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A quarter of the nation's hospitals in October will receive lower Medicare payments because their rates of patient complications are higher than their peers. Federal officials released a preliminary analysis in April scoring hospitals and provisionally assigning penalties to 761 hospitals that scored 7 or higher.

http://www.ldnews.com/local/ci_26153549/quarter-all-hospitals-be-penalized-this-fall-good

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Two Triangle hospitals face Medicare penalties

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/07/14/4006375/two-triangle-hospitals-face-medicare.html

Hospitals face major government crackdown for injuring patients

Government is cracking down on infections, other patient injuries, federal records show

Jul 14, 2014

http://www.wbaltv.com/money/hospitals-face-major-government-crackdown-for-injuring-patients/26944864#ixzz385mKWqcK

When too many patients contract infections during a hospital stay, it could cost the hospital money under a new program that is part of the Affordable Care Act.

Of 58 hospitals in Texas that face Medicare penalties due to their rates of hospital-acquired infections, nine are in the Houston area, according to a report from the Texas Tribune.

The hospitals were scored as part of the hospital-acquired condition reduction program or HAC. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have given each Texas hospital a preliminary HAC score ranging from 1-10, with the higher scores indicating a higher rate of hospital-acquired conditions. Hospitals with a score above 7 in the preliminary assessment could face penalties, The Texas Tribune reports.

Hospitals that remain on the final penalty list will receive lower Medicare payments for a year, beginning in October.

Click through the slideshow to see which hospitals in Houston and surrounding areas had the highest rates of preventable infections in July 2012 and June 2013. The time frame for the final assessment will run from January 2012 through December 2013, the Tribune reports.

http://www.chron.com/news/health/article/Houston-area-hospitals-face-penalties-over-5589618.php