Metro area
Birmingham, AL
11 of 12 hospitals take a cut in FY2027: 92% of the 12 measured on at least one condition. The average cut, counting all 12 hospitals, is 0.53%. Estimated total: $2.3Mestimate.
Birmingham, AL · FY2027Compared with all hospitals nationally
1Hospitals
12
2Penalized
92%
3Average cut
0.53%
4Cut 1% or more
2
5At the 3% cap
0
6Estimated dollars
$2.3Mestimate
Hospitals on the map
Hospital dots, by cut
- No cut
- Under 0.25%
- 0.25%–0.49%
- 0.50%–0.99%
- 1.00%–1.99%
- 2.00%–3.00%
- Other hospitals
Dots are sized by Medicare volume and shaded by cut. Select one to open it. Gray dots are other hospitals in the state.
CMS FY2027 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Supplemental Data File. Locations geocoded from street addresses (U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder), else ZIP or county centers.
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| Hospital | City | Cut | Base payments (dot size) |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's Birmingham | Birmingham | 1.34% | $38.0M |
| Princeton Baptist Medical Center | Birmingham | 1.14% | $19.8M |
| Walker Baptist Medical Center | Jasper | 0.86% | $9.9M |
| University of Alabama Hospital | Birmingham | 0.78% | $130M |
| St Vincent's St Clair | Pell City | 0.74% | $4.2M |
| Grandview Medical Center | Birmingham | 0.49% | $57.4M |
| Shelby Baptist Medical Center | Alabaster | 0.36% | $14.3M |
| St. Vincent's East | Birmingham | 0.29% | $25.7M |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | Birmingham | 0.21% | $19.7M |
| Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System | Bessemer | 0.07% | $11.7M |
| St Vincent's Chilton | Clanton | 0.07% | $675K |
| Bibb Medical Center | Centreville | 0.00% | $528K |
Size of the cuts
Bars: Birmingham, AL. Outline: all hospitals. Both as shares, so areas of any size compare. The bar at the left is hospitals with no cut.
CMS FY2027 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Supplemental Data File.
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| Cut from | to | Hospitals here | Share here | Share of all hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No cut | — | 1 | 8% | 20% |
| 0.0% | 0.1% | 2 | 17% | 18% |
| 0.1% | 0.2% | 0 | 0% | 11% |
| 0.2% | 0.3% | 2 | 17% | 10% |
| 0.3% | 0.4% | 1 | 8% | 8% |
| 0.4% | 0.5% | 1 | 8% | 6% |
| 0.5% | 0.6% | 0 | 0% | 6% |
| 0.6% | 0.7% | 0 | 0% | 4% |
| 0.7% | 0.8% | 2 | 17% | 3% |
| 0.8% | 0.9% | 1 | 8% | 3% |
| 0.9% | 1.0% | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 1.0% | 1.1% | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 1.1% | 1.2% | 1 | 8% | 1% |
| 1.2% | 1.3% | 0 | 0% | 1% |
| 1.3% | 1.4% | 1 | 8% | 1% |
| 1.4% | 1.5% | 0 | 0% | 1% |
| 1.5% | 1.6% | 0 | 0% | 1% |
| 1.6% | 1.7% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 1.7% | 1.8% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 1.8% | 1.9% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 1.9% | 2.0% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.0% | 2.1% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.1% | 2.2% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.2% | 2.3% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.3% | 2.4% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.4% | 2.5% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5% | 2.6% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.6% | 2.7% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.7% | 2.8% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.8% | 2.9% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| 2.9% | 3.0% | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Peer groups
How many hospitals here fall in each dual-eligible peer group. Group 1 serves the fewest low-income patients, group 5 the most. Under each group: its average cut here.
CMS FY2027 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Supplemental Data File.
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| Peer group | Hospitals here | Average cut |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | 5 | 0.63% |
| Group 2 | 6 | 0.54% |
| Group 3 | 0 | none |
| Group 4 | 1 | 0.00% |
| Group 5 | 0 | none |
Which conditions drive the penalties here
- All hospitals
Penalized on this condition
Share of estimated dollars
Left: share of measured hospitals penalized on each condition (tick: all hospitals, about half). Right: share of the estimated dollars. Each condition flags about half of the hospitals measured on it by design, because CMS compares a hospital with the median of its peer group, so a bar near the tick is not a finding on its own. Dollars are modeled here: each cut hospital’s estimated dollars split by its conditions’ parts of the cut.
Estimate · CMS FY2027 Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Supplemental Data File; dollars are modeled here.
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| Condition | Measured here | Penalized here | Share penalized | All hospitals’ share | Modeled dollars | Share of dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart attack | 8 | 3 | 38% | 50% | $423K | 18% |
| COPD | 10 | 6 | 60% | 50% | $31K | 1% |
| Heart failure | 11 | 7 | 64% | 50% | $170K | 7% |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 7 | 58% | 50% | $579K | 25% |
| Bypass surgery | 7 | 7 | 100% | 49% | $1.0M | 43% |
| Hip/knee replacement | 8 | 5 | 63% | 50% | $110K | 5% |
Average cut over time
Red: hospitals in Birmingham, AL that are in the FY2027 program. Dashed: every hospital in the FY2027 program, nationwide. Each year averages those in that year’s file. The cap on the cut changed over the years, so a cut in one year is not the same size of penalty in another. Shaded: the years whose data reach the claims of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, which CMS left out.
This site recomputes · CMS Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program supplemental data files, FY2013–FY2027.
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| Fiscal year | Average cut here | Average cut, all hospitals in the program |
|---|---|---|
| FY2013 | 0.24% | 0.28% |
| FY2014 | 0.19% | 0.26% |
| FY2015 | 0.75% | 0.50% |
| FY2016 | 0.85% | 0.49% |
| FY2017 | 0.97% | 0.60% |
| FY2018 | 0.62% | 0.61% |
| FY2019 | 0.53% | 0.59% |
| FY2020 | 0.64% | 0.60% |
| FY2021 | 0.75% | 0.58% |
| FY2022 | 0.55% | 0.54% |
| FY2023 | 0.30% | 0.33% |
| FY2024 | 0.26% | 0.34% |
| FY2025 | 0.30% | 0.33% |
| FY2026 | 0.40% | 0.35% |
| FY2027 | 0.53% | 0.35% |
Hospitals in Birmingham, AL
Largest cut first. Select a hospital to open its page.
| Hospital | Cut | Estimated dollars | Peer group | Conditions | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056 | 1.34% | $509K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 409 |
| Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010103 | 1.14% | $226K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 505 |
| Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · CCN 010089 | 0.86% | $86K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement | 267 |
| University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010033 | 0.78% | $1.0M | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 1,157 |
| St Vincent's St ClairPell City, AL · CCN 010130 | 0.74% | $31K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia | 40 |
| Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL · CCN 010104 | 0.49% | $281K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 422 |
| Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · CCN 010016 | 0.36% | $51K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 252 |
| St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL · CCN 010011 | 0.29% | $75K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: COPD and Bypass surgery | 362 |
| Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010139 | 0.21% | $41K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 595 |
| Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · CCN 010114 | 0.07% | $8K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure and Hip/knee replacement | 310 |
| St Vincent's ChiltonClanton, AL · CCN 010173 | 0.07% | $473 | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure | 30 |
| Bibb Medical CenterCentreville, AL · CCN 010058 | 0.00% | $0 | 4 | No condition counted | 35 |
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