Indiana hospital Medicare penalties
Which Indiana hospitals Medicare is penalizing for infections and patient-safety problems in fiscal year 2026, and which had more readmissions than expected.
Safety penalty (HAC)10 of 8212% · U.S. 24%
Excess readmissions65 of 76Above expected on 1+ condition
In the programs82Indiana hospitals
Fiscal year2026Penalty year
Every Indiana hospital in the programs
Penalized hospitals first. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | HAC penalty | Readmissions above expected | VBP score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eskenazi HealthIndianapolis | 1% cut | 4 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | 23.7 |
| Franciscan Health IndianapolisIndianapolis | 1% cut | 4 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.08 | 18.6 |
| Franciscan Physicians Hospital LLCMunster | 1% cut | 4 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.10 | 24.4 |
| Methodist Hospitals, INCGary | 1% cut | 4 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.13 | 16.2 |
| Dekalb Memorial Hospital INCAuburn | 1% cut | 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 34.5 |
| Franciscan St Margaret Health - DyerDyer | 1% cut | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.05 | 24.9 |
| King's Daughters' Hospital and Health Services,TheMadison | 1% cut | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.02 | 26 |
| Riverview HospitalNoblesville | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 34.5 |
| IU Health Goshen HospitalGoshen | 1% cut | 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 24.4 |
| St Catherine Hospital INCEast Chicago | 1% cut | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.08 | 20.8 |
| Franciscan St Anthony Health - Michigan CityMichigan City | No | 5 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.18 | 19.4 |
| Terre Haute Regional HospitalTerre Haute | No | 5 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.09 | 24.6 |
| Columbus Regional HospitalColumbus | No | 4 of 6Highest: COPD 1.07 | 31.3 |
| Community HospitalMunster | No | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.15 | 20.2 |
| St Vincent Hospital & Health ServicesIndianapolis | No | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.09 | – |
| Community Hospital EastIndianapolis | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.14 | 34.5 |
| Deaconess Hospital INCEvansville | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.20 | 17.8 |
| Elkhart General HospitalElkhart | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 24.9 |
| Franciscan St Anthony Health - Crown PointCrown Point | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.21 | 23.9 |
| Indiana University Health North HospitalCarmel | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.04 | 17.6 |
| La Porte Regional Health SystLa Porte | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.13 | 18.1 |
| Parkview HospitalFort Wayne | No | 3 of 5Highest: COPD 1.09 | 23.1 |
| Reid Hosp & Hlth Care ServicesRichmond | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.26 | 19.3 |
| Saint John's Health SystemAnderson | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.08 | – |
| St Mary Medical Center INCHobart | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.18 | 24.4 |
| Starke Memorial HospitalKnox | No | 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | – |
| Union Hospital INCTerre Haute | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.33 | 25.1 |
| Witham Health ServicesLebanon | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.16 | 34.5 |
| Ball Memorial Hospital INCMuncie | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.11 | 22.1 |
| Community Hospital SouthIndianapolis | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 26.5 |
| Dearborn County HospitalLawrenceburg | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.05 | 37.1 |
| Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health ServicesNew Albany | No | 2 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 20.7 |
| Franciscan Health LafayetteLafayette | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.05 | 28.4 |
| Good Samaritan HospitalVincennes | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.08 | 18.9 |
| Hancock Regional HospitalGreenfield | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.04 | 43.3 |
| Hendricks Regional HealthDanville | No | 2 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.03 | 43.8 |
| Henry County Memorial HospitalNew Castle | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.06 | 35.3 |
| Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 | 23 |
| Kosciusko Community HospitalWarsaw | No | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.04 | 28.3 |
| Major HospitalShelbyville | No | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.03 | 35.1 |
| Marion General HospitalMarion | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.08 | 29.1 |
| Parkview Noble HospitalKendallville | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | 51.2 |
| Porter, Valparaiso HospitalValparaiso | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.21 | 14.1 |
| Saint Joseph Reg Medical CtrSouth Bend | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 27.9 |
| St Francis Hospital MooresvilleMooresville | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 35.3 |
| St Joseph Hospital & Health Center INCKokomo | No | 2 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.10 | – |
| St Mary's Medical Center of Evansville INCEvansville | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | – |
| Ascension St Vincent FishersFishers | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.00 | – |
| Bluffton Regional Medical CenterBluffton | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.02 | 47 |
| Clarian Health PartnersIndianapolis | No | 1 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.11 | 14.6 |
| Clark Memorial HospitalJeffersonville | No | 1 of 4Highest: COPD 1.02 | 19 |
| Community Hospital NorthIndianapolis | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.06 | 15.5 |
| Community Hospital of Anderson and Madison CountyAnderson | No | 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.04 | 18.6 |
| Dupont Hospital LLCFort Wayne | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.10 | 21 |
| Franciscan Health CrawfordsvilleCrawfordsville | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 41 |
| Indiana University Health West HospitalAvon | No | 1 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.27 | 24.9 |
| Johnson Memorial HospitalFranklin | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 38 |
| Lutheran Hospital of IndianaFort Wayne | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.06 | 21.4 |
| Memorial Hospital and Health Care CenterJasper | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.00 | 31 |
| Memorial Hospital of South BendSouth Bend | No | 1 of 6Highest: COPD 1.10 | 25.9 |
| Parkview Huntington HospitalHuntington | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 48.9 |
| Parkview Whitley HospitalColumbia City | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.00 | 43.3 |
| Saint Joseph's Regional Medical Center - PlymouthPlymouth | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.00 | 33 |
| St Joseph HospitalFort Wayne | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 35.8 |
| St Vincent Carmel Hospital INCCarmel | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | – |
| Bloomington HospitalBloomington | No | 0 of 6 | 14.8 |
| Daviess Community HospitalWashington | No | 0 of 3 | 30.8 |
| FairbanksIndianapolis | No | – | – |
| Franciscan Health Orthopedic Hospital CarmelCarmel | No | – | – |
| Howard Regional Health SystemKokomo | No | 0 of 5 | 29.2 |
| Memorial HospitalLogansport | No | 0 of 3 | 33.3 |
| Monroe HospitalBloomington | No | 0 of 3 | 38.8 |
| Orthoindy HospitalIndianapolis | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Orthopaedic Hospital at Parkview North LLCFort Wayne | No | – | – |
| Physicians' Medical Center LLCNew Albany | No | – | – |
| Pinnacle HospitalCrown Point | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Schneck Medical CenterSeymour | No | 0 of 3 | 16.8 |
| St Vincent Heart Center of Indiana LLCIndianapolis | No | 0 of 3 | – |
| The Orthopaedic Hospital of Lutheran Health NetworFort Wayne | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Uchicago Medicine Northwest IndianaCrown Point | No | – | – |
| Unity Medical and Surgical HospitalMishawaka | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Women's Hospital theNewburgh | No | – | – |
Questions
Which Indiana hospitals does Medicare penalize for patient safety?
10 of 82 Indiana hospitals in the program (12%, vs 24% nationally) have their Medicare payments cut 1% in fiscal year 2026: Eskenazi Health, Franciscan Health Indianapolis, Franciscan Physicians Hospital LLC, Methodist Hospitals, INC, Dekalb Memorial Hospital INC, Franciscan St Margaret Health - Dyer, King's Daughters' Hospital and Health Services,The, Riverview Hospital, IU Health Goshen Hospital, St Catherine Hospital INC.
What does a readmission ratio above 1.00 mean?
It means the hospital's Medicare patients were readmitted within 30 days more often than CMS expected for similar patients. In Indiana, 65 of 76 rated hospitals were above 1.00 on at least one condition.
HAC: the quarter of hospitals with the worst hospital-acquired condition scores get a 1% cut to Medicare inpatient payments. Readmissions: a ratio above 1.00 means more readmissions than expected; whether payments are cut depends on how the hospital compares with similar hospitals, so a ratio above 1.00 alone isn't a penalty. VBP: Value-Based Purchasing total performance score out of 100. How the penalties work.