P&P, Paid & Penalized

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State

Massachusetts

51 of 53 hospitals take a cut in FY2027: 98% of the 52 measured on at least one condition. The average cut, counting all 53 hospitals, is 0.53%, the 5th-largest among the 49 states and DC in the program. Estimated total: $16.4Mestimate (2 hospitals have no estimate and are left out of the total).

Massachusetts · FY2027Compared with all hospitals nationally

1Hospitals

53

2Penalized

98%

of 52 measured · +15 pts vs nation

3Average cut

0.53%

+0.18 pts vs nation

4Cut 1% or more

6

11% of hospitals (nation 8%)

5At the 3% cap

0

6Estimated dollars

$16.4Mestimate

2 hospitals have no estimate and are left out of the total.

Hospitals on the map

Figure 1. 51 of the 53 hospitals here take a cut; the largest, 1.87%, is at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham.
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA: no cutMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston, MA: no cutMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.01%Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.15%UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, Worcester, MA: cut 0.12%Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington, MA: cut 0.09%Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.21%Baystate Wing Hospital, Palmer, MA: cut 0.20%Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA: cut 0.24%Emerson Hospital -, W Concord, MA: cut 0.15%Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA: cut 0.12%St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA: cut 0.16%Carney Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.03%Baystate Noble Hospital, Westfield, MA: cut 0.14%Southcoast Hospitals Group, Fall River, MA: cut 0.41%Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.28%Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA: cut 0.28%Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA: cut 0.40%Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA: cut 0.35%Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA: cut 0.41%Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,the, Northampton, MA: cut 0.27%Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA: cut 0.46%Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA: cut 0.37%Boston Medical Center-Brighton, Brighton, MA: cut 0.43%Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, MA: cut 0.46%Brown University Health Morton Hospital, Taunton, MA: cut 0.39%Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket, MA: cut 0.46%Northeast Hospital Corporation, Beverly, MA: cut 0.91%North Shore Medical Center -, Salem, MA: cut 0.62%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth, Plymouth, MA: cut 0.57%Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA: cut 0.55%Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA: cut 0.88%Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.57%UMass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals, Leominster, MA: cut 0.53%Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA: cut 0.72%Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence, MA: cut 0.58%UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA: cut 0.50%Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA: cut 0.90%Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA: cut 0.54%Mercy Medical Ctr, Springfield, MA: cut 0.60%Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose, MA: cut 0.83%Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MA: cut 0.84%Heywood Hospital -, Gardner, MA: cut 0.56%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton, Milton, MA: cut 0.72%Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA: cut 0.84%Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, MA: cut 0.55%Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer, MA: cut 0.62%Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA: cut 1.46%Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA: cut 1.15%South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA: cut 1.19%Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA: cut 1.06%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham, Needham, MA: cut 1.87%Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA: cut 1.34% New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA: no cutMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston, MA: no cutMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.01%Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.15%UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, Worcester, MA: cut 0.12%Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington, MA: cut 0.09%Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.21%Baystate Wing Hospital, Palmer, MA: cut 0.20%Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA: cut 0.24%Emerson Hospital -, W Concord, MA: cut 0.15%Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA: cut 0.12%St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA: cut 0.16%Carney Hospital, Boston, MA: cut 0.03%Baystate Noble Hospital, Westfield, MA: cut 0.14%Southcoast Hospitals Group, Fall River, MA: cut 0.41%Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.28%Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA: cut 0.28%Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA: cut 0.40%Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA: cut 0.35%Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA: cut 0.41%Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,the, Northampton, MA: cut 0.27%Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA: cut 0.46%Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA: cut 0.37%Boston Medical Center-Brighton, Brighton, MA: cut 0.43%Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, MA: cut 0.46%Brown University Health Morton Hospital, Taunton, MA: cut 0.39%Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Nantucket, MA: cut 0.46%Northeast Hospital Corporation, Beverly, MA: cut 0.91%North Shore Medical Center -, Salem, MA: cut 0.62%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth, Plymouth, MA: cut 0.57%Lowell General Hospital, Lowell, MA: cut 0.55%Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA: cut 0.88%Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA: cut 0.57%UMass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals, Leominster, MA: cut 0.53%Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro, MA: cut 0.72%Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence, MA: cut 0.58%UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA: cut 0.50%Saint Anne's Hospital, Fall River, MA: cut 0.90%Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital, Brockton, MA: cut 0.54%Mercy Medical Ctr, Springfield, MA: cut 0.60%Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose, MA: cut 0.83%Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MA: cut 0.84%Heywood Hospital -, Gardner, MA: cut 0.56%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton, Milton, MA: cut 0.72%Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA: cut 0.84%Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, MA: cut 0.55%Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer, MA: cut 0.62%Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA: cut 1.46%Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA: cut 1.15%South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA: cut 1.19%Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA: cut 1.06%Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham, Needham, MA: cut 1.87%Falmouth Hospital, Falmouth, MA: cut 1.34%

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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HospitalCityCutBase payments (dot size)
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham1.87%$26.9M
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis1.46%$129M
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth1.34%$37.7M
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth1.19%$146M
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield1.15%$186M
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke1.06%$21.2M
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly0.91%$72.0M
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River0.90%$30.7M
Winchester HospitalWinchester0.88%$50.7M
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton0.84%$44.8M
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford0.84%$38.8M
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose0.83%$35.7M
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton0.72%$35.7M
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro0.72%$34.7M
Nashoba Valley Medical CenterAyer0.62%—
North Shore Medical Center -Salem0.62%$84.5M
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield0.60%$24.3M
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence0.58%$41.0M
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth0.57%$71.6M
Tufts Medical CenterBoston0.57%$85.3M
Heywood Hospital -Gardner0.56%$12.6M
Lowell General HospitalLowell0.55%$68.7M
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham0.55%$25.0M
Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalBrockton0.54%$28.8M
UMass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster0.53%$31.2M
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge0.50%$16.1M
Baystate Franklin Medical CenterGreenfield0.46%$15.8M
Marlborough HospitalMarlborough0.46%$14.1M
Nantucket Cottage HospitalNantucket0.46%$2.0M
Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton0.43%$39.1M
Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge0.41%$14.6M
Southcoast Hospitals GroupFall River0.41%$160M
Newton-Wellesley HospitalNewton0.40%$87.9M
Brown University Health Morton HospitalTaunton0.39%$26.4M
Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport0.37%$22.6M
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge0.35%$40.9M
Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield0.28%$67.3M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston0.28%$212M
Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,theNorthampton0.27%$27.2M
Holy Family HospitalMethuen0.24%$24.5M
Boston Medical CenterBoston0.21%$59.6M
Baystate Wing HospitalPalmer0.20%$15.4M
St Vincent HospitalWorcester0.16%$43.1M
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston0.15%$287M
Emerson Hospital -W Concord0.15%$30.2M
Baystate Noble HospitalWestfield0.14%$10.5M
Brigham and Women Faulkner HospitalJamaica Plain0.12%$41.3M
UMass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester0.12%$181M
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington0.09%$164M
Carney HospitalBoston0.03%—
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston0.01%$341M
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Boston0.00%$6.5M
New England Baptist HospitalBoston0.00%$32.3M

Size of the cuts

Figure 2. 2 of the 53 hospitals here take no cut, against 20% of all hospitals; the average cut is 0.53%.
0%5%10%15%20% No cut: 2 here (4%); 20% of all hospitals0.0% to 0.1%: 3 here (6%); 18% of all hospitals0.1% to 0.2%: 6 here (11%); 11% of all hospitals0.2% to 0.3%: 6 here (11%); 10% of all hospitals0.3% to 0.4%: 3 here (6%); 8% of all hospitals0.4% to 0.5%: 7 here (13%); 6% of all hospitals0.5% to 0.6%: 9 here (17%); 6% of all hospitals0.6% to 0.7%: 3 here (6%); 4% of all hospitals0.7% to 0.8%: 2 here (4%); 3% of all hospitals0.8% to 0.9%: 4 here (8%); 3% of all hospitals0.9% to 1.0%: 2 here (4%); 2% of all hospitals1.0% to 1.1%: 1 here (2%); 2% of all hospitals1.1% to 1.2%: 2 here (4%); 1% of all hospitals1.2% to 1.3%: 0 here (0%); 1% of all hospitals1.3% to 1.4%: 1 here (2%); 1% of all hospitals1.4% to 1.5%: 1 here (2%); 1% of all hospitals1.5% to 1.6%: 0 here (0%); 1% of all hospitals1.6% to 1.7%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals1.7% to 1.8%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals1.8% to 1.9%: 1 here (2%); 0% of all hospitals1.9% to 2.0%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.0% to 2.1%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.1% to 2.2%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.2% to 2.3%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.3% to 2.4%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.4% to 2.5%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.5% to 2.6%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.6% to 2.7%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.7% to 2.8%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.8% to 2.9%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.9% to 3.0%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals 1%2%3%average 0.53%none 0%5%10%15%20% No cut: 2 here (4%); 20% of all hospitals0.0% to 0.1%: 3 here (6%); 18% of all hospitals0.1% to 0.2%: 6 here (11%); 11% of all hospitals0.2% to 0.3%: 6 here (11%); 10% of all hospitals0.3% to 0.4%: 3 here (6%); 8% of all hospitals0.4% to 0.5%: 7 here (13%); 6% of all hospitals0.5% to 0.6%: 9 here (17%); 6% of all hospitals0.6% to 0.7%: 3 here (6%); 4% of all hospitals0.7% to 0.8%: 2 here (4%); 3% of all hospitals0.8% to 0.9%: 4 here (8%); 3% of all hospitals0.9% to 1.0%: 2 here (4%); 2% of all hospitals1.0% to 1.1%: 1 here (2%); 2% of all hospitals1.1% to 1.2%: 2 here (4%); 1% of all hospitals1.2% to 1.3%: 0 here (0%); 1% of all hospitals1.3% to 1.4%: 1 here (2%); 1% of all hospitals1.4% to 1.5%: 1 here (2%); 1% of all hospitals1.5% to 1.6%: 0 here (0%); 1% of all hospitals1.6% to 1.7%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals1.7% to 1.8%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals1.8% to 1.9%: 1 here (2%); 0% of all hospitals1.9% to 2.0%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.0% to 2.1%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.1% to 2.2%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.2% to 2.3%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.3% to 2.4%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.4% to 2.5%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.5% to 2.6%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.6% to 2.7%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.7% to 2.8%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.8% to 2.9%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals2.9% to 3.0%: 0 here (0%); 0% of all hospitals 0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%3%average 0.53%none

Bars: Massachusetts. 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 fromtoHospitals hereShare hereShare of all hospitals
No cut—24%20%
0.0%0.1%36%18%
0.1%0.2%611%11%
0.2%0.3%611%10%
0.3%0.4%36%8%
0.4%0.5%713%6%
0.5%0.6%917%6%
0.6%0.7%36%4%
0.7%0.8%24%3%
0.8%0.9%48%3%
0.9%1.0%24%2%
1.0%1.1%12%2%
1.1%1.2%24%1%
1.2%1.3%00%1%
1.3%1.4%12%1%
1.4%1.5%12%1%
1.5%1.6%00%1%
1.6%1.7%00%0%
1.7%1.8%00%0%
1.8%1.9%12%0%
1.9%2.0%00%0%
2.0%2.1%00%0%
2.1%2.2%00%0%
2.2%2.3%00%0%
2.3%2.4%00%0%
2.4%2.5%00%0%
2.5%2.6%00%0%
2.6%2.7%00%0%
2.7%2.8%00%0%
2.8%2.9%00%0%
2.9%3.0%00%0%

Peer groups

Figure 3. The largest group here is group 5, with 26 of the 53 hospitals.
Group 1: 2 hospitals, average cut 0.23%Group 1avg cut 0.23%2Group 2: 6 hospitals, average cut 0.57%Group 2avg cut 0.57%6Group 3: 6 hospitals, average cut 0.95%Group 3avg cut 0.95%6Group 4: 13 hospitals, average cut 0.46%Group 4avg cut 0.46%13Group 5: 26 hospitals, average cut 0.48%Group 5avg cut 0.48%26 Group 1: 2 hospitals, average cut 0.23%Group 1avg cut 0.23%2Group 2: 6 hospitals, average cut 0.57%Group 2avg cut 0.57%6Group 3: 6 hospitals, average cut 0.95%Group 3avg cut 0.95%6Group 4: 13 hospitals, average cut 0.46%Group 4avg cut 0.46%13Group 5: 26 hospitals, average cut 0.48%Group 5avg cut 0.48%26

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 groupHospitals hereAverage cut
Group 120.23%
Group 260.57%
Group 360.95%
Group 4130.46%
Group 5260.48%

Which conditions drive the penalties here

Figure 4. Pneumonia is the largest part of the estimated dollars here, 34%.
  • All hospitals

Penalized on this condition

Heart attack: 23 of 34 measured hospitals penalized, 68%; all hospitals 50%Heart attack23 of 3468%COPD: 34 of 50 measured hospitals penalized, 68%; all hospitals 50%COPD34 of 5068%Heart failure: 36 of 51 measured hospitals penalized, 71%; all hospitals 50%Heart failure36 of 5171%Pneumonia: 32 of 51 measured hospitals penalized, 63%; all hospitals 50%Pneumonia32 of 5163%Bypass surgery: 5 of 13 measured hospitals penalized, 38%; all hospitals 49%Bypass (CABG)5 of 1338%Hip/knee replacement: 21 of 43 measured hospitals penalized, 49%; all hospitals 50%Hip/knee21 of 4349% Heart attack: 23 of 34 measured hospitals penalized, 68%; all hospitals 50%Heart attack23 of 34 measured68%COPD: 34 of 50 measured hospitals penalized, 68%; all hospitals 50%COPD34 of 50 measured68%Heart failure: 36 of 51 measured hospitals penalized, 71%; all hospitals 50%Heart failure36 of 51 measured71%Pneumonia: 32 of 51 measured hospitals penalized, 63%; all hospitals 50%Pneumonia32 of 51 measured63%Bypass surgery: 5 of 13 measured hospitals penalized, 38%; all hospitals 49%Bypass surgery5 of 13 measured38%Hip/knee replacement: 21 of 43 measured hospitals penalized, 49%; all hospitals 50%Hip/knee replacement21 of 43 measured49%

Share of estimated dollars

Pneumonia: $5.6M of the modeled dollars, 34%Pneumonia≈ $5.6M34%Heart failure: $4.6M of the modeled dollars, 28%Heart failure≈ $4.6M28%Heart attack: $2.3M of the modeled dollars, 14%Heart attack≈ $2.3M14%Bypass surgery: $1.4M of the modeled dollars, 8%Bypass (CABG)≈ $1.4M8%Hip/knee replacement: $1.4M of the modeled dollars, 8%Hip/knee≈ $1.4M8%COPD: $1.2M of the modeled dollars, 7%COPD≈ $1.2M7% Pneumonia: $5.6M of the modeled dollars, 34%Pneumonia≈ $5.6M34%Heart failure: $4.6M of the modeled dollars, 28%Heart failure≈ $4.6M28%Heart attack: $2.3M of the modeled dollars, 14%Heart attack≈ $2.3M14%Bypass surgery: $1.4M of the modeled dollars, 8%Bypass surgery≈ $1.4M8%Hip/knee replacement: $1.4M of the modeled dollars, 8%Hip/knee replacement≈ $1.4M8%COPD: $1.2M of the modeled dollars, 7%COPD≈ $1.2M7%

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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ConditionMeasured herePenalized hereShare penalizedAll hospitals’ shareModeled dollarsShare of dollars
Heart attack342368%50%$2.3M14%
COPD503468%50%$1.2M7%
Heart failure513671%50%$4.6M28%
Pneumonia513263%50%$5.6M34%
Bypass surgery13538%49%$1.4M8%
Hip/knee replacement432149%50%$1.4M8%

Average cut over time

Figure 5. In FY2027, the average cut in Massachusetts was 0.53%, against 0.35% across all hospitals in the program.
Shaded: the years whose data reach the claims of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, which CMS left out. 0%0.5%1%1.5% 3% cap FY2013: 0.46% here; 0.28% across all hospitals in the programFY2014: 0.43% here; 0.26% across all hospitals in the programFY2015: 0.68% here; 0.50% across all hospitals in the programFY2016: 0.63% here; 0.49% across all hospitals in the programFY2017: 0.79% here; 0.60% across all hospitals in the programFY2018: 0.88% here; 0.61% across all hospitals in the programFY2019: 0.92% here; 0.59% across all hospitals in the programFY2020: 1.01% here; 0.60% across all hospitals in the programFY2021: 1.11% here; 0.58% across all hospitals in the programFY2022: 1.02% here; 0.54% across all hospitals in the programFY2023: 0.75% here; 0.33% across all hospitals in the programFY2024: 0.81% here; 0.34% across all hospitals in the programFY2025: 0.85% here; 0.33% across all hospitals in the programFY2026: 0.84% here; 0.35% across all hospitals in the programFY2027: 0.53% here; 0.35% across all hospitals in the program0.53% ’13’15’17’19’21’23’25’27 Shaded: the years whose data reach the claims of January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, which CMS left out. 0%0.5%1%1.5% 2%3% cap FY2013: 0.46% here; 0.28% across all hospitals in the programFY2014: 0.43% here; 0.26% across all hospitals in the programFY2015: 0.68% here; 0.50% across all hospitals in the programFY2016: 0.63% here; 0.49% across all hospitals in the programFY2017: 0.79% here; 0.60% across all hospitals in the programFY2018: 0.88% here; 0.61% across all hospitals in the programFY2019: 0.92% here; 0.59% across all hospitals in the programFY2020: 1.01% here; 0.60% across all hospitals in the programFY2021: 1.11% here; 0.58% across all hospitals in the programFY2022: 1.02% here; 0.54% across all hospitals in the programFY2023: 0.75% here; 0.33% across all hospitals in the programFY2024: 0.81% here; 0.34% across all hospitals in the programFY2025: 0.85% here; 0.33% across all hospitals in the programFY2026: 0.84% here; 0.35% across all hospitals in the programFY2027: 0.53% here; 0.35% across all hospitals in the program0.53% The pandemic years’13’14’15’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26’27

Red: hospitals in Massachusetts 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 yearAverage cut hereAverage cut, all hospitals in the program
FY20130.46%0.28%
FY20140.43%0.26%
FY20150.68%0.50%
FY20160.63%0.49%
FY20170.79%0.60%
FY20180.88%0.61%
FY20190.92%0.59%
FY20201.01%0.60%
FY20211.11%0.58%
FY20221.02%0.54%
FY20230.75%0.33%
FY20240.81%0.34%
FY20250.85%0.33%
FY20260.84%0.35%
FY20270.53%0.35%

Metro areas

Largest first, by hospitals. A metro area across a state line counts the hospitals in this state only.

Metro areaHospitalsPenalizedAverage cutCut 1% or moreEstimated dollars
Boston, MA1593%0.50%2$5.3M
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA15100%0.49%0$3.6M
Worcester, MA6100%0.45%0$929K
Springfield, MA5100%0.63%2$2.6M
Outside metro areas4100%0.39%0$82K
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (MA part)4100%0.61%0$1.3M
Barnstable Town, MA2100%1.40%2$2.4M
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA1100%0.27%0$73K
Pittsfield, MA1100%0.28%0$188K

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Hospitals in Massachusetts

Largest cut first. Select a hospital to open its page.

Hospitals in Massachusetts, largest cut first
HospitalCutEstimated dollarsPeer groupConditionsBeds
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - NeedhamNeedham, MA · CCN 2200831.87%$503K3Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: too few cases to be measuredCounted toward the cut: Heart failure and Pneumonia58
Cape Cod HospitalHyannis, MA · CCN 2200121.46%$1.9M2Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: adds to the cut; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement259
Falmouth HospitalFalmouth, MA · CCN 2201351.34%$505K2Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia95
South Shore HospitalSouth Weymouth, MA · CCN 2201001.19%$1.7M3Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia284
Baystate Medical CenterSpringfield, MA · CCN 2200771.15%$2.1M5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: adds to the cut; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, Bypass surgery, and Hip/knee replacement716
Holyoke Medical CenterHolyoke, MA · CCN 2200241.06%$224K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement164
Northeast Hospital CorporationBeverly, MA · CCN 2200330.91%$655K4Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement283
Saint Anne's HospitalFall River, MA · CCN 2200200.90%$277K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement160
Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA · CCN 2201050.88%$446K3Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement189
Good Samaritan Medical CenterBrockton, MA · CCN 2201110.84%$376K5Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: measured, adds nothing; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Hip/knee replacement231
Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA · CCN 2200900.84%$326K3Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia121
Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA · CCN 2200700.83%$297K4Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: too few cases to be measuredCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia128
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - MiltonMilton, MA · CCN 2201080.72%$257K4Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: measured, adds nothing; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Pneumonia81
Sturdy Memorial HospitalAttleboro, MA · CCN 2200080.72%$250K4Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia126
North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA · CCN 2200350.62%$524K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement415
Nashoba Valley Medical Center inactiveAyer, MA · CCN 2200980.62%—4Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: measured, adds nothing; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, and Hip/knee replacement40
Mercy Medical CtrSpringfield, MA · CCN 2200660.60%$146K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia339
Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA · CCN 2200100.58%$238K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement189
Tufts Medical CenterBoston, MA · CCN 2201160.57%$486K4Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: adds to the cut; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Bypass surgery415
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital PlymouthPlymouth, MA · CCN 2200600.57%$408K3Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: COPD, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement155
Heywood Hospital -Gardner, MA · CCN 2200950.56%$71K5Heart attack: too few cases to be measured; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: measured, adds nothing; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Heart failure134
Lowell General HospitalLowell, MA · CCN 2200630.55%$378K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, COPD, Heart failure, and Pneumonia158
Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham, MA · CCN 2201750.55%$138K5Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: too few cases to be measuredCounted toward the cut: Heart failure and Pneumonia360
Signature Healthcare Brockton HospitalBrockton, MA · CCN 2200520.54%$156K5Heart attack: measured, adds nothing; COPD: adds to the cut; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: measured, adds nothing; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: measured, adds nothingCounted toward the cut: COPD and Heart failure205
UMass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster, MA · CCN 2200010.53%$166K5Heart attack: adds to the cut; COPD: measured, adds nothing; Heart failure: adds to the cut; Pneumonia: adds to the cut; Bypass surgery: too few cases to be measured; Hip/knee replacement: adds to the cutCounted toward the cut: Heart attack, Heart failure, Pneumonia, and Hip/knee replacement150

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