facebook tracking New York hospital Medicare penalties: 45 penalized for patient safety

New York hospital Medicare penalties

Which New York hospitals Medicare is penalizing for infections and patient-safety problems in fiscal year 2026, and which had more readmissions than expected.

Safety penalty (HAC)45 of 12835% · U.S. 24%
Excess readmissions106 of 124Above expected on 1+ condition
In the programs128New York hospitals
Fiscal year2026Penalty year

Every New York hospital in the programs

Penalized hospitals first. Click a column to sort.

Hospital HAC penalty Readmissions above expected VBP score
Cornwall HospitalCornwall 1% cut 5 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 19.1
Maimonides Medical CenterBrooklyn 1% cut 5 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.30 27.8
Richmond University Medical CenterStaten Island 1% cut 5 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.21 20.3
Rochester General HospitalRochester 1% cut 5 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.12 29.3
Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical CtrPlattsburgh 1% cut 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.08 19.7
Highland HospitalRochester 1% cut 4 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 42.5
Jamaica Hospital Med CenterJamaica 1% cut 4 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.16 25.6
Brookdale Hospital Medical CenterBrooklyn 1% cut 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.11 16.5
Buffalo General HospitalBuffalo 1% cut 3 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.12 31.5
F F Thompson HospitalCanandaigua 1% cut 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.16 32.3
Geneva General HospitalGeneva 1% cut 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.08 40.8
Montefiore Medical CenterBronx 1% cut 3 of 6Highest: COPD 1.16 30
Montefiore New Rochelle HospitalNew Rochelle 1% cut 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.07 14.5
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, INCBinghamton 1% cut 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.09 –
Rome Memorial Hospital, INCRome 1% cut 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.03 16
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South ShoreFar Rockaway 1% cut 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.33 –
United Health Services HospsBinghamton 1% cut 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 18.7
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse 1% cut 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 27.1
Wynn HospitalUtica 1% cut 3 of 4Highest: COPD 1.05 –
Adirondack Medical CenterSaranac Lake 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 62.6
Bellevue Hospital CenterNew York 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.06 39.4
Bon Secours Community HospitalPort Jervis 1% cut 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.08 24.4
Brooks Memorial HospitalDunkirk 1% cut 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.01 24
Canton-Potsdam HospitalPotsdam 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.08 30.8
Clifton Springs Hospital and ClinicClifton Springs 1% cut 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 51.3
Columbia Memorial HospitalHudson 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.03 –
Erie County Medical CenterBuffalo 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.07 20.1
Garnet Health Medical Center CatskillsHarris 1% cut 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.03 21.2
Jacobi Medical CenterBronx 1% cut 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 18
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical CenterNiagara Falls 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.05 27.8
Sisters of Charity HospitalBuffalo 1% cut 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 30.1
St John's Riverside HospitalYonkers 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.10 20.8
St Joseph's Medical CenterYonkers 1% cut 2 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.03 13.1
University Hospital of Brooklyn ( Downstate )Brooklyn 1% cut 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.10 20.6
UPMC Chautauqua at WcaJamestown 1% cut 2 of 5Highest: COPD 1.02 –
Westchester Medical CenterValhalla 1% cut 2 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.09 17.6
Woodhull Medical and Mental Health CenterBrooklyn 1% cut 2 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.04 33.8
Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany 1% cut 1 of 6Highest: COPD 1.02 7.5
Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira 1% cut 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.16 24.8
Chenango Memorial Hospital, INCNorwich 1% cut 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 41.5
Kings County Hospital CenterBrooklyn 1% cut 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 9.3
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester 1% cut 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.01 –
Wyckoff Heights Medical CenterBrooklyn 1% cut 1 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 20.8
Mary Imogene Bassett HospitalCooperstown 1% cut 0 of 6 20.7
Unity Specialty HospitalRochester 1% cut – –
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown CampusBrooklyn No 5 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.08 23.7
Crouse HospitalSyracuse No 5 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 24.3
St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse No 5 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.21 29.9
Auburn Memorial HospitalAuburn No 4 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.11 30.9
Good Samaritan Hospital of SuffernSuffern No 4 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.15 26.6
Long Island Jewish Medical CenterNew Hyde Park No 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 27.5
Mercy HospitalBuffalo No 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 22.2
Northern Westchester HospitalMt Kisco No 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.07 47.3
Nyack HospitalNyack No 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.22 23.8
South Brooklyn HealthBrooklyn No 4 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.20 30
Southside HospitalBay Shore No 4 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.06 24.3
St Peter's HospitalAlbany No 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.19 18.8
Staten Island University HospitalStaten Island No 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.21 25.8
Unity Hospital of RochesterRochester No 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.15 32.1
Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie No 4 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.11 33.9
Bronxcare Hospital CenterBronx No 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.19 27.9
Garnet Health Medical CenterGoshen No 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 31.3
Harlem Hospital CenterNew York No 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.06 33.7
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston No 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.19 18.8
Huntington HospitalHuntington No 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 43.8
Mount Sinai WestNew York No 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.26 29.1
Mount St Mary's Hospital and Health CenterLewiston No 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.13 29.6
Nassau University Medical CenterEast Meadow No 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.16 15.8
New York Community Hospital of Brooklyn, INC.Brooklyn No 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.24 –
Newark-Wayne Community HospitalNewark No 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.19 34.8
North Shore University HospitalManhasset No 3 of 6Highest: COPD 1.10 37.3
Olean General HospitalOlean No 3 of 5Highest: COPD 1.06 25.7
Oneida Healthcare CenterOneida No 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.10 33.5
Oswego HospitalOswego No 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 20.4
Plainview HospitalPlainview No 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.06 41.3
South Nassau Communities HospitalOceanside No 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.26 26.8
St James Mercy HospitalHornell No 3 of 3Highest: COPD 1.06 29.8
United Memorial Medical CenterBatavia No 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 36.4
White Plains Hospital CtrWhite Plains No 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 36.2
Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial HospitalOneonta No 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.05 33.3
Beth Israel Medical CenterNew York No 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.17 31.3
Corning HospitalCorning No 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.10 32.6
Cortland Regional Medical Center, INCCortland No 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.09 32.1
Ellis HospitalSchenectady No 2 of 5Highest: COPD 1.05 30.2
Kenmore Mercy HospitalBuffalo No 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 17.8
Long Island Community HospitalPatchogue No 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 39.5
Mount Sinai HospitalNew York No 2 of 6Highest: COPD 1.04 28
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead No 2 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.10 29
Queens Hospital CenterJamaica No 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 25
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown No 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.04 36.5
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs No 2 of 5Highest: COPD 1.10 40.6
St Francis Hospital, RoslynRoslyn No 2 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.09 47.5
St Joseph HospitalBethpage No 2 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.06 25.9
St Mary's Hospital at AmsterdamAmsterdam No 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.03 –
Elmhurst Hospital CenterNew York No 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.01 18.3
Flushing Hospital Medical CenterNew York No 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.04 22.8
Glen Cove HospitalGlen Cove No 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.04 42
Glens Falls HospitalGlens Falls No 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.08 28.6
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical CenterWest Islip No 1 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.04 26.3
Lenox Hill HospitalNew York No 1 of 6Highest: COPD 1.03 34.1
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville No 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.05 48.8
New York Hospital Medical Center of QueensNew York No 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.01 37.3
Nicholas H Noyes Memorial HospitalDansville No 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.00 50.4
Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck No 1 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 39.8
Putnam Hospital CenterCarmel No 1 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.04 27.8
St Anthony Community HospitalWarwick No 1 of 4Highest: COPD 1.03 31.3
St Barnabas HospitalBronx No 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.06 18.2
University HospitalStony Brook No 1 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.11 35.1
Bertrand Chaffee HospitalSpringville No 0 of 1 –
Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca No 0 of 5 18.3
Helen Hayes HospitalWest Haverstraw No – –
Hospital for Special SurgeryNew York No 0 of 1 –
Hudson Valley Hospital CenterCortlandt Manor No 0 of 5 41.3
John T Mather Memorial Hospital of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson No 0 of 5 43.8
Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville No 0 of 3 43.1
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health CenterBronx No 0 of 2 16.5
Mercy Medical CenterRockville Centre No 0 of 5 40.9
Metropolitan Hospital CenterNew York No 0 of 1 26.3
Mount Vernon HospitalMt Vernon No 0 of 1 12.3
New York-Presbyterian HospitalNew York No 0 of 6 39
Ny Eye and Ear InfirmaryNew York No – –
NYU Hospitals CenterNew York No 0 of 6 42
Phelps Memorial Hospital AssnSleepy Hollow No 0 of 4 26.9
Samaritan HospitalTroy No 0 of 4 32.8
St Catherine of Siena HospitalSmithtown No 0 of 4 33.3
St Charles HospitalPort Jefferson No 0 of 4 36
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation CenterSchenectady No – –
Westfield Memorial Hospital, INCWestfield No 0 of 1 –
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Questions

Which New York hospitals does Medicare penalize for patient safety?

45 of 128 New York hospitals in the program (35%, vs 24% nationally) have their Medicare payments cut 1% in fiscal year 2026: Cornwall Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center, Richmond University Medical Center, Rochester General Hospital, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Ctr, Highland Hospital, Jamaica Hospital Med Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, Buffalo General Hospital, F F Thompson Hospital, Geneva General Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center and 33 more.

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 New York, 106 of 124 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.