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HospitalNorthwest Medical Center-Springdale Estimated FY2026 net: −$20K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 040022

1Hospital

Northwest Medical Center-Springdale

2Location

Springdale, AR (Arkansas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 72764

Washington County

3Type

Minor teaching · 414 beds · For-profit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

3 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.0643

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $251K, likely $204⁠–⁠273K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0643 for Northwest Medical Center-Springdale and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $251K estimate 1% of about $25.1M, 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 0.3156 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $204–273K

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: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643 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: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643

Higher than 57% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 11 years

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

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 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 CLABSI down to the national median (0.559) would lower the score the most: by 0.2096, to −0.1453. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; CLABSI added the most to its score.
  • 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.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Better than 59% 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 value0.9403

    Z-score−0.3366

    Part of score−0.0561

  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.

    added the most

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.101

    Z-score1.1476

    Part of score+0.1913

  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

    Better than 63% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.369

    Z-score−0.4291

    Part of score−0.0715

  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

    Worse than 76% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.255

    Z-score0.6933

    Part of score+0.1156

  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

    Better than 64% of the other 2,766 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 0.0071. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.252

    Z-score−0.4864

    Part of score−0.0811

  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

    Better than 53% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.600

    Z-score−0.2033

    Part of score−0.0339

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 900.94030.9623−0.3366−0.0561Better than 59% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.1010.5591.1476+0.1913Worse than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.3690.489−0.4291−0.0715Better than 63% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.2550.7950.6933+0.1156Worse than 76% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2520.346−0.4864−0.0811Better than 64% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.6000.641−0.2033−0.0339Better than 53% of the other 2,067 hospitals

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 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.3366PSI 90+1.1476CLABSI−0.4291CAUTI+0.6933SSI−0.4864CDI−0.2033MRSA)÷6measures=0.0643Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3156 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0643, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3366 divided by 6 = −0.0561PSI 90−0.0561 CLABSI: z‑score 1.1476 divided by 6 = +0.1913CLABSI+0.1913 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4291 divided by 6 = −0.0715CAUTI−0.0715 SSI: z‑score 0.6933 divided by 6 = +0.1156SSI+0.1156 CDI: z‑score −0.4864 divided by 6 = −0.0811CDI−0.0811 MRSA: z‑score −0.2033 divided by 6 = −0.0339MRSA−0.0339 Total HAC Score: 0.0643Score0.0643 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3366 divided by 6 = −0.0561PSI 90−0.0561 CLABSI: z‑score 1.1476 divided by 6 = +0.1913CLABSI+0.1913 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4291 divided by 6 = −0.0715CAUTI−0.0715 SSI: z‑score 0.6933 divided by 6 = +0.1156SSI+0.1156 CDI: z‑score −0.4864 divided by 6 = −0.0811CDI−0.0811 MRSA: z‑score −0.2033 divided by 6 = −0.0339MRSA−0.0339 Total HAC Score: 0.0643Score0.0643 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.3366−0.0561−0.0561
CLABSI1.1476+0.19130.1352
CAUTI−0.4291−0.07150.0637
SSI0.6933+0.11560.1793
CDI−0.4864−0.08110.0982
MRSA−0.2033−0.03390.0643
Total HAC Score0.0643
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, 0.3156 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3156 higher, the cut would have been about $251K 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 $251K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $251K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $251K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $251Kat 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: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643

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−$251,106
This hospital0.0643$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$251,106

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.

($24,877,236payment+$253,081teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions−$19,678value-based)×1%the cut=$251,106at stake

$251,106at stake÷1,803traditional Medicare stays=$139per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $251K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$20K.

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 $18,994,769
Teaching (indirect medical education) $188,998
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $253,081
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,385,668
Outliers: unusually costly stays $264,407
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,667,751
Uncompensated care $2,375,643
Total, before the three programs $25,130,317
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9990 − 1) −$19,678
After these two $25,110,639
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $251,106 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$22K to −$17K −$19,678

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

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)$18,994,769
Teaching (indirect medical education)$188,998
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$253,081
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,385,668
Outliers: unusually costly stays$264,407
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,667,751
Uncompensated care$2,375,643
Total, before the three programs$25,130,317
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9990 − 1))−$19,678
After these two$25,110,639
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $251,106)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$22K to −$17K)−$19,678

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.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.0643same
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 0.0643 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 $251K 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 1.2108
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.152
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.739
MRSAup to 1.504

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 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 0.9403 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.101 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.369 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.255 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.252 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.600 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0643 among its measured results: +0.1913.
  • PSI 90 −0.0561
  • CLABSI +0.1913
  • CAUTI −0.0715
  • SSI +0.1156
  • CDI −0.0811
  • MRSA −0.0339

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, 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 90−0.3366−0.0561same
CLABSI1.1476+0.1913same
CAUTI−0.4291−0.0715same
SSI0.6933+0.1156same
CDI−0.4864−0.0811same
MRSA−0.2033−0.0339same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/040022/

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 cut this hospital in 1 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.9750, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.0000, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.0600, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3345, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.0706, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2355, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.4363, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.2668, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.1128, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1904, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0643, higher than 57% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.9750, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.0000, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.0600, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3345, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.0706, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2355, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.4363, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.2668, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.1128, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1904, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0643, higher than 57% 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
FY20154.975039.9%not cut
FY20165.000038.0%not cut
FY20174.060026.7%not cut
FY2018−0.334529.2%not cut
FY20190.070658.2%not cut
FY20200.235569.8%not cut
FY20210.436379.8%cut
FY20220.266872.8%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.112860.8%not cut
FY20250.190465.0%not cut
FY20260.064357.0%not cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.80 → 1.80 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.798CLABSI, 2018: 1.412CLABSI, 2019: 1.254CLABSI, 2021: 2.705CLABSI, 2022: 2.592CLABSI, 2023: 0.559CLABSI, 2024: 1.800 CAUTI 0.46 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.463CAUTI, 2018: 0.749CAUTI, 2019: 0.646CAUTI, 2021: 1.092CAUTI, 2022: 1.225CAUTI, 2023: 0.428CAUTI, 2024: 0.288 SSI, colon 0.39 → 1.66 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.386SSI, colon, 2018: 0.611SSI, colon, 2019: 2.054SSI, colon, 2021: 1.969SSI, colon, 2022: 1.573SSI, colon, 2023: 1.519SSI, colon, 2024: 1.661 SSI, hysterectomy 0.35 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.353SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.455SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.693SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.040SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.622SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.742SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 1.13 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.129MRSA, 2018: 1.066MRSA, 2019: 0.610MRSA, 2021: 0.987MRSA, 2022: 0.279MRSA, 2023: 0.903MRSA, 2024: 0.299 C. diff 1.20 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.197C. diff, 2018: 0.616C. diff, 2019: 0.728C. diff, 2021: 0.323C. diff, 2022: 0.119C. diff, 2023: 0.323C. diff, 2024: 0.175 CLABSI 1.80 → 1.80 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.798CLABSI, 2018: 1.412CLABSI, 2019: 1.254CLABSI, 2021: 2.705CLABSI, 2022: 2.592CLABSI, 2023: 0.559CLABSI, 2024: 1.800 CAUTI 0.46 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.463CAUTI, 2018: 0.749CAUTI, 2019: 0.646CAUTI, 2021: 1.092CAUTI, 2022: 1.225CAUTI, 2023: 0.428CAUTI, 2024: 0.288 SSI, colon 0.39 → 1.66 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.386SSI, colon, 2018: 0.611SSI, colon, 2019: 2.054SSI, colon, 2021: 1.969SSI, colon, 2022: 1.573SSI, colon, 2023: 1.519SSI, colon, 2024: 1.661 SSI, hysterectomy 0.35 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.353SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.455SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.693SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.040SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.622SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.742SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 1.13 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.129MRSA, 2018: 1.066MRSA, 2019: 0.610MRSA, 2021: 0.987MRSA, 2022: 0.279MRSA, 2023: 0.903MRSA, 2024: 0.299 C. diff 1.20 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.197C. diff, 2018: 0.616C. diff, 2019: 0.728C. diff, 2021: 0.323C. diff, 2022: 0.119C. diff, 2023: 0.323C. diff, 2024: 0.175

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20171.7980.4630.3860.3531.1291.197
20181.4120.7490.6110.4551.0660.616
20191.2540.6462.0540.6930.6100.728
20212.7051.0921.9692.0400.9870.323
20222.5921.2251.5730.6220.2790.119
20230.5590.4281.5191.7420.9030.323
20241.8000.2881.6610.0000.2990.175

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 Arkansas, its score is higher than 52% of the other 38 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 15% (For-profit) to 36% (Arkansas).
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 Arkansas: CMS cut 14 of 39 (36%); middle score −0.0371Arkansas 39 hospitals36% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% 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: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643 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 Arkansas: CMS cut 14 of 39 (36%); middle score −0.0371Arkansas39 hospitals36% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% 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: 0.0643 This hospital 0.0643

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%−0.045357%
South region1,17426322%−0.105660%
Arkansas391436%−0.037152%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056758%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038458%
For-profit6519815%−0.259070%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057458%
This hospital0.0643
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 9. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 5 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison: score 1.7451, cut, 57 miles87. Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital, Tahlequah: score 1.1211, cut, 49 miles76. Northeastern Health System, Tahlequah: score 0.3147, not cut, 49 miles65. INTEGRIS Grove Hospital, Grove: score 0.0577, not cut, 44 miles54. Memorial Hospital, Stilwell: score −0.0170, not cut, 38 miles43. Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Siloam Springs: score −0.1715, not cut, 21 miles32. Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Rogers: score −0.3273, not cut, 9 miles21. Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville: score −0.2427, not cut, 5 miles1This hospital: Northwest Medical Center-Springdale

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Washington Regional Medical Center, Fayetteville, AR5−0.2427not cut
Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas, Rogers, AR9−0.3273not cut
Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Siloam Springs, AR21−0.1715not cut
Memorial Hospital, Stilwell, OK38−0.0170not cut
INTEGRIS Grove Hospital, Grove, OK440.0577not cut
Northeastern Health System, Tahlequah, OK490.3147not cut
Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital, Tahlequah, OK491.1211cut
North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, Harrison, AR571.7451cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Washington Regional Medical CenterFayetteville, AR5−0.2427No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Mercy Hospital Northwest ArkansasRogers, AR9−0.3273No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Siloam Springs Regional HospitalSiloam Springs, AR21−0.1715No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
4Memorial HospitalStilwell, OK38−0.0170No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
5INTEGRIS Grove HospitalGrove, OK440.0577No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 4 measures
6Northeastern Health SystemTahlequah, OK490.3147No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian HospitalTahlequah, OK491.12111% cut$89KAbove the national median on 5 of 5 measures
8North Arkansas Regional Medical CenterHarrison, AR571.74511% cut$77KAbove the national median on 4 of 4 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Northwest Medical Center-Springdale, Springdale, AR: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/040022/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.