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39 CARE DELIVERY 38 Hospitals Facing Highest Penalties for Readmissions By Heather Punke T he following 38 hospitals will be subjected to a 3 percent readmission penalty by CMS, affecting payments for every Medicare patient stay from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2016. ey are listed in alphabetical order. 1. Arizona Orthopedic and Surgi- cal Specialty Hospital (Chandler) 2. Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Hospital at Arlington (Texas) 3. Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth (Texas) 4. Beaufort (S.C.) County Memori- al Hospital 5. Coordinated Health Orthopedic Hospital (Bethlehem, Pa.) 6. Fauquier Hospital (Warrenton, Va.) 7. Franklin Medical Center (Winnsboro, La.) 8. Halifax Regional Medical Center (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 9. Harlan (Ky.) ARH Hospital 10. Hazard (Ky.) ARH Regional Medical Center 11. Heritage Park Surgical Hospital (Sherman, Texas) 12. Jennie Stuart Medical Center (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 13. Johnston Memorial Hospital (Abingdon, Va.) 14. Kings Daughters Medical Cen- ter Ohio (Portsmouth) 15. Lewis and Clark Specialty Hos- pital (Yankton, S.D.) 16. Livingston (Tenn.) Regional Hospital 17. Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital Kingwood (Texas) 18. Memorial Hospital (Manches- ter, Ky.) 19. Middlesboro (Ky.) Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital 20. Monroe County Medical Cen- ter (Tompkinsville, Ky.) 21. Pekin (Ill.) Memorial Hospital 22. Physician's Care Surgical Hos- pital (Royersford, Pa.) 23. Physicians' Specialty Hospital (Fayetteville, Ark.) 24. Pratt (Kan.) Regional Medical Center 25. Reston (Va.) Hospital Center 26. Sebastian (Fla.) River Medical Center 27. South Texas Surgical Hospital (Corpus Christi) 28. St. John Broken Arrow (Okla.) 29. Lucie Medical Center (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.) 30. Vincent's Medical Center Southside (Jacksonville, Fla.) 31. Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital (Weston, W.Va.) 32. Sugar Land (Texas) Surgical Hospital 33. Surgical Hospital at South- woods (Youngstown, Ohio) 34. Sutter Surgical Hospital-North Valley (Yuba City, Calif.) 35. Trinity Bettendorf (Iowa) 36. Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center (South Williamson, Ky.) 37. White River Medical Center (Batesville, Ark.) 38. Whitesburg (Ky.) ARH Hospi- tal n 10 States Where The Most Hospitals Face Penalities The following 9 states and Washington, D.C., have the highest percentage of hospitals subject to penalties in the form of reductions to Medicare payments. CT 0 75 80 85 90 100 AL NJ FL VA MA DC NY SC RI 97% 90% 81% 80% 79% 78% 78% 77% 75% 75%