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South Atlantic

CMS cut 95 of the 489 hospitals in the South Atlantic with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 19.4%, against 24.9% nationally.

Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction: under an agreement with the state, CMS exempts them.

South Atlantic · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

95

Of 489 with a payment decision

2Share cut

19.4%

−5.5 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

9th of 9

Share cut, highest first, among the divisions

4Median score

−0.0908

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

406

Of 532 scored (76%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

6

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$41.1M estimate
from 94 of its 95 cut hospitals13.4% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $32.8–46.4M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$30

The nation: $47

19% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 95 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 95 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are the South Atlantic’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. The South Atlantic: 95 cut of 489 with a payment decision.
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cut
Delaware60
District of Columbia61
Florida16518
Georgia8927
Maryland00
North Carolina7920
South Carolina5112
Virginia705
West Virginia2312

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 19.4% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.0908, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 4% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 6% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 12% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 16% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 13% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 12% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 6% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 4% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 2% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15% −1.6 to −1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 1% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 2% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 4% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 6% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 12% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 12% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 16% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 13% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 12% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 6% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 5% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 4% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 2% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 1% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 1% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 1% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4740
−1.4−1.2317
−1.2−1.01251
−1.0−0.822126
−0.8−0.631204
−0.6−0.460290
−0.4−0.258357
−0.20.080407
0.00.264343
0.20.457333
0.40.628237
0.60.824173
0.81.019116
1.01.21091
1.21.4630
1.41.6421
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4424

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on MRSA (55% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CDI (37%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 9051051%
CLABSI44150%
CAUTI46549%
SSI45349%
CDI52537%
MRSA42955%

The South Atlantic across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, the South Atlantic’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. 25 of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates are the South Atlantic’s: 8 cut, about $3.4M by this site’s estimate, and 17 not cut, where a cut would have been about $15.6M.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee Dee, Florence, SC: score 0.3316; a cut would have been $1.0MEmory Johns Creek Hospital, Johns Creek, GA: score 0.3325; a cut would have been $282KHCA Florida Putnam Hospital, Palatka, FL: score 0.3408; a cut would have been $153KGeorge Washington Univ Hospital, Washington, DC: score 0.3419; a cut would have been $1.1MJohnston Health, Smithfield, NC: score 0.3447; a cut would have been $328KNovant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC: score 0.3485; a cut would have been $2.0MUNC Health Nash, Rocky Mount, NC: score 0.3505; a cut would have been $370KDuke University Hospital, Durham, NC: score 0.3547; a cut would have been $3.1MJefferson Hospital, Louisville, GA: score 0.3548; a cut would have been $7KHCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, Hudson, FL: score 0.3598; a cut would have been $795KSouth Florida Baptist Hospital, Plant City, FL: score 0.3639; a cut would have been $164KUNC Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC: score 0.3655; a cut would have been $2.2MGulf Breeze Hospital, Gulf Breeze, FL: score 0.3675; a cut would have been $122KGrady General Hospital, Cairo, GA: score 0.3693; a cut would have been $19KUniversity of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA: score 0.373; a cut would have been $2.7MAtrium Health Navicent the Medical Center, Macon, GA: score 0.3792; a cut would have been $1.0MUNC Lenoir Health Care, Kinston, NC: score 0.3792; a cut would have been $165KHigh Point Regional Health System, High Point, NC: score 0.381; cut $266KMUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown, Columbia, SC: score 0.3823; cut $450KUF Health Leesburg Hospital, Leesburg, FL: score 0.4035; cut $629KAdventHealth Tampa, Tampa, FL: score 0.4057; cut $847KSentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA: score 0.4105; cut $362KEmory Decatur Hospital, Decatur, GA: score 0.4235; cut $325KWellstar North Fulton Medical Center, Roswell, GA: score 0.4267; cut $333KWellstar Douglas Medical Center, Douglasville, GA: score 0.4274; cut $222K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

The South Atlantic, year by year

Every hospital in the South Atlantic with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of the South Atlantic’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. The South Atlantic’s share cut was above the nation’s in 7 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 421 of its 550 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 22.4% · 21.9%21.9% · 23.4%26.4% · 24.0%27.9% · 23.6%25.3% · 25.0%25.2% · 25.0%26.4% · 24.9%26.1% · 25.0%22.1% · 24.9%22.3% · 24.8%19.4% · 24.9% Ever cut: 421 Never cut: 129 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 22.4% · 21.9%21.9% · 23.4%26.4% · 24.0%27.9% · 23.6%25.3% · 25.0%25.2% · 25.0%26.4% · 24.9%26.1% · 25.0%22.1% · 24.9%22.3% · 24.8%19.4% · 24.9% Ever cut: 421 Never cut: 129

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201551911622.4%21.9%
FY201652111421.9%23.4%
FY201752313826.4%24.0%
FY201852014527.9%23.6%
FY201952113225.3%25.0%
FY202051613025.2%25.0%
FY202151113526.4%24.9%
FY202250613226.1%25.0%
FY202300
FY202448810822.1%24.9%
FY202549311022.3%24.8%
FY20264899519.4%24.9%

Its states

Hospitals CMS cut, of those with a payment decision, and the middle score, by place.

PlaceWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMedian scoreEst. cut ($, modeled)
Delaware60−0.1132$0
District of Columbia610.0432$390K
Florida16518−0.1935$9.2Mfrom 17 of its 18 cut hospitals
Georgia89270.0932$14.3M
Maryland00−0.0196no estimate
North Carolina79200.0502$6.4M
South Carolina5112−0.1589$4.6M
Virginia705−0.2572$721K
West Virginia23120.4315$5.5M

Every hospital in the South Atlantic

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

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Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. South Atlantic: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/division/south-atlantic/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.