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HospitalUAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority Estimated FY2026 net: $0×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 010018

1Hospital

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority

2Location

Birmingham, AL (Alabama’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 35233

Jefferson County

3Type

Major teaching · 106 beds · Government · Urban

4Total HAC Score

0.0109

As CMS reports it

5Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

6Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $3K, likely $2⁠–⁠3K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0109 for UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $3K estimate 1% of about $261K, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays. Its score was 0.3690 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $2–3K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109

Higher than 53% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Never cut in 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

In FY2017 and FY2018, CMS reports a payment reduction decision for this hospital but no Total HAC Score.

CMS scored this hospital on a single measure, so that measure alone set its Total HAC Score.

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 1 of the 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.1934, to −0.1825. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. This hospital has a published value for one measure, PSI 90, and it is above the national median.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 62% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.9900

    Z-score0.0109

    Part of score+0.0109

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  3. CAUTI (what it counts)

    Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 12: This measure does not apply to this hospital for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.99000.96230.0109+0.0109Worse than 62% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDIno value published0.346no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 1; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(0.0109PSI 90)÷1measures=0.0109Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3690 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0109, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0109 divided by 1 = +0.0109PSI 90+0.0109 Total HAC Score: 0.0109Score0.0109 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0109 divided by 1 = +0.0109PSI 90+0.0109 Total HAC Score: 0.0109Score0.0109 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 900.0109+0.01090.0109
Total HAC Score0.0109
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year, and of the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage stays; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.3690 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3690 higher, the cut would have been about $3K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $3K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $3K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $3K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $3Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

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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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$2,606
This hospital0.0109$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$2,606

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, and the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($224,495payment+$36,120teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$2,606at stake

$2,606at stake÷16traditional Medicare stays=$163per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $3K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays, and for teaching on Medicare Advantage stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $134,942
Teaching (indirect medical education) $64,880
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $36,120
Outliers: unusually costly stays $8,945
Capital: buildings and equipment $15,728
Total, before the three programs $260,615
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) not in CMS’s readmissions file: no adjustment $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $260,615
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $2,606 $0
Net of the three programs $0

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, low-income-patient payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

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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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$134,942
Teaching (indirect medical education)$64,880
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$36,120
Outliers: unusually costly stays$8,945
Capital: buildings and equipment$15,728
Total, before the three programs$260,615
Readmissions (HRRP) (not in CMS’s readmissions file: no adjustment)$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$260,615
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $2,606)$0
Net of the three programs$0

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

The what-if needs JavaScript. Without it, the values below stay as they are.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.0109same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0109 and a payment reduction decision of No.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $3K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.0426

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 1 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 0.9900 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.6981

Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0109 among its measured results: +0.0109.
  • PSI 90 +0.0109

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 1, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 900.0109+0.0109same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/010018/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Figure 6. CMS made a decision on this hospital in 11 years and never cut it.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0000, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1238, higher than 42% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0612, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0906, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0482, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0534, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0524, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0109, higher than 53% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0000, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1238, higher than 42% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0612, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0906, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0482, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0534, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0524, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0109, higher than 53% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · 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 yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20156.000055.9%not cut
FY20166.000056.2%not cut
FY2017N/Anot cut, with no score published
FY2018Not Availablenot cut, with no score published
FY2019−0.123842.5%not cut
FY2020−0.061247.3%not cut
FY2021−0.090644.5%not cut
FY20220.048257.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.053448.8%not cut
FY2025−0.052448.5%not cut
FY20260.010953.4%not cut

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Alabama, its score is higher than 46% of the other 67 scored there.

In Birmingham, AL area, its score is higher than 33% of the other 12 scored there.

Figure 7. Its score is above the middle in 4 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 43% (Alabama).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut Alabama: CMS cut 29 of 68 (43%); middle score 0.2561Alabama 68 hospitals43% cut Birmingham, AL area: CMS cut 5 of 13 (38%); middle score 0.2881Birmingham, AL area 13 hospitals38% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region1,174 hospitals22% cut Alabama: CMS cut 29 of 68 (43%); middle score 0.2561Alabama68 hospitals43% cut Birmingham, AL area: CMS cut 5 of 13 (38%); middle score 0.2881Birmingham, AL area13 hospitals38% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.0109 This hospital 0.0109

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

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045353%
South region1,17426322%−0.105656%
Alabama682943%0.256146%
Birmingham, AL area13538%0.288133%
Major teaching42413632%0.178039%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073255%
Government40114035%0.160241%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057454%
This hospital0.0109
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 8. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi8. Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster: score 0.6591, cut, 17 miles87. Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System, Bessemer: score 0.6634, cut, 14 miles76. St. Vincent's East, Birmingham: score −0.0474, not cut, 10 miles65. Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham: score −0.2979, not cut, 6 miles54. Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital, Birmingham: score −0.2243, not cut, 3 miles43. Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham: score 0.3154, not cut, 2 miles32. St Vincent's Birmingham, Birmingham: score −0.1513, not cut, less than a mile21. University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham: score 0.2881, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, ALunder 10.2881not cut
St Vincent's Birmingham, Birmingham, ALunder 1−0.1513not cut
Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL20.3154not cut
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital, Birmingham, AL3−0.2243not cut
Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, AL6−0.2979not cut
St. Vincent's East, Birmingham, AL10−0.0474not cut
Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health System, Bessemer, AL140.6634cut
Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL170.6591cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, ALunder 10.2881No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, ALunder 1−0.1513No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham, AL20.3154No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham, AL3−0.2243No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham, AL6−0.2979No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6St. Vincent's EastBirmingham, AL10−0.0474No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7Medical West, An Affiliate of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL140.66341% cut$120KAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
8Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster, AL170.65911% cut$182KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
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Results are not available for this reporting period.
12
This measure does not apply to this hospital for this reporting period.

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Paid & Penalized. UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority, Birmingham, AL: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/010018/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.