Texas hospital Medicare penalties
Which Texas hospitals Medicare is penalizing for infections and patient-safety problems in fiscal year 2026, and which had more readmissions than expected.
Safety penalty (HAC)32 of 28011% · U.S. 24%
Excess readmissions192 of 241Above expected on 1+ condition
In the programs280Texas hospitals
Fiscal year2026Penalty year
Every Texas hospital in the programs
Penalized hospitals first. Click a column to sort.
| Hospital | HAC penalty | Readmissions above expected | VBP score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conroe Regional Medical CenterConroe | 1% cut | 5 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.13 | 22.3 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station | 1% cut | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.15 | 28.8 |
| University of Texas Medical Branch GalGalveston | 1% cut | 4 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.15 | 22.1 |
| Baylor Medical Center at WaxahachieWaxahachie | 1% cut | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.13 | 37.1 |
| Hunt Regional Medical CenterGreenville | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.07 | 13.3 |
| Midland Memorial HospitalMidland | 1% cut | 3 of 5Highest: COPD 1.09 | 8.2 |
| United Regional Hlth Care SystWichita Falls | 1% cut | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 24.5 |
| Dallas Medical CenterDallas | 1% cut | 2 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.06 | 33.5 |
| Detar Hospital NavarroVictoria | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.10 | 15.7 |
| Parkland Health and Hospital SystemDallas | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.08 | 43.1 |
| St Luke's the Woodlands HospitalConroe | 1% cut | 2 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.08 | 25.3 |
| University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso | 1% cut | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.06 | 13.6 |
| Altus Lumberton HospitalLumberton | 1% cut | 1 of 1Highest: COPD 1.00 | – |
| Doctors Hospital of LaredoLaredo | 1% cut | 1 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 35.5 |
| El Campo Memorial HospitalEl Campo | 1% cut | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | – |
| Glen Rose Medical CenterGlen Rose | 1% cut | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | – |
| Methodist Dallas Medical CenterDallas | 1% cut | 1 of 4Highest: COPD 1.03 | 27.5 |
| Starr County Memorial HospitalRio Grande City | 1% cut | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | – |
| Advanced Dallas Hospitals and ClinicsDallas | 1% cut | – | – |
| Baptist Neighborhood Hospital Thousand OaksSan Antonio | 1% cut | 0 of 2 | 71.7 |
| Crescent Medical Center LancasterLancaster | 1% cut | – | – |
| East Houston Medical CenterHouston | 1% cut | – | – |
| Elite Hospital KingwoodKingwood | 1% cut | – | – |
| Healthsouth Surgical HospitalAustin | 1% cut | – | – |
| Jps Health NetworkFort Worth | 1% cut | 0 of 3 | 28.3 |
| Lamb Healthcare CenterLittlefield | 1% cut | – | – |
| Medical Center HospitalOdessa | 1% cut | 0 of 5 | 16.8 |
| Palo Pinto General HospitalMineral Wells | 1% cut | 0 of 3 | 33.4 |
| Saint Camillus Medical CenterHurst | 1% cut | – | – |
| Sugar Land Surgical Hospital LLPSugar Land | 1% cut | 0 of 1 | – |
| Texas Center for Infectious DiseaseSan Antonio | 1% cut | – | – |
| Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital ArlingtonArlington | 1% cut | 0 of 3 | 43 |
| Baylor Scott and White Medical Center McKinneyMc Kinney | No | 5 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.09 | 36.5 |
| Cedar Park Regional Medical CenterCedar Park | No | 5 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.11 | 31.3 |
| Denton Regional Medical CenterDenton | No | 5 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 33.8 |
| East Texas Medical CenterTyler | No | 5 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.15 | – |
| Medical City Dallas HospitalDallas | No | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.17 | 14.8 |
| Mem Hermann Southwest HospHouston | No | 5 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.17 | 21.7 |
| Methodist Willowbrook HospitalHouston | No | 5 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | 41.3 |
| Plaza Medical Center of Fort WorthFort Worth | No | 5 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.24 | 20.2 |
| Tomball Regional HospitalTomball | No | 5 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.13 | 27.3 |
| Weatherford Regional Medical CenterWeatherford | No | 5 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.07 | 26.3 |
| Adventhealth Central TexasKilleen | No | 4 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 28.1 |
| Baylor All Saints Medical Center at FwFort Worth | No | 4 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.08 | 32.3 |
| Citizens Medical CenterVictoria | No | 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 30.9 |
| East Texas Medical Center AthensAthens | No | 4 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | 23.4 |
| Good Shepherd Medical Center MarshallMarshall | No | 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | 39.7 |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin | No | 4 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.48 | 30.6 |
| Kingwood Medical CenterKingwood | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 25.9 |
| Las Palmas Medical CenterEl Paso | No | 4 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.12 | 25.9 |
| Medical Center of ArlingtonArlington | No | 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.10 | 14.2 |
| Methodist HospitalSan Antonio | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.07 | 26.4 |
| Mission Regional Medical CenterMission | No | 4 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.07 | 32.1 |
| North Hills HospitalNorth Richland Hills | No | 4 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 27 |
| Scott & White Memorial HospitalTemple | No | 4 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.08 | 38.8 |
| Seton Northwest HospitalAustin | No | 4 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.04 | – |
| St David's South Austin Medical CenterAustin | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.05 | 23.8 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-BedfordBedford | No | 4 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.14 | 25.5 |
| The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur | No | 4 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.09 | 25.7 |
| UT Southwestern University HospitalDallas | No | 4 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.10 | 44.8 |
| Baylor Medical Center at CarrolltonCarrollton | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.05 | – |
| Baylor Medical Center at IrvingIrving | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.10 | 40.3 |
| Baylor Regional Medical Center at GrapevineGrapevine | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.10 | 32.3 |
| Baylor Regional Medical Center at PlanoPlano | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.22 | 33.5 |
| Brazosport Regional Health SystemLake Jackson | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.07 | 41.8 |
| Bsa HospitalAmarillo | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.25 | 18.9 |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LufkinLufkin | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.09 | 20.2 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa HospitalSan Antonio | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.07 | 16.7 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital-San MarcosSan Marcos | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 35.3 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 28.4 |
| CHRISTUS St Michael Health SystemTexarkana | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.11 | 21 |
| Houston Methodist the Woodlands HospitalThe Woodlands | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.06 | 45.8 |
| Houston Northwest Medical CenterHouston | No | 3 of 3Highest: Heart attack 1.06 | 24.9 |
| Huntsville Memorial HospitalHuntsville | No | 3 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.08 | 19.5 |
| Lake Pointe Medical CenterRowlett | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.11 | 30.3 |
| Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.16 | 22.9 |
| Medical Center of LewisvilleLewisville | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 16.1 |
| Medical Center of McKinneyMcKinney | No | 3 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.14 | 24.4 |
| Medical City AllianceFort Worth | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.02 | 30.3 |
| Methodist Charlton Medical CenterDallas | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 22.5 |
| Methodist Mansfield Medical CenterMansfield | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.05 | 29.1 |
| Methodist Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land | No | 3 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.22 | 44.1 |
| Nacogdoches Medical CenterNacogdoches | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.03 | 22.3 |
| Nacogdoches Memorial HospitalNacogdoches | No | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.10 | – |
| Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana | No | 3 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.10 | 13.3 |
| North Austin Medical CenterAustin | No | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 22.3 |
| Palestine Regional Medical CenterPalestine | No | 3 of 3Highest: COPD 1.09 | 30.9 |
| Resolute Health HospitalNew Braunfels | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.07 | 35 |
| Scott & White Hospital-Round RockRound Rock | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.16 | 42.1 |
| Seton Medical Center AustinAustin | No | 3 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | – |
| Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.09 | 45.3 |
| Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.10 | 24.1 |
| Sierra Medical CenterEl Paso | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.21 | 17.8 |
| South Texas Health SystemEdinburg | No | 3 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 29.5 |
| St Joseph Regional Health CenterBryan | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.05 | 8.6 |
| Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco | No | 3 of 4Highest: COPD 1.05 | 40.5 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital PlanoPlano | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.12 | 25.8 |
| The Hospitals of Providence Transmountain CampusEl Paso | No | 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.12 | 22.8 |
| University Medical CenterLubbock | No | 3 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.06 | 20.4 |
| Valley Regional Medical CenterBrownsville | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.07 | 26.2 |
| Wadley Regional Medical CenterTexarkana | No | 3 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | – |
| West Houston Medical CenterHouston | No | 3 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 28.1 |
| White Rock Medical CenterDallas | No | 3 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | – |
| Woodland Heights Medical CenterLufkin | No | 3 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.12 | 24.1 |
| Baylor University Medical CenterDallas | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.16 | 27.8 |
| Centennial Medical CenterFrisco | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.03 | 37.4 |
| CHRISTUS HospitalBeaumont | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.17 | 31.8 |
| Clear Lake Regional Medical CenterWebster | No | 2 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 25.2 |
| Dallas Regional Medical CenterMesquite | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.08 | 18 |
| Denton Community HospitalDenton | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | 44.9 |
| Doctors Hospital at RenaissanceEdinburg | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.15 | 25.6 |
| East Texas Medical Center JacksonvilleJacksonville | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 | 67.3 |
| Harlingen Medical CenterHarlingen | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 34.2 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Medical CenterHouston | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.07 | 36.3 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare PearlandPearland | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 36.6 |
| HCA Houston Healthcare SoutheastPasadena | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 17.8 |
| Hendrick Health SystemAbilene | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 17.3 |
| Hillcrest Baptist Med CenterWaco | No | 2 of 5Highest: COPD 1.03 | 30.9 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake HospitalHouston | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.11 | 51.9 |
| Houston Methodist West HospitalHouston | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.24 | 32.8 |
| Huguley Health SystemFort Worth | No | 2 of 4Highest: COPD 1.10 | 26.3 |
| Laredo Medical CenterLaredo | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 30.9 |
| Las Colinas Medical CenterIrving | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 24.1 |
| Lubbock Heart Hospital LpLubbock | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.13 | 41.3 |
| Medical Center of PlanoPlano | No | 2 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.06 | 26.2 |
| Mem Hermann Baptist HospitalBeaumont | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 26.1 |
| Memorial Hermann NortheastHumble | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.05 | 17.8 |
| Memorial Hermann Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.04 | 30.1 |
| Memorial Hermann Texas Medical CenterHouston | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 26.6 |
| Methodist Stone Oak HospitalSan Antonio | No | 2 of 6Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.10 | 18.3 |
| Paris Regional Medical CenterParis | No | 2 of 5Highest: COPD 1.13 | 12.8 |
| Patients Medical Center, LtdPasadena | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 | 31.8 |
| Providence Health CenterWaco | No | 2 of 6Highest: COPD 1.04 | – |
| Seton Medical Center HaysKyle | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.09 | – |
| Seton Medical Center WilliamsonRound Rock | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | – |
| Sierra Providence East Medical CenterEl Paso | No | 2 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.11 | 7.4 |
| St Davids HospitalAustin | No | 2 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.12 | 32.8 |
| St Luke's Hospital at the VintageHouston | No | 2 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 22.8 |
| St Luke's Sugar Land HospitalSugar Land | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 | 28.3 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington | No | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.05 | 31.1 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital RockwallRockwall | No | 2 of 3Highest: COPD 1.01 | 48.2 |
| Texas Regional Medical Center at SunnyvaleSunnyvale | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.08 | – |
| Texoma Healthcare SystemDenison | No | 2 of 6Highest: Pneumonia 1.17 | 32.6 |
| The Heart Hospital Baylor DentonDenton | No | 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.04 | 53.2 |
| University Health SystemSan Antonio | No | 2 of 5Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 28.4 |
| UT Health Carthage - First Physicians ClinicCarthage | No | 2 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | – |
| Val Verde Regional Medical CenterDel Rio | No | 2 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 28.3 |
| Valley Baptist Medical CenterHarlingen | No | 2 of 5Highest: Pneumonia 1.14 | 17.7 |
| Valley Baptist Medical Center - BrownsvilleBrownsville | No | 2 of 4Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 20.7 |
| Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio | No | 1 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.10 | 20.8 |
| Baylor Heart and Vascular HospitalDallas | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart attack 1.16 | 56.7 |
| Baylor Medical Center at FriscoFrisco | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.07 | 51 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble FallsMarble Falls | No | 1 of 4Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.08 | 20.3 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- AustinAustin | No | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | – |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center PflugervillePflugerville | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | 50.5 |
| Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital at ShermaSherman | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.18 | – |
| Baylor Surgical Hospital at las ColinasIrving | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.29 | – |
| Brownwood Regional Medical CenterBrownwood | No | 1 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.43 | 7.3 |
| CHI St Lukes Health Memorial LivingstonLivingston | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | – |
| CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial HospitalJasper | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | – |
| CHRISTUS Spohn HospitalBeeville | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | 21.8 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital AliceAlice | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 27.4 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital KlebergKingsville | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 32.8 |
| Columbus Community HospitalColumbus | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 17 |
| Corpus Christi Medical Center,TheCorpus Christi | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.22 | 33.2 |
| Covenant Hospital PlainviewPlainview | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 38.8 |
| Covenant Medical CenterLubbock | No | 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.01 | 18.7 |
| Ennis Regional Medical CenterEnnis | No | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | – |
| Faith Community HospitalJacksboro | No | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.00 | – |
| Fort Duncan Medical CenterEagle Pass | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 30.3 |
| Foundation Surgical Hospital of San AntonioSan Antonio | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.06 | – |
| Harris County Hospital DistrictHouston | No | 1 of 1Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | 16 |
| Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 31.6 |
| Houston Methodist Baytown HospitalBaytown | No | 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.02 | 48.7 |
| Knapp Medical CenterWeslaco | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 | 31.9 |
| Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 21.4 |
| Mary Shiels HospitalDallas | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.01 | – |
| Mem Hermann Mem City HospHouston | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.01 | 30.3 |
| Memorial Hermann Katy HospitalKaty | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.02 | 20.5 |
| Methodist Hospital AtascosaJourdanton | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | 31 |
| Methodist Hospital for SurgeryAddison | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.05 | – |
| Methodist McKinney HospitalMcKinney | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.26 | – |
| Nocona General HospitalNocona | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.03 | – |
| Northwest Texas Hlthcare SystAmarillo | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.09 | – |
| Oakbend Medical CenterRichmond | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.04 | 39.7 |
| Parkview Regional HospitalMexia | No | 1 of 1Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | – |
| Providence Memorial HospitalEl Paso | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.03 | 21.4 |
| Quail Creek Surgical HospitalAmarillo | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.13 | – |
| Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcAllen | No | 1 of 3Highest: Pneumonia 1.02 | 28.2 |
| Rolling Plains Memorial HospitalSweetwater | No | 1 of 3Highest: Heart failure 1.02 | – |
| Round Rock Medical CenterRound Rock | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart bypass surgery 1.05 | 21.1 |
| Scenic Mountain Medical CenterBig Spring | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.06 | – |
| Sid Peterson Memorial HospitalKerrville | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.01 | 42.6 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth | No | 1 of 5Highest: COPD 1.02 | 32.5 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AllianceFort Worth | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart attack 1.01 | 31.7 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne | No | 1 of 3Highest: COPD 1.03 | 48.9 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital SouthlakeSouthlake | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.18 | – |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest FFort Worth | No | 1 of 5Highest: Heart attack 1.04 | 43.3 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital StephenvillStephenville | No | 1 of 2Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 53 |
| Texas Health Hospital MansfieldMansfield | No | 1 of 2Highest: Pneumonia 1.01 | 52 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital AllenAllen | No | 1 of 5Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.02 | 29.4 |
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical CenterAustin | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.11 | – |
| Titus Regional Medical CenterMt Pleasant | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.01 | 29.6 |
| Tops Surgical Specialty HospitalHouston | No | 1 of 1Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.01 | – |
| Trinity Mother Frances SystTyler | No | 1 of 6Highest: Hip or knee replacement 1.02 | 20.7 |
| Wilson N Jones Regional Medical CenterSherman | No | 1 of 4Highest: Heart failure 1.05 | 11.1 |
| Ad Hospital East, LLCHouston | No | – | – |
| Altus Houston Hospital, LpHouston | No | – | – |
| Aspire HospitalConroe | No | – | – |
| Bandera Family HospitalSan Antonio | No | – | – |
| Baylor Medical Center at Trophy ClubRoanoke | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at ArlingtonArlington | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency HospitalAubrey | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - BudaBuda | No | – | – |
| Baylor Scott and White Emergency HospitalBurleson | No | – | – |
| Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort WorthFort Worth | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Baytown Medical Center LpBaytown | No | – | – |
| Bellville General HospitalBellville | No | – | – |
| Brownfield Regional Medical CenterBrownfield | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Brushy Creek Family Hospital LLCRound Rock | No | – | – |
| Childress Regional Medical CenterChildress | No | 0 of 3 | – |
| CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur SpringsSulphur Springs | No | 0 of 4 | 49.9 |
| CHRISTUS St Joseph HospitalHouston | No | 0 of 1 | 26.8 |
| Cleveland Emergency HospitalHumble | No | – | – |
| Connally Memorial Medical CenterFloresville | No | 0 of 2 | – |
| Cornerstone Regional HospitalEdinburg | No | – | – |
| Covenant Hospital LevellandLevelland | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Cuero Community HospitalCuero | No | 0 of 2 | – |
| Etmc HendersonHenderson | No | 0 of 2 | 42.5 |
| Exceptional Community Hospital LubbockLubbock | No | – | – |
| Freestone Medical CenterFairfield | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Grace Medical CenterLubbock | No | – | – |
| Hereford Regional Medical CenterHereford | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Houston Methodist Cypress HospitalCypress | No | – | – |
| Houston Physicians' HospitalWebster | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Legent Orthopedic + SpineSan Antonio | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Legent Orthopedic HospitalGrapevine | No | – | – |
| Legent Surgical Hospital PlanoPlano | No | – | – |
| Matagorda General HospitalBay City | No | 0 of 3 | 35.5 |
| Mayhill HospitalDenton | No | – | – |
| Medical Arts HospitalLamesa | No | – | – |
| Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital KingwoodKingwood | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Memorial HospitalGonzales | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Methodist Celina Medical CenterCelina | No | – | – |
| Methodist Hospital,TheHouston | No | 0 of 6 | 40.9 |
| Methodist Midlothian Medical CenterMidlothian | No | 0 of 3 | 40.8 |
| Methodist Richardson Medical CenterRichardson | No | 0 of 5 | 23.6 |
| Methodist Southlake Medical CenterSouthlake | No | – | – |
| Mid Coast Medical Center-TrinityTrinity | No | – | – |
| North Central Surgical Center LLPDallas | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| North Texas Medical CenterGainesville | No | 0 of 4 | 34.2 |
| Odessa Regional HospitalOdessa | No | 0 of 4 | 19.3 |
| Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County HoAndrews | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Physicians Centre,TheBryan | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Seton Southwest HospitalAustin | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| South Texas Spine and Surgical HospitalSan Antonio | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| St Lukes Episcopal HospitalHouston | No | 0 of 5 | 30 |
| St Lukes Lakeside HospitalConroe | No | – | – |
| St Michaels Medical Hospital LLCSugar Land | No | – | – |
| Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America SE HoustonPasadena | No | – | – |
| Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery PlanPlano | No | – | – |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital AzleAzle | No | 0 of 3 | 42.3 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas | No | 0 of 6 | 20.4 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound | No | 0 of 3 | 32.9 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital KaufmanKaufman | No | 0 of 2 | 47.8 |
| Texas Institute for Surgery at Presbyterian HospitDallas | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Texas Orthopedic HospitalHouston | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Texas Spine and Joint HospitalTyler | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| The Heart Hospital Baylor PlanoPlano | No | 0 of 4 | 39.8 |
| The Hospitals of Providence Horizon City CampusHorizon City | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| The Woodlands Specialty HospitalSpring | No | – | – |
| Townsen Memorial HospitalHumble | No | – | – |
| Tyler County HospitalWoodville | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| University Medical Center at BrackenridgeAustin | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at TylerTyler | No | 0 of 3 | 33.4 |
| Usmd Hospital at Arlington L PArlington | No | – | 46.7 |
| UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty & Research HoSan Antonio | No | – | – |
| Westover Hills Baptist HospitalSan Antonio | No | – | – |
| Wilbarger General HospitalVernon | No | 0 of 1 | – |
| Womans Hospital of Texas,TheHouston | No | – | 22.3 |
Questions
Which Texas hospitals does Medicare penalize for patient safety?
32 of 280 Texas hospitals in the program (11%, vs 24% nationally) have their Medicare payments cut 1% in fiscal year 2026: Conroe Regional Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College Stati, University of Texas Medical Branch Gal, Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie, Hunt Regional Medical Center, Midland Memorial Hospital, United Regional Hlth Care Syst, Dallas Medical Center, Detar Hospital Navarro, Parkland Health and Hospital System, St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital, University Medical Center of El Paso and 20 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 Texas, 192 of 241 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.