State
Alabama
54 of 69 hospitals take a cut in FY2027: 81% of the 67 measured on at least one condition. The average cut, counting all 69 hospitals, is 0.37%, the 20th-largest among the 49 states and DC in the program. Estimated total: $5.6Mestimate (2 hospitals have no estimate and are left out of the total).
Alabama · FY2027Compared with all hospitals nationally
1Hospitals
69
2Penalized
81%
3Average cut
0.37%
4Cut 1% or more
8
5At the 3% cap
0
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%
Dots are sized by Medicare volume and shaded by cut. Select one to open it.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center | Gadsden | 2.23% | $14.3M |
| Flowers Hospital | Dothan | 1.71% | $28.2M |
| North Alabama Medical Center | Florence | 1.37% | $35.8M |
| St Vincent's Birmingham | Birmingham | 1.34% | $38.0M |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | Cullman | 1.33% | $15.8M |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center | Gadsden | 1.20% | $17.8M |
| Dekalb Regional Medical Center | Fort Payne | 1.14% | $3.9M |
| 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 |
| DCH Regional Medical Center | Tuscaloosa | 0.65% | $45.8M |
| Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center | Anniston | 0.65% | $21.7M |
| Marion Regional Medical Center | Hamilton | 0.64% | $763K |
| Thomas Hospital | Fairhope | 0.60% | $32.2M |
| Russellville Hospital | Russellville | 0.56% | $1.5M |
| Springhill Medical Center | Mobile | 0.54% | $19.7M |
| Grandview Medical Center | Birmingham | 0.49% | $57.4M |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | Mobile | 0.49% | $48.0M |
| Helen Keller Hospital | Sheffield | 0.48% | $10.6M |
| Baldwin Health | Foley | 0.47% | $13.8M |
| Evergreen Medical Center | Evergreen | 0.46% | $1.0M |
| Grove Hill Memorial Hospital | Grove Hill | 0.45% | — |
| Crestwood Medical Center | Huntsville | 0.43% | $21.9M |
| Shelby Baptist Medical Center | Alabaster | 0.36% | $14.3M |
| Citizens Baptist Medical Center | Talladega | 0.35% | $2.0M |
| Lake Martin Community Hospital | Dadeville | 0.34% | $604K |
| The Health Care Authority of the City of Greenville- LV Stabler Hospital | Greenville | 0.32% | $943K |
| Highlands Medical Center | Scottsboro | 0.30% | $3.6M |
| St. Vincent's East | Birmingham | 0.29% | $25.7M |
| USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC | Mobile | 0.28% | $24.8M |
| Baptist Medical Center East | Montgomery | 0.25% | $11.4M |
| Atmore Community Hospital | Atmore | 0.22% | $444K |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | Birmingham | 0.21% | $19.7M |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus | Decatur | 0.18% | $18.4M |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center | Sylacauga | 0.16% | $3.2M |
| Baptist Medical Center South | Montgomery | 0.15% | $30.5M |
| Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | Montgomery | 0.14% | $12.6M |
| Mizell Memorial Hospital | Opp | 0.11% | $1.6M |
| North Baldwin Infirmary | Bay Minette | 0.11% | $1.7M |
| Prattville Baptist Hospital | Prattville | 0.11% | $4.7M |
| Whitfield Regional Hospital | Demopolis | 0.09% | $2.2M |
| Andalusia Health | Andalusia | 0.07% | $3.6M |
| Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System | Bessemer | 0.07% | $11.7M |
| St Vincent's Chilton | Clanton | 0.07% | $675K |
| Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus | Selma | 0.07% | $4.1M |
| Fayette Medical Center | Fayette | 0.05% | $1.3M |
| Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital | Phenix City | 0.05% | $9.1M |
| Southeast Health Medical Center | Dothan | 0.04% | $49.3M |
| The East Alabama Healthcare Authority | Opelika | 0.04% | $25.1M |
| Huntsville Hospital | Huntsville | 0.03% | $122M |
| Community Hospital Inc | Tallassee | 0.02% | $586K |
| Athens Limestone Hospital | Athens | 0.01% | $9.7M |
| Marshall Medical Centers | Boaz | 0.01% | $10.6M |
| Bibb Medical Center | Centreville | 0.00% | $528K |
| D W McMillan Memorial Hospital | Brewton | 0.00% | $897K |
| Dale Medical Center | Ozark | 0.00% | $1.6M |
| Elmore Community Hospital | Wetumpka | 0.00% | $844K |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center | Centre | 0.00% | $701K |
| Greene County Hospital | Eutaw | 0.00% | $66K |
| Hale County Hospital | Greensboro | 0.00% | $293K |
| Jackson Medical Center | Jackson | 0.00% | $653K |
| Medical Center Enterprise | Enterprise | 0.00% | $3.3M |
| North Alabama Shoals Hospital | Muscle Shoals | 0.00% | $445K |
| North Mississippi Health Services - South Marion | Winfield | 0.00% | $844K |
| Russell Medical Center | Alexander City | 0.00% | $2.6M |
| Troy Regional Medical Center | Troy | 0.00% | $921K |
| USA Health University Hospital | Mobile | 0.00% | $19.5M |
| Wiregrass Medical Center | Geneva | 0.00% | — |
Size of the cuts
Bars: Alabama. 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 | — | 15 | 22% | 20% |
| 0.0% | 0.1% | 13 | 19% | 18% |
| 0.1% | 0.2% | 7 | 10% | 11% |
| 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 7% | 10% |
| 0.3% | 0.4% | 5 | 7% | 8% |
| 0.4% | 0.5% | 7 | 10% | 6% |
| 0.5% | 0.6% | 2 | 3% | 6% |
| 0.6% | 0.7% | 4 | 6% | 4% |
| 0.7% | 0.8% | 2 | 3% | 3% |
| 0.8% | 0.9% | 1 | 1% | 3% |
| 0.9% | 1.0% | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 1.0% | 1.1% | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| 1.1% | 1.2% | 2 | 3% | 1% |
| 1.2% | 1.3% | 1 | 1% | 1% |
| 1.3% | 1.4% | 3 | 4% | 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% | 1 | 1% | 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% | 1 | 1% | 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 | 22 | 0.38% |
| Group 2 | 24 | 0.53% |
| Group 3 | 13 | 0.22% |
| Group 4 | 8 | 0.15% |
| Group 5 | 2 | 0.04% |
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 | 32 | 13 | 41% | 50% | $572K | 10% |
| COPD | 58 | 29 | 50% | 50% | $278K | 5% |
| Heart failure | 59 | 31 | 53% | 50% | $852K | 15% |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 33 | 52% | 50% | $1.5M | 27% |
| Bypass surgery | 19 | 15 | 79% | 49% | $1.8M | 33% |
| Hip/knee replacement | 33 | 20 | 61% | 50% | $562K | 10% |
Average cut over time
Red: hospitals in Alabama 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 | 0.31% | 0.28% |
| FY2014 | 0.29% | 0.26% |
| FY2015 | 0.56% | 0.50% |
| FY2016 | 0.59% | 0.49% |
| FY2017 | 0.70% | 0.60% |
| FY2018 | 0.72% | 0.61% |
| FY2019 | 0.72% | 0.59% |
| FY2020 | 0.75% | 0.60% |
| FY2021 | 0.65% | 0.58% |
| FY2022 | 0.53% | 0.54% |
| FY2023 | 0.27% | 0.33% |
| FY2024 | 0.29% | 0.34% |
| FY2025 | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| FY2026 | 0.38% | 0.35% |
| FY2027 | 0.37% | 0.35% |
Metro areas
Largest first, by hospitals. A metro area across a state line counts the hospitals in this state only.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Penalized | Average cut | Cut 1% or more | Estimated dollars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outside metro areas | 27 | 67% | 0.25% | 2 | $313K |
| Birmingham, AL | 12 | 92% | 0.53% | 2 | $2.3M |
| Montgomery, AL | 6 | 83% | 0.11% | 0 | $97K |
| Mobile, AL | 4 | 75% | 0.33% | 0 | $411K |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 3 | 100% | 0.39% | 0 | $260K |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 3 | 100% | 0.62% | 1 | $541K |
| Huntsville, AL | 3 | 100% | 0.16% | 0 | $132K |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 3 | 50% | 0.22% | 0 | $298K |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | 100% | 0.88% | 1 | $502K |
| Gadsden, AL | 2 | 100% | 1.71% | 2 | $532K |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 1 | 100% | 0.65% | 0 | $141K |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | 100% | 0.04% | 0 | $10K |
| Columbus, GA-AL (AL part) | 1 | 100% | 0.05% | 0 | $5K |
| Decatur, AL | 1 | 100% | 0.18% | 0 | $33K |
Hospitals in Alabama
Largest cut first. Select a hospital to open its page.
| Hospital | Cut | Estimated dollars | Peer group | Conditions | Beds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · CCN 010040 | 2.23% | $318K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 346 |
| Flowers HospitalDothan, AL · CCN 010055 | 1.71% | $482K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 235 |
| North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence, AL · CCN 010006 | 1.37% | $490K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 338 |
| St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056 | 1.34% | $509K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 409 |
| Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · CCN 010035 | 1.33% | $211K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia | 115 |
| Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden, AL · CCN 010046 | 1.20% | $214K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia | 281 |
| 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 |
| Dekalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · CCN 010012 | 1.14% | $45K | 3 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement | 134 |
| 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 |
| DCH Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa, AL · CCN 010092 | 0.65% | $298K | 3 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia | 787 |
| Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston, AL · CCN 010078 | 0.65% | $141K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Hip/knee replacement | 323 |
| Marion Regional Medical CenterHamilton, AL · CCN 010044 | 0.64% | $5K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure and Pneumonia | 57 |
| Thomas HospitalFairhope, AL · CCN 010100 | 0.60% | $193K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 162 |
| Russellville HospitalRussellville, AL · CCN 010158 | 0.56% | $8K | 3 | Counted toward the cut: COPD and Pneumonia | 100 |
| Springhill Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010144 | 0.54% | $107K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 263 |
| 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 |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010113 | 0.49% | $235K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement | 669 |
| Helen Keller HospitalSheffield, AL · CCN 010019 | 0.48% | $51K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement | 185 |
| Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · CCN 010083 | 0.47% | $65K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement | 112 |
| Evergreen Medical CenterEvergreen, AL · CCN 010148 | 0.46% | $5K | 2 | Counted toward the cut: Pneumonia | 44 |
| Grove Hill Memorial Hospital inactiveGrove Hill, AL · CCN 010091 | 0.45% | — | 4 | Counted toward the cut: Pneumonia | 50 |
| Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville, AL · CCN 010131 | 0.43% | $94K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement | 147 |
| Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL · CCN 010016 | 0.36% | $51K | 1 | Counted toward the cut: COPD, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery | 252 |
Showing the 25 largest cuts of 69 hospitals. The whole list is in the CSV.
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