751 Hospitals Hit With Safety Penalties For 2018: Data Table

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 through September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare. Below are the hospitals being penalized and a notation if they were penalized last year:

Read Full Story: Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries See Past Data: 2017 | 2016 | 2015

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<h1>751 Hospitals Hit With Safety Penalties For 2018: Data Table</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">Jordan Rau, KFF Health News</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2017-12-21T19:16:22-05:00">
			December 21, 2017		</time>
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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 through September. Maryland hospitals are exempted from penalties because that state has a separate payment arrangement with Medicare. Below are the hospitals being penalized and a notation if they were penalized last year:</p><p><strong>Read Full Story: </strong><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/medicare-penalizes-group-of-751-hospitals-for-patient-injuries/">Medicare Penalizes Group Of 751 Hospitals For Patient Injuries</a><strong>See Past Data:</strong> <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/769-hospitals-penalized-for-patient-safety-in-2017-data-table/">2017</a> | <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/758-hospitals-penalized-for-patient-safety-in-2016-data-table/">2016 </a>| <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/721-hospitals-penalized-for-patient-safety/">2015</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20751%20Hospitals%20Hit%20With%20Safety%20Penalties%20For%202018%3A%20Data%20Table&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FODAwNDM0&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/751-hospitals-hit-with-safety-penalties-for-2018-data-table/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=800434&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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