54 NJ Hospitals Face Medicare Payment Cuts In 2027: See List

Fifty-four New Jersey hospitals are facing Medicare payment cuts starting October 1 under a federal program that penalizes facilities with higher-than-expected patient readmission rates for conditions like heart failure, pneumonia, and hip replacements. The average cut across penalized NJ hospitals is 0.56 percent, with CarePoint Health, Bayonne Medical Center taking the biggest hit at 1.81 percent. The reductions won’t directly raise patients’ out-of-pocket costs, but they could squeeze hospital budgets and affect services.