |
| Georgia | 29 | 28% |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0% |
| Idaho | 3 | 21% |
| Illinois | 27 | 22% |
| Indiana | 14 | 16% |
| Iowa | 3 | 9% |
| Kansas | 11 | 22% |
| Kentucky | 10 | 15% |
| Louisiana | 11 | 12% |
| Maine | 6 | 32% |
| Massachusetts | 13 | 22% |
| Michigan | 21 | 22% |
| Minnesota | 12 | 24% |
| Mississippi | 12 | 19% |
| Missouri | 19 | 25% |
| Montana | 3 | 23% |
| Nebraska | 7 | 29% |
| Nevada | 9 | 38% |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 25% |
| New Jersey | 23 | 37% |
| New Mexico | 11 | 34% |
| New York | 41 | 26% |
| North Carolina | 17 | 20% |
| North Dakota | 1 | 14% |
| Ohio | 22 | 17% |
| Oklahoma | 12 | 13% |
| Oregon | 9 | 27% |
| Pennsylvania | 39 | 25% |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 36% |
| South Carolina | 13 | 24% |
| South Dakota | 4 | 18% |
| Tennessee | 14 | 15% |
| Texas | 43 | 14% |
| Utah | 16 | 50% |
| Vermont | 0 | 0% |
| Virginia | 15 | 19% |
| Washington | 17 | 35% |
| West Virginia | 6 | 21% |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 28% |
| Wyoming | 3 | 27% |
