Bandera Family Hospital, San Antonio, TX

Medicare spending and payment programs

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

The Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program cuts Medicare payments by 1% for the quarter of hospitals with the worst scores. The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program withholds a small share of every hospital's Medicare payments and pays it back according to the total performance score. A spending ratio of 1.00 equals the national median; spending reflects prices, the services patients received and care after discharge, not quality. Some hospitals, such as critical access, children's and cancer hospitals, are not part of these programs. About the data.

Who owns Bandera Family Hospital

Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)

Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as Bandera Family Hospital LLC, a for-profit organization.

8 doctors and other clinicians list Bandera Family Hospital as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.

Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.

The area around Bandera Family Hospital

HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data

Primary care: Parts of Bexar are federally designated health professional shortage areas (8 designations). Highest shortage score 18.

Mental health: Parts of Bexar are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 17.

Dental: Parts of Bexar are federally designated health professional shortage areas (8 designations). Highest shortage score 20.

Nurse pay: registered nurses in Texas earn a median $95,970 a year. Healthcare salaries in Texas.

Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Texas shortage areas