769 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2017: Data Table

By Jordan Rau December 21, 2016

The federal government has cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient injuries this year. Those hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year, which runs from October 2016 through next September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare.

Below are the hospitals being penalized:

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<p>The federal government has cut payments to hospitals with high rates of patient injuries this year. Those hospitals will lose 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year, which runs from October 2016 through next September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare.</p>
<p>Below are the hospitals being penalized:</p>
<p><strong>Full KHN Story:</strong> <a href="http://kffhealthnews.org/Njg1NzY1">769 Hospitals Penalized For Patient Safety In 2017</a>
<strong>Download the Year-by-Year Data:</strong> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/hac-csv.csv">CSV</a>| <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/hac-pdf.pdf">PDF</a></p>
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