Kansas hospital Medicare penalties
Which Kansas 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 4423% · U.S. 24%
Excess readmissions26 of 42Above expected on 1+ condition
In the programs44Kansas hospitals
Fiscal year2026Penalty year
Every Kansas hospital in the programs
Penalized hospitals first. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | HAC penalty | Readmissions above expected | VBP score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Park Regional CenterShawnee Mission | 1% cut | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.30 | 20.2 |
| Providence Medical CenterKansas City | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 19.3 |
| Adventhealth OttawaOttawa | 1% cut | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 36.6 |
| Shawnee Mission Medical CenterOverland Park | 1% cut | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.18 | 26.4 |
| Stormont Vail Health Flint HillsJunction City | 1% cut | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | 73.3 |
| Saint John HospitalLeavenworth | 1% cut | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.06 | 37.5 |
| Susan B Allen Memorial HospitalEl Dorado | 1% cut | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 57 |
| McPherson HospitalMcPherson | 1% cut | 0 of 3 | 33.9 |
| Salina Regional Health CenterSalina | 1% cut | 0 of 6 | 13.8 |
| Salina Surgical HospitalSalina | 1% cut | 0 of 1 | – |
| Menorah Medical CenterShawnee Mission | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.22 | 31.9 |
| Promise Regional Medical Center Hutchinson INCHutchinson | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.18 | 31.3 |
| Southwest Medical CenterLiberal | No | 3 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.28 | 35 |
| Stormont-Vail HealthcareTopeka | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.03 | 27.3 |
| Adventhealth South Overland Park, INCOverland Park | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 31.5 |
| Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.03 | 16.7 |
| Saint Luke's South HospitalOverland Park | No | 2 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.42 | 29 |
| St Catherine HospitalGarden City | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 16.1 |
| St Francis Health CenterTopeka | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.11 | 23.3 |
| University of Kansas HospitalKansas City | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | 54.6 |
| Centura St. Catherine-Dodge CityDodge City | No | 1 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | 38.3 |
| Great Bend Regional HospitalGreat Bend | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.00 | 39.6 |
| Hays Medical CenterHays | No | 1 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | 27.9 |
| Lawrence Memorial HospitalLawrence | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 44 |
| Mercy Hospital PittsburgPittsburg | No | 1 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.04 | – |
| Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast KansasGalena | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.07 | – |
| NMC HealthNewton | No | 1 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 40.9 |
| Olathe Medical CenterOlathe | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.03 | 21.3 |
| Via Christi Hospitals Wichita INCWichita | No | 1 of 6Highest: COPD 1.06 | – |
| Ascension Via Christi Hospital ManhattanManhattan | No | 0 of 5 | – |
| Ascentist HospitalLeawood | No | – | – |
| Kansas City Orthopaedic InstituteLeawood | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Kansas Heart HospitalWichita | No | 0 of 3 | 38.2 |
| Kansas Spine Hospital LLCWichita | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Kansas Surgery & Recovery CenterWichita | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Labette County Medical CenterParsons | No | 0 of 4 | 41.3 |
| Manhattan Surgical Hospital LLCManhattan | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Miami County Medical CenterPaola | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Minimally Invasive Surgery HospitalLenexa | No | – | – |
| Pratt Regional Medical CenterPratt | No | 0 of 4 | 46.8 |
| Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby | No | 0 of 3 | 33 |
| Summit Surgical LLCHutchinson | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa INCWichita | No | 0 of 3 | – |
| Wesley Medical CenterWichita | No | 0 of 6 | 15.6 |
Questions
Which Kansas hospitals does Medicare penalize for patient safety?
10 of 44 Kansas hospitals in the program (23%, vs 24% nationally) have their Medicare payments cut 1% in fiscal year 2026: Overland Park Regional Center, Providence Medical Center, Adventhealth Ottawa, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills, Saint John Hospital, Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital, McPherson Hospital, Salina Regional Health Center, Salina Surgical Hospital.
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 Kansas, 26 of 42 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.