Ballad Health: 16 hospitals, 3 with HAC payment reductions

Name: Hospitals owned or managed by Ballad Health
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CMS lists Ballad Health as an owner or manager of 16 hospitals in 2 states, 16 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 2.6 of 5 and 1 is rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 3 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 10 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Hospitals: 16, of which 16 owned and 0 managed
States: 2
Based in: Johnson City, TN
CMS lists this owner as: chain home office, nonprofit
Average overall rating: 2.6 of 5
One star hospitals: 1
Five star hospitals: 0
With emergency services: 16
HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026: 3 of 12 in the program
With excess readmissions: 10

Hospitals

Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the hospital page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Hospital	City	State	Role	Type	Stars	Emergency	HAC payment cut	Excess readmission conditions	Source
Johnson City Medical Center	Johnson City	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Sycamore Shoals Hospital	Elizabethton	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center	Kingsport	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center	Bristol	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
Greeneville Community Hospital	Greeneville	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Russell County Hospital	Lebanon	VA	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Lonesome Pine Hospital	Big Stone Gap	VA	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Franklin Woods Community Hospital	Johnson City	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Johnston Memorial Hospital	Abingdon	VA	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Indian Path Community Hospital	Kingsport	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Smyth County Community Hospital	Marion	VA	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Dickenson Community Hospital	Clintwood	VA	Indirect owner	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Hancock County Hospital	Sneedville	TN	Indirect owner	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital	Rogersville	TN	Indirect owner	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Johnson County Community Hospital	Mountain City	TN	Indirect owner	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Lee County Community Hospital	Pennington Gap	VA	Indirect owner	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov

By state

State	Hospitals	Average stars	One star	HAC payment cuts	With excess readmissions
Tennessee	10	2	1	3	7
Virginia	6	3.5	0	0	3

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospitals on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.