Pennsylvania hospital Medicare penalties
Which Pennsylvania hospitals Medicare is penalizing for infections and patient-safety problems in fiscal year 2026, and which had more readmissions than expected.
Safety penalty (HAC)36 of 13127% · U.S. 24%
Excess readmissions110 of 124Above expected on 1+ condition
In the programs131Pennsylvania hospitals
Fiscal year2026Penalty year
Every Pennsylvania hospital in the programs
Penalized hospitals first. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | HAC penalty | Readmissions above expected | VBP score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia | 1% cut | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.34 | 26.2 |
| Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton | 1% cut | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.16 | 14.2 |
| Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health SysPhiladelphia | 1% cut | 4 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 38.2 |
| Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville | 1% cut | 4 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.17 | 21.9 |
| Reading Hospital and Med CtrWest Reading | 1% cut | 4 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 19.1 |
| UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh | 1% cut | 4 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.21 | 30.3 |
| Butler Health SystemButler | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: COPD 1.04 | 27 |
| Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.15 | 19.2 |
| Geisinger Medical CenterDanville | 1% cut | 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 26.1 |
| Heritage Valley BeaverBeaver | 1% cut | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 | 18.8 |
| Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.08 | 14 |
| Mercy Health SystemConshohocken | 1% cut | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.10 | 13 |
| Pottstown Memorial Med CenterPottstown | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.11 | 17.4 |
| Uniontown HospitalUniontown | 1% cut | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.09 | 27.8 |
| UPMC HorizonGreenville | 1% cut | 3 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 | 27.7 |
| UPMC MemorialYork | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.14 | 17.6 |
| Canonsburg General HospitalCanonsburg | 1% cut | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 20.8 |
| Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.18 | 15.7 |
| Crozer Chester Medical CenterChester | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 4.5 |
| Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 | 22.8 |
| Jameson Memorial HospitalNew Castle | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 18.3 |
| Monongahela Valley HospitalMonongahela | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.10 | 21.3 |
| Warren General HospitalWarren | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 50.9 |
| Hanover HospitalHanover | 1% cut | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.12 | 28.2 |
| Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh | 1% cut | 1 of 3Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.19 | 21.2 |
| Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney | 1% cut | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.00 | 27.3 |
| Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale | 1% cut | 1 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.19 | 25.7 |
| West Penn HospitalPittsburgh | 1% cut | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 24.5 |
| Wilkes-Barre General HospitalWilkes-Barre | 1% cut | 1 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.10 | 18.9 |
| Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois | 1% cut | 0 of 6 | 17.3 |
| Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg | 1% cut | 0 of 4 | 21.5 |
| Hazleton General HospitalHazleton | 1% cut | 0 of 4 | 20 |
| Kensington HospitalPhiladelphia | 1% cut | – | – |
| Latrobe Area HospitalLatrobe | 1% cut | 0 of 4 | 27.1 |
| UPMC GreeneWaynesburg | 1% cut | 0 of 1 | – |
| Valley Forge Medical Center and HospitalNorristown | 1% cut | – | – |
| Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia | No | 6 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.22 | 18.4 |
| Doylestown HospitalDoylestown | No | 5 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 29.6 |
| Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown | No | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.29 | 34.6 |
| Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg | No | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.25 | 28.5 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Monroe CampusStroudsburg | No | 5 of 5Highest: COPD 1.19 | 44.8 |
| St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne | No | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.23 | 32.3 |
| Abington Memorial HospitalAbington | No | 4 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.16 | 24.3 |
| Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.06 | 20.8 |
| Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh | No | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.12 | 18.8 |
| Holy Spirit HospitalCamp Hill | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.12 | 19.1 |
| Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton | No | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.27 | 39 |
| Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr CampusBryn Mawr | No | 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.23 | 33.2 |
| St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton | No | 4 of 4Highest: COPD 1.10 | 62.4 |
| St Luke's Hospital BethlehemBethlehem | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.12 | 40 |
| UPMC EastMonroeville | No | 4 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 32.2 |
| UPMC PassavantPittsburgh | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.08 | 28.4 |
| Windber HospitalWindber | No | 4 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.09 | 12.5 |
| Chester County HospitalWest Chester | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.08 | 35.7 |
| Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.26 | 30.8 |
| Hamot Medical CenterErie | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart failure 1.11 | 19.2 |
| Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med CtrJenkintown | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.08 | 25.4 |
| Hospital of the Univ of PaPhiladelphia | No | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 45.5 |
| Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton | No | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 28.3 |
| Lansdale HospitalLansdale | No | 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 28 |
| Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.20 | 33 |
| Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.12 | 29.2 |
| Penn Highlands HuntingdonHuntingdon | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 27.9 |
| Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.31 | 30.7 |
| St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.09 | 32.7 |
| St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 55.4 |
| UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.19 | 25 |
| UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh | No | 3 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.48 | 20.8 |
| Washington Hospital, theWashington | No | 3 of 6Highest: COPD 1.03 | 35.3 |
| Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.14 | 25.1 |
| Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.05 | 30.5 |
| ACMH HospitalKittanning | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 43.5 |
| Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona Heights | No | 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 27.9 |
| Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 23.6 |
| Excela Health Frick HospitalMt Pleasant | No | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.02 | 38.5 |
| Geisinger St. Luke's HospitalOrwigsburg | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 47.1 |
| Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med CtrWilkes-Barre | No | 2 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 18.3 |
| Grand View HospitalSellersville | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 23.8 |
| Lancaster General HospitalLancaster | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.10 | 39.2 |
| Lower Bucks HospitalBristol | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.06 | 27.9 |
| Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | 18.7 |
| Millcreek Community HospitalErie | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 16.7 |
| Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.05 | 25.7 |
| Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.02 | 14 |
| Northwest Medical CenterOil City | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.13 | 29.3 |
| Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia | No | 2 of 6Highest: COPD 1.05 | 38.9 |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 31.3 |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.02 | 23.4 |
| Saint Vincent Health CenterErie | No | 2 of 6Highest: COPD 1.01 | 30.8 |
| St Joseph Medical CenterReading | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.06 | 17 |
| St Luke's Miners Memorial HospitalCoaldale | No | 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.09 | 60.3 |
| Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia | No | 2 of 6Highest: COPD 1.08 | 19.9 |
| UPMC LititzLititz | No | 2 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.08 | 32.1 |
| UPMC MercyPittsburgh | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.03 | 34.8 |
| York HospitalYork | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.07 | 18.8 |
| AHN Wexford HospitalWexford | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 50.7 |
| Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona | No | 1 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.01 | 21.4 |
| Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 47.4 |
| Carlisle Regional Medical CtrCarlisle | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 28.5 |
| Clarion HospitalClarion | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.02 | 39.5 |
| Easton HospitalEaston | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.03 | 50 |
| Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata | No | 1 of 4Highest: COPD 1.02 | 35 |
| Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 40.3 |
| Grove City Medical CenterGrove City | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 61.5 |
| Lewistown HospitalLewistown | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 29.9 |
| Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli | No | 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.02 | 25.3 |
| Meadville Medical CenterMeadville | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 37 |
| Mercy Suburban HospitalNorristown | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 46 |
| Robert Packer HospitalSayre | No | 1 of 6Highest: COPD 1.09 | 17.5 |
| Roxborough Memorial HospitalPhiladelphia | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.00 | 16.3 |
| Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.04 | 27.5 |
| Sharon Regional Health SystemSharon | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.04 | 31 |
| Somerset HospitalSomerset | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 33.2 |
| Surgical Institute of ReadingWyomissing | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.31 | – |
| UPMC BedfordEverett | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.00 | 31 |
| UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.01 | 21 |
| Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.08 | 41.8 |
| Advanced Surgical HospitalWashington | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| AHN Emerus Westmoreland, LLCGreensburg | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Bucks County Specialty HospitalBensalem | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Eagleville HospitalEagleville | No | – | – |
| Edgewood Surgical HospitalTransfer | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon | No | 0 of 5 | 29.8 |
| Highlands HospitalConnellsville | No | – | – |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City | No | 0 of 3 | 21.8 |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital - MacungieMacungie | No | – | – |
| Nason HospitalRoaring Spring | No | 0 of 3 | 45.7 |
| Oss Orthopaedic HospitalYork | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation HospitalYork | No | – | – |
| Wills Eye HospitalPhiladelphia | No | – | – |
Questions
Which Pennsylvania hospitals does Medicare penalize for patient safety?
36 of 131 Pennsylvania hospitals in the program (27%, vs 24% nationally) have their Medicare payments cut 1% in fiscal year 2026: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Geisinger-Community Medical Center, Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health Sys, Phoenixville Hospital, Reading Hospital and Med Ctr, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Butler Health System, Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, Geisinger Medical Center, Heritage Valley Beaver, Indiana Regional Medical Center, Mercy Health System and 24 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 Pennsylvania, 110 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.