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HospitalBaptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock Estimated FY2026 net: −$336K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 040036

1Hospital

Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock

2Location

North Little Rock, AR (Arkansas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 72117

Pulaski County

3Type

Major teaching · 225 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

1 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

−0.1074

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $692K, likely $528⁠–⁠871K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.1074 for Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $692K estimate 1% of about $69.2M, 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 0.4873 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $528–871K

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.

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: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074 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: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074

Higher than 45% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 4 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25Cut
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.1605, to −0.2679. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; SSI 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 60% 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 value0.9393

    Z-score−0.3435

    Part of score−0.0573

  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

    Better than 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.284

    Z-score−0.7477

    Part of score−0.1246

  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 78% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.211

    Z-score−0.8100

    Part of score−0.1350

  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.

    added the most

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.357

    Z-score0.8681

    Part of score+0.1447

  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 59% 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 value0.285

    Z-score−0.3586

    Part of score−0.0598

  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

    Worse than 79% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.055

    Z-score0.7476

    Part of score+0.1246

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 900.93930.9623−0.3435−0.0573Better than 60% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.2840.559−0.7477−0.1246Better than 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.2110.489−0.8100−0.1350Better than 78% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.3570.7950.8681+0.1447Worse than 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2850.346−0.3586−0.0598Better than 59% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.0550.6410.7476+0.1246Worse than 79% 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.

(−0.3435PSI 90−0.7477CLABSI−0.8100CAUTI+0.8681SSI−0.3586CDI+0.7476MRSA)÷6measures=−0.1074Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.1074; CMS reports −0.1074. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4873 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.1074, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3435 divided by 6 = −0.0573PSI 90−0.0573 CLABSI: z‑score −0.7477 divided by 6 = −0.1246CLABSI−0.1246 CAUTI: z‑score −0.8100 divided by 6 = −0.1350CAUTI−0.1350 SSI: z‑score 0.8681 divided by 6 = +0.1447SSI+0.1447 CDI: z‑score −0.3586 divided by 6 = −0.0598CDI−0.0598 MRSA: z‑score 0.7476 divided by 6 = +0.1246MRSA+0.1246 Total HAC Score: −0.1074Score−0.1074 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3435 divided by 6 = −0.0573PSI 90−0.0573 CLABSI: z‑score −0.7477 divided by 6 = −0.1246CLABSI−0.1246 CAUTI: z‑score −0.8100 divided by 6 = −0.1350CAUTI−0.1350 SSI: z‑score 0.8681 divided by 6 = +0.1447SSI+0.1447 CDI: z‑score −0.3586 divided by 6 = −0.0598CDI−0.0598 MRSA: z‑score 0.7476 divided by 6 = +0.1246MRSA+0.1246 Total HAC Score: −0.1074Score−0.1074 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−0.3435−0.0573−0.0573
CLABSI−0.7477−0.1246−0.1819
CAUTI−0.8100−0.1350−0.3169
SSI0.8681+0.1447−0.1722
CDI−0.3586−0.0598−0.2320
MRSA0.7476+0.1246−0.1074
Total HAC Score−0.1074
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, 0.4873 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.4873 higher, the cut would have been about $692K 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 $692K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $692K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $692K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $692Kat 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: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074

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−$692,467
This hospital−0.1074$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$692,467

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.

($59,875,776payment+$9,706,851teaching, MA stays−$177,176readmissions−$158,710value-based)×1%the cut=$692,467at stake

$692,467at stake÷3,761traditional Medicare stays=$184per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $692K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$177K and −$159K.

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 $41,203,638
Teaching (indirect medical education) $10,862,515
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $9,706,851
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,197,378
Outliers: unusually costly stays $494,856
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,950,000
Uncompensated care $2,167,389
Total, before the three programs $69,582,627
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9957 − 1) −$177,176
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9961 − 1) −$158,710
After these two $69,246,741
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $692,467 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$395K to −$270K −$335,886

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)$41,203,638
Teaching (indirect medical education)$10,862,515
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$9,706,851
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,197,378
Outliers: unusually costly stays$494,856
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,950,000
Uncompensated care$2,167,389
Total, before the three programs$69,582,627
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9957 − 1))−$177,176
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9961 − 1))−$158,710
After these two$69,246,741
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $692,467)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$395K to −$270K)−$335,886

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 Score−0.1074same
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 −0.1074 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 $692K 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 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIup to 1.542
CAUTIup to 1.422
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

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 0.9393 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.284 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.211 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.357 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.285 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.055 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.1074 among its measured results: +0.1447.
  • PSI 90 −0.0573
  • CLABSI −0.1246
  • CAUTI −0.1350
  • SSI +0.1447
  • CDI −0.0598
  • MRSA +0.1246

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 90−0.3435−0.0573same
CLABSI−0.7477−0.1246same
CAUTI−0.8100−0.1350same
SSI0.8681+0.1447same
CDI−0.3586−0.0598same
MRSA0.7476+0.1246same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/040036/

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.

Its longest run: cut 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 4 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.9500, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 5.5000, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.5900, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1056, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.344, higher than 74% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.0896, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0848, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2137, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.5272, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.3831, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2026: score −0.1074, higher than 45% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.9500, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 5.5000, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.5900, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1056, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.344, higher than 74% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.0896, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0848, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2137, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.5272, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.3831, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2026: score −0.1074, higher than 45% 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
FY20157.950088.2%cut
FY20165.500048.7%not cut
FY20175.590054.0%not cut
FY20180.105660.7%not cut
FY20190.34474.8%cut
FY20200.089660.1%not cut
FY20210.084859.5%not cut
FY20220.213770.1%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.527281.4%cut
FY20250.383176.1%cut
FY2026−0.107445.5%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 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.92 → 0.22 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.923CLABSI, 2018: 0.549CLABSI, 2019: 0.672CLABSI, 2021: 0.533CLABSI, 2022: 0.548CLABSI, 2023: 0.355CLABSI, 2024: 0.219 CAUTI 1.43 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.431CAUTI, 2018: 0.174CAUTI, 2019: 1.350CAUTI, 2021: 0.628CAUTI, 2022: 0.696CAUTI, 2023: 0.093CAUTI, 2024: 0.309 SSI, colon 1.15 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.152SSI, colon, 2018: 0.741SSI, colon, 2019: 1.625SSI, colon, 2021: 2.597SSI, colon, 2022: 1.700SSI, colon, 2023: 2.114SSI, colon, 2024: 0.300 MRSA 0.95 → 1.20 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.955MRSA, 2018: 1.424MRSA, 2019: 1.328MRSA, 2021: 2.225MRSA, 2022: 1.714MRSA, 2023: 0.921MRSA, 2024: 1.196 C. diff 0.58 → 0.26 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.584C. diff, 2018: 0.597C. diff, 2019: 0.289C. diff, 2021: 0.233C. diff, 2022: 0.142C. diff, 2023: 0.317C. diff, 2024: 0.256 CLABSI 0.92 → 0.22 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.923CLABSI, 2018: 0.549CLABSI, 2019: 0.672CLABSI, 2021: 0.533CLABSI, 2022: 0.548CLABSI, 2023: 0.355CLABSI, 2024: 0.219 CAUTI 1.43 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.431CAUTI, 2018: 0.174CAUTI, 2019: 1.350CAUTI, 2021: 0.628CAUTI, 2022: 0.696CAUTI, 2023: 0.093CAUTI, 2024: 0.309 SSI, colon 1.15 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.152SSI, colon, 2018: 0.741SSI, colon, 2019: 1.625SSI, colon, 2021: 2.597SSI, colon, 2022: 1.700SSI, colon, 2023: 2.114SSI, colon, 2024: 0.300 MRSA 0.95 → 1.20 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.955MRSA, 2018: 1.424MRSA, 2019: 1.328MRSA, 2021: 2.225MRSA, 2022: 1.714MRSA, 2023: 0.921MRSA, 2024: 1.196 C. diff 0.58 → 0.26 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.584C. diff, 2018: 0.597C. diff, 2019: 0.289C. diff, 2021: 0.233C. diff, 2022: 0.142C. diff, 2023: 0.317C. diff, 2024: 0.256

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, colonMRSAC. diff
20170.9231.4311.1520.9550.584
20180.5490.1740.7411.4240.597
20190.6721.3501.6251.3280.289
20210.5330.6282.5972.2250.233
20220.5480.6961.7001.7140.142
20230.3550.0932.1140.9210.317
20240.2190.3090.3001.1960.256

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 47% of the other 38 scored there.

In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area, its score is higher than 60% of the other 10 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 1 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 36% (Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area).
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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area: CMS cut 4 of 11 (36%); middle score −0.1704Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area11 hospitals36% 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 Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% 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: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area: CMS cut 4 of 11 (36%); middle score −0.1704Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area11 hospitals36% 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 Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% 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: −0.1074 This hospital −0.1074

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%−0.045345%
South region1,17426322%−0.105649%
Arkansas391436%−0.037147%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR area11436%−0.170460%
Major teaching42413632%0.178030%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073247%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013443%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057446%
This hospital−0.1074
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 3 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway, Conway: score 0.6847, cut, 22 miles87. Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton: score −0.9512, not cut, 19 miles76. Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC, Little Rock: score 0.8514, cut, 10 miles65. Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, Little Rock: score −0.1704, not cut, 8 miles54. CHI-St Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock: score −0.3402, not cut, 8 miles43. Arkansas Surgical Hospital, No Little Rock: score −1.3638, not cut, 7 miles32. University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock: score 0.4933, cut, 6 miles21. St Vincent Medical Center/North, Sherwood: score −0.1938, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
St Vincent Medical Center/North, Sherwood, AR2−0.1938not cut
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR60.4933cut
Arkansas Surgical Hospital, No Little Rock, AR7−1.3638not cut
CHI-St Vincent Infirmary, Little Rock, AR8−0.3402not cut
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, Little Rock, AR8−0.1704not cut
Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC, Little Rock, AR100.8514cut
Saline Memorial Hospital, Benton, AR19−0.9512not cut
Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway, Conway, AR220.6847cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1St Vincent Medical Center/NorthSherwood, AR2−0.1938No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
2University of Arkansas Medical SciencesLittle Rock, AR60.49331% cut$1.3MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3Arkansas Surgical HospitalNo Little Rock, AR7−1.3638No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures
4CHI-St Vincent InfirmaryLittle Rock, AR8−0.3402No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Baptist Health Medical Center-Little RockLittle Rock, AR8−0.1704No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLCLittle Rock, AR100.85141% cut$381KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
7Saline Memorial HospitalBenton, AR19−0.9512No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
8Baptist Health Medical Center- ConwayConway, AR220.68471% cut$145KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock, North Little Rock, AR: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/040036/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.