Hospitals' 'team effort' reduces number penalized for high infection rates, injuries Cara Rosner, Conn. Health I-Team Writer Feb. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Bridgeport HospitalBridgeport Hospital Six Connecticut hospitals will lose one percent of their Medicare reimbursements this fiscal year under a federal program that levies penalties for high rates of hospital-acquired injuries and infections. It’s the lowest number of hospitals penalized since the program began leveling funding cuts in 2015, data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shows. The hospitals are among 774 nationwide that will lose funding under the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis. The program was created by the Affordable Care Act.