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HospitalPIH Health Hospital-Whittier Estimated FY2026 net: −$918K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050169

1Hospital

PIH Health Hospital-Whittier

2Location

Whittier, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 90602

Los Angeles County

3Type

Minor teaching · 547 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 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

0.4903

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$654K estimate
Likely $533⁠–⁠711K; about $192 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$654K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.4903 for PIH Health Hospital-Whittier and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $65.4M, 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 $192 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $533–711K

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: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903 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: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903

Higher than 79% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.3743, to 0.1160. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CDI 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 74% 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 value1.0539

    Z-score0.4572

    Part of score+0.0762

  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 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.406

    Z-score−0.4646

    Part of score−0.0774

  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 80% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.876

    Z-score0.7930

    Part of score+0.1322

  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 64% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value1.010

    Z-score0.2737

    Part of score+0.0456

  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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 94% of the other 2,766 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    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 value0.926

    Z-score2.1234

    Part of score+0.3539

  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 55% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.582

    Z-score−0.2409

    Part of score−0.0402

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 901.05390.96230.4572+0.0762Worse than 74% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4060.559−0.4646−0.0774Better than 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.8760.4890.7930+0.1322Worse than 80% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.0100.7950.2737+0.0456Worse than 64% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.9260.3462.1234+0.3539Worse than 94% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.5820.641−0.2409−0.0402Better than 55% 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.

(0.4572PSI 90−0.4646CLABSI+0.7930CAUTI+0.2737SSI+2.1234CDI−0.2409MRSA)÷6measures=0.4903Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1111 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.4903, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.4572 divided by 6 = +0.0762PSI 90+0.0762 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4646 divided by 6 = −0.0774CLABSI−0.0774 CAUTI: z‑score 0.7930 divided by 6 = +0.1322CAUTI+0.1322 SSI: z‑score 0.2737 divided by 6 = +0.0456SSI+0.0456 CDI: z‑score 2.1234 divided by 6 = +0.3539CDI+0.3539 MRSA: z‑score −0.2409 divided by 6 = −0.0402MRSA−0.0402 Total HAC Score: 0.4903Score0.4903 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.4572 divided by 6 = +0.0762PSI 90+0.0762 CLABSI: z‑score −0.4646 divided by 6 = −0.0774CLABSI−0.0774 CAUTI: z‑score 0.7930 divided by 6 = +0.1322CAUTI+0.1322 SSI: z‑score 0.2737 divided by 6 = +0.0456SSI+0.0456 CDI: z‑score 2.1234 divided by 6 = +0.3539CDI+0.3539 MRSA: z‑score −0.2409 divided by 6 = −0.0402MRSA−0.0402 Total HAC Score: 0.4903Score0.4903 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6

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 900.4572+0.07620.0762
CLABSI−0.4646−0.0774−0.0012
CAUTI0.7930+0.13220.1310
SSI0.2737+0.04560.1766
CDI2.1234+0.35390.5305
MRSA−0.2409−0.04020.4903
Total HAC Score0.4903
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, 0.1111 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $654K 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 $654K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $654K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $654K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $654Kat 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: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903

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−$654,044
This hospital0.4903−$654,044
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$654,044

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.

($63,516,827payment+$2,151,156teaching, MA stays−$263,539readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$654,044HAC cut

$654,044HAC cut÷3,405traditional Medicare stays=$192per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $654K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$264K 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 $53,783,519
Teaching (indirect medical education) $981,011
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $2,151,156
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $2,156,181
Outliers: unusually costly stays $660,999
Capital: buildings and equipment $4,515,902
Uncompensated care $1,419,215
Total, before the three programs $65,667,983
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9951 − 1) −$263,539
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $65,404,444
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $533⁠–⁠711K −$654,044
Net of the three programs likely −$1.0M to −$793K −$917,583

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)$53,783,519
Teaching (indirect medical education)$981,011
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$2,151,156
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$2,156,181
Outliers: unusually costly stays$660,999
Capital: buildings and equipment$4,515,902
Uncompensated care$1,419,215
Total, before the three programs$65,667,983
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9951 − 1))−$263,539
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$65,404,444
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $533–711K)−$654,044
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.0M to −$793K)−$917,583

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 Score0.4903same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$654Ksame

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 0.4903 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 $654K, 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 900.9582 or lower
CLABSI0.118 or lower
CAUTI0.599 or lower
SSI0.620 or lower
CDI0.753 or lower
MRSA0.262 or lower

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 1.0539 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.406 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.876 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.010 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.926 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.582 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.4903 among its measured results: +0.3539.
  • PSI 90 +0.0762
  • CLABSI −0.0774
  • CAUTI +0.1322
  • SSI +0.0456
  • CDI +0.3539
  • MRSA −0.0402

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 900.4572+0.0762same
CLABSI−0.4646−0.0774same
CAUTI0.7930+0.1322same
SSI0.2737+0.0456same
CDI2.1234+0.3539same
MRSA−0.2409−0.0402same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050169/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.7250, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4300, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.4041, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2019: score −0.1384, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.3959, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1357, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.3450, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.1821, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3466, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4903, higher than 79% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.7250, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.4300, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.4041, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2019: score −0.1384, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.3959, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1357, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.3450, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.1821, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3466, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4903, higher than 79% 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
FY20156.725070.0%not cut
FY20166.750072.4%not cut
FY20176.430072.7%not cut
FY20180.404177.5%cut
FY2019−0.138441.5%not cut
FY2020−0.395925.0%not cut
FY20210.135763.6%not cut
FY20220.345077.3%cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.182139.5%not cut
FY20250.346674.1%not cut
FY20260.490379.8%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 1.11 → 0.28 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.108CLABSI, 2018: 1.188CLABSI, 2019: 1.019CLABSI, 2021: 0.398CLABSI, 2022: 0.315CLABSI, 2023: 0.510CLABSI, 2024: 0.285 CAUTI 0.42 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.420CAUTI, 2018: 0.843CAUTI, 2019: 1.103CAUTI, 2021: 0.926CAUTI, 2022: 0.237CAUTI, 2023: 1.377CAUTI, 2024: 0.294 SSI, colon 0.24 → 0.97 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.236SSI, colon, 2018: 0.640SSI, colon, 2019: 0.575SSI, colon, 2021: 0.774SSI, colon, 2022: 1.037SSI, colon, 2023: 0.788SSI, colon, 2024: 0.975 SSI, hysterectomy 0.94 → 0.74 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.939SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.368SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.529SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.255SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.745 MRSA 0.54 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.536MRSA, 2018: 0.641MRSA, 2019: 0.423MRSA, 2021: 0.676MRSA, 2022: 0.317MRSA, 2023: 0.440MRSA, 2024: 0.598 C. diff 0.79 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.788C. diff, 2018: 0.434C. diff, 2019: 0.735C. diff, 2021: 0.655C. diff, 2022: 0.855C. diff, 2023: 1.077C. diff, 2024: 0.722 CLABSI 1.11 → 0.28 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.108CLABSI, 2018: 1.188CLABSI, 2019: 1.019CLABSI, 2021: 0.398CLABSI, 2022: 0.315CLABSI, 2023: 0.510CLABSI, 2024: 0.285 CAUTI 0.42 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.420CAUTI, 2018: 0.843CAUTI, 2019: 1.103CAUTI, 2021: 0.926CAUTI, 2022: 0.237CAUTI, 2023: 1.377CAUTI, 2024: 0.294 SSI, colon 0.24 → 0.97 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.236SSI, colon, 2018: 0.640SSI, colon, 2019: 0.575SSI, colon, 2021: 0.774SSI, colon, 2022: 1.037SSI, colon, 2023: 0.788SSI, colon, 2024: 0.975 SSI, hysterectomy 0.94 → 0.74 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.939SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.368SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.529SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.255SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.745 MRSA 0.54 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.536MRSA, 2018: 0.641MRSA, 2019: 0.423MRSA, 2021: 0.676MRSA, 2022: 0.317MRSA, 2023: 0.440MRSA, 2024: 0.598 C. diff 0.79 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.788C. diff, 2018: 0.434C. diff, 2019: 0.735C. diff, 2021: 0.655C. diff, 2022: 0.855C. diff, 2023: 1.077C. diff, 2024: 0.722

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
20171.1080.4200.2360.9390.5360.788
20181.1880.8430.6400.0000.6410.434
20191.0191.1030.5750.0000.4230.735
20210.3980.9260.7741.3680.6760.655
20220.3150.2371.0370.5290.3170.855
20230.5101.3770.7881.2550.4401.077
20240.2850.2940.9750.7450.5980.722

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 80% of the other 276 scored there.

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area, its score is higher than 73% of the other 69 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 30% (Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area: CMS cut 21 of 70 (30%); middle score 0.0200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area70 hospitals30% 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 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: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area: CMS cut 21 of 70 (30%); middle score 0.0200Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area70 hospitals30% 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 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: 0.4903 This hospital 0.4903

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%−0.045379%
West region59315726%−0.030280%
California2777627%−0.021780%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA area702130%0.020073%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056784%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132376%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013479%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057482%
This hospital0.4903
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 2 miles away.
5 mi8. Providence St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton: score −0.3715, not cut, 8 miles87. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey, Downey: score 0.1481, not cut, 7 miles76. PIH Health Downey Hospital, Downey: score −0.4866, not cut, 7 miles65. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park, Baldwin Park: score 0.2240, not cut, 7 miles54. Coast Plaza Hospital, Norwalk: score 0.5433, cut, 6 miles43. Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello, Montebello: score 0.4948, cut, 5 miles32. Greater El Monte Community Hospital, South El Monte: score −0.3057, not cut, 5 miles21. Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Whittier: score −0.8923, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: PIH Health Hospital-Whittier

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Whittier Hospital Medical Center, Whittier, CA2−0.8923not cut
Greater El Monte Community Hospital, South El Monte, CA5−0.3057not cut
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello, Montebello, CA50.4948cut
Coast Plaza Hospital, Norwalk, CA60.5433cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park, Baldwin Park, CA70.2240not cut
PIH Health Downey Hospital, Downey, CA7−0.4866not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey, Downey, CA70.1481not cut
Providence St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton, CA8−0.3715not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Whittier Hospital Medical CenterWhittier, CA2−0.8923No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
2Greater El Monte Community HospitalSouth El Monte, CA5−0.3057No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures
3Adventist Health White Memorial MontebelloMontebello, CA50.49481% cutno estimateAbove the national median on 2 of 4 measures
4Coast Plaza HospitalNorwalk, CA60.54331% cut$125KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
5Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park, CA70.2240No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6PIH Health Downey HospitalDowney, CA7−0.4866No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Kaiser Foundation Hospital - DowneyDowney, CA70.1481No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Providence St. Jude Medical CenterFullerton, CA8−0.3715No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

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Paid & Penalized. PIH Health Hospital-Whittier, Whittier, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050169/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.