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HospitalSanta Clara Valley Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$2.8M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050038

1Hospital

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

2Location

San Jose, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 95128

Santa Clara County

3Type

Minor teaching · 1,337 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

2 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

0.7741

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$1.9M estimate
Likely $1.5⁠–⁠2.1M; about $372 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$1.9M

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7741 for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $190M, 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: about $372 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $1.5–2.1M

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% 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: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741 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: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741

Higher than 89% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 6 of 11 years

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

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 0.2906, to 0.4835. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 6; 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

    Worse than 77% 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 value1.0715

    Z-score0.5796

    Part of score+0.0966

  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

    Worse than 78% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.932

    Z-score0.7556

    Part of score+0.1259

  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

    Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.069

    Z-score1.2582

    Part of score+0.2097

  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 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.813

    Z-score1.6492

    Part of score+0.2749

  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

    Worse than 55% 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 value0.385

    Z-score0.0286

    Part of score+0.0048

  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 68% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.876

    Z-score0.3735

    Part of score+0.0623

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 901.07150.96230.5796+0.0966Worse than 77% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.9320.5590.7556+0.1259Worse than 78% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.0690.4891.2582+0.2097Worse than 87% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.8130.7951.6492+0.2749Worse than 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3850.3460.0286+0.0048Worse than 55% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.8760.6410.3735+0.0623Worse than 68% 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.

(0.5796PSI 90+0.7556CLABSI+1.2582CAUTI+1.6492SSI+0.0286CDI+0.3735MRSA)÷6measures=0.7741Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3949 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7741, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.5796 divided by 6 = +0.0966PSI 90+0.0966 CLABSI: z‑score 0.7556 divided by 6 = +0.1259CLABSI+0.1259 CAUTI: z‑score 1.2582 divided by 6 = +0.2097CAUTI+0.2097 SSI: z‑score 1.6492 divided by 6 = +0.2749SSI+0.2749 CDI: z‑score 0.0286 divided by 6 = +0.0048CDI+0.0048 MRSA: z‑score 0.3735 divided by 6 = +0.0623MRSA+0.0623 Total HAC Score: 0.7741Score0.7741 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.5796 divided by 6 = +0.0966PSI 90+0.0966 CLABSI: z‑score 0.7556 divided by 6 = +0.1259CLABSI+0.1259 CAUTI: z‑score 1.2582 divided by 6 = +0.2097CAUTI+0.2097 SSI: z‑score 1.6492 divided by 6 = +0.2749SSI+0.2749 CDI: z‑score 0.0286 divided by 6 = +0.0048CDI+0.0048 MRSA: z‑score 0.3735 divided by 6 = +0.0623MRSA+0.0623 Total HAC Score: 0.7741Score0.7741 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8

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 900.5796+0.09660.0966
CLABSI0.7556+0.12590.2225
CAUTI1.2582+0.20970.4322
SSI1.6492+0.27490.7071
CDI0.0286+0.00480.7119
MRSA0.3735+0.06230.7742
Total HAC Score0.7741
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, 0.3949 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $1.9M by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.9M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.9M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.9M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.9Mat 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: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741

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−$1,899,307
This hospital0.7741−$1,899,307
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,899,307

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.

($183,621,752payment+$7,165,750teaching, MA stays−$52,786readmissions−$803,997value-based)×1%the cut=$1,899,307HAC cut

$1,899,307HAC cut÷5,106traditional Medicare stays=$372per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $1.9M: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$53K and −$804K.

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 $87,976,368
Teaching (indirect medical education) $9,149,542
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $7,165,750
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $10,675,932
Outliers: unusually costly stays $36,576,175
Capital: buildings and equipment $10,674,311
Uncompensated care $28,569,424
Total, before the three programs $190,787,502
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9994 − 1) −$52,786
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9909 − 1) −$803,997
After these two $189,930,719
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $1.5⁠–⁠2.1M −$1,899,307
Net of the three programs likely −$3.0M to −$2.4M −$2,756,090

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)$87,976,368
Teaching (indirect medical education)$9,149,542
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$7,165,750
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$10,675,932
Outliers: unusually costly stays$36,576,175
Capital: buildings and equipment$10,674,311
Uncompensated care$28,569,424
Total, before the three programs$190,787,502
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9994 − 1))−$52,786
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9909 − 1))−$803,997
After these two$189,930,719
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $1.5–2.1M)−$1,899,307
Net of the three programs (likely −$3.0M to −$2.4M)−$2,756,090

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 Score0.7741same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$1.9Msame

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 0.7741 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

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.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $1.9M, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

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

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 90not possible with this measure alone
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTI0.086 or lower
SSI0.429 or lower
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSAnot possible with this measure alone

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 1.0715 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.932 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.069 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.813 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.385 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.876 · 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 0.7741 among its measured results: +0.2749.
  • PSI 90 +0.0966
  • CLABSI +0.1259
  • CAUTI +0.2097
  • SSI +0.2749
  • CDI +0.0048
  • MRSA +0.0623

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 900.5796+0.0966same
CLABSI0.7556+0.1259same
CAUTI1.2582+0.2097same
SSI1.6492+0.2749same
CDI0.0286+0.0048same
MRSA0.3735+0.0623same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050038/

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 5 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 6 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0750, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.5300, higher than 75% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.5155, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.5659, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5540, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.8052, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.7714, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.0204, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3312, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.7741, higher than 89% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0750, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.5300, higher than 75% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.5155, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.5659, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5540, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.8052, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.7714, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.0204, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3312, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.7741, higher than 89% of scores; 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
FY20156.075061.5%not cut
FY20166.750072.4%not cut
FY20176.530075.0%not cut
FY20180.515582.4%cut
FY20190.565984.0%cut
FY20200.554084.8%cut
FY20210.805292.6%cut
FY20220.771490.9%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.020454.7%not cut
FY20250.331273.4%not cut
FY20260.774189.2%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. 3 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.41 → 0.63 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.412CLABSI, 2018: 0.574CLABSI, 2019: 0.802CLABSI, 2021: 1.429CLABSI, 2022: 0.670CLABSI, 2023: 1.220CLABSI, 2024: 0.633 CAUTI 2.00 → 1.07 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.996CAUTI, 2018: 1.359CAUTI, 2019: 0.886CAUTI, 2021: 1.468CAUTI, 2022: 0.850CAUTI, 2023: 1.067CAUTI, 2024: 1.070 SSI, colon 1.40 → 2.41 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.403SSI, colon, 2018: 1.910SSI, colon, 2019: 1.383SSI, colon, 2021: 1.688SSI, colon, 2022: 2.120SSI, colon, 2023: 1.745SSI, colon, 2024: 2.413 SSI, hysterectomy 0.57 → 0.93 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.568SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.707SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.244SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.931 MRSA 0.12 → 0.66 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.116MRSA, 2018: 0.882MRSA, 2019: 0.830MRSA, 2021: 1.238MRSA, 2022: 0.507MRSA, 2023: 1.061MRSA, 2024: 0.660 C. diff 0.66 → 0.33 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.661C. diff, 2018: 1.091C. diff, 2019: 0.812C. diff, 2021: 0.607C. diff, 2022: 0.391C. diff, 2023: 0.434C. diff, 2024: 0.333 CLABSI 1.41 → 0.63 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.412CLABSI, 2018: 0.574CLABSI, 2019: 0.802CLABSI, 2021: 1.429CLABSI, 2022: 0.670CLABSI, 2023: 1.220CLABSI, 2024: 0.633 CAUTI 2.00 → 1.07 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.996CAUTI, 2018: 1.359CAUTI, 2019: 0.886CAUTI, 2021: 1.468CAUTI, 2022: 0.850CAUTI, 2023: 1.067CAUTI, 2024: 1.070 SSI, colon 1.40 → 2.41 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.403SSI, colon, 2018: 1.910SSI, colon, 2019: 1.383SSI, colon, 2021: 1.688SSI, colon, 2022: 2.120SSI, colon, 2023: 1.745SSI, colon, 2024: 2.413 SSI, hysterectomy 0.57 → 0.93 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.568SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.707SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.244SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.931 MRSA 0.12 → 0.66 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.116MRSA, 2018: 0.882MRSA, 2019: 0.830MRSA, 2021: 1.238MRSA, 2022: 0.507MRSA, 2023: 1.061MRSA, 2024: 0.660 C. diff 0.66 → 0.33 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.661C. diff, 2018: 1.091C. diff, 2019: 0.812C. diff, 2021: 0.607C. diff, 2022: 0.391C. diff, 2023: 0.434C. diff, 2024: 0.333

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
20171.4121.9961.4030.1160.661
20180.5741.3591.9100.5680.8821.091
20190.8020.8861.3830.7070.8300.812
20211.4291.4681.6881.2441.2380.607
20220.6700.8502.1200.5070.391
20231.2201.0671.7450.0001.0610.434
20240.6331.0702.4130.9310.6600.333

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 California, its score is higher than 89% of the other 276 scored there.

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 6 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) to 43% (San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region 593 hospitals26% cut California: CMS cut 76 of 277 (27%); middle score −0.0217California 277 hospitals27% cut San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area: CMS cut 3 of 7 (43%); middle score 0.2933San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area7 hospitals43% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% 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: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region593 hospitals26% cut California: CMS cut 76 of 277 (27%); middle score −0.0217California277 hospitals27% cut San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area: CMS cut 3 of 7 (43%); middle score 0.2933San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area7 hospitals43% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% 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: 0.7741 This hospital 0.7741

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%−0.045389%
West region59315726%−0.030289%
California2777627%−0.021789%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area7343%0.2933100%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056793%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132389%
Government40114035%0.160279%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057491%
This hospital0.7741
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 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Washington Hospital, Fremont: score −0.3622, not cut, 17 miles87. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont, Fremont: score 0.3788, not cut, 16 miles76. Stanford Health Care, Stanford: score 0.0796, not cut, 15 miles65. Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose, San Jose: score 0.3870, cut, 9 miles54. El Camino Health, Mountain View: score −0.1713, not cut, 9 miles43. Regional Medical Center Of San Jose, San Jose: score −0.2588, not cut, 6 miles32. Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose: score 0.2933, not cut, 5 miles21. Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara, Santa Clara: score 0.5070, cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA40.5070cut
Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, CA50.2933not cut
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose, San Jose, CA6−0.2588not cut
El Camino Health, Mountain View, CA9−0.1713not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose, San Jose, CA90.3870cut
Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA150.0796not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont, Fremont, CA160.3788not cut
Washington Hospital, Fremont, CA17−0.3622not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CA40.50701% cut$332KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CA50.2933No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Regional Medical Center Of San JoseSan Jose, CA6−0.2588No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4El Camino HealthMountain View, CA9−0.1713No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San JoseSan Jose, CA90.38701% cut$148KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Stanford Health CareStanford, CA150.0796No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont, CA160.3788No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Washington HospitalFremont, CA17−0.3622No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050038/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.