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HospitalEl Camino Health Estimated FY2026 net: −$85K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050308

1Hospital

El Camino Health

2Location

Mountain View, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 94040

Santa Clara County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 471 beds · Government · 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

−0.1713

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $1.4M, likely $1.1⁠–⁠1.5M estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.1713 for El Camino Health and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $1.4M estimate 1% of about $140M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.5512 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $1.1–1.5M

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: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713 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: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713

Higher than 41% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

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

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

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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.0836, to −0.2549. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; CAUTI 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 69% 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 value1.0255

    Z-score0.2584

    Part of score+0.0431

  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 81% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.193

    Z-score−0.9588

    Part of score−0.1598

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 70% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.697

    Z-score0.3615

    Part of score+0.0603

  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

    Better than 51% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.778

    Z-score−0.1238

    Part of score−0.0206

  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 62% 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 value0.431

    Z-score0.2067

    Part of score+0.0345

  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 77% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.328

    Z-score−0.7718

    Part of score−0.1286

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 901.02550.96230.2584+0.0431Worse than 69% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.1930.559−0.9588−0.1598Better than 81% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.6970.4890.3615+0.0603Worse than 70% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7780.795−0.1238−0.0206Better than 51% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.4310.3460.2067+0.0345Worse than 62% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.3280.641−0.7718−0.1286Better than 77% 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.

(0.2584PSI 90−0.9588CLABSI+0.3615CAUTI−0.1238SSI+0.2067CDI−0.7718MRSA)÷6measures=−0.1713Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.1713; CMS reports −0.1713. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.5512 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.1713, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.2584 divided by 6 = +0.0431PSI 90+0.0431 CLABSI: z‑score −0.9588 divided by 6 = −0.1598CLABSI−0.1598 CAUTI: z‑score 0.3615 divided by 6 = +0.0603CAUTI+0.0603 SSI: z‑score −0.1238 divided by 6 = −0.0206SSI−0.0206 CDI: z‑score 0.2067 divided by 6 = +0.0345CDI+0.0345 MRSA: z‑score −0.7718 divided by 6 = −0.1286MRSA−0.1286 Total HAC Score: −0.1713Score−0.1713 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.2584 divided by 6 = +0.0431PSI 90+0.0431 CLABSI: z‑score −0.9588 divided by 6 = −0.1598CLABSI−0.1598 CAUTI: z‑score 0.3615 divided by 6 = +0.0603CAUTI+0.0603 SSI: z‑score −0.1238 divided by 6 = −0.0206SSI−0.0206 CDI: z‑score 0.2067 divided by 6 = +0.0345CDI+0.0345 MRSA: z‑score −0.7718 divided by 6 = −0.1286MRSA−0.1286 Total HAC Score: −0.1713Score−0.1713 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 900.2584+0.04310.0431
CLABSI−0.9588−0.1598−0.1167
CAUTI0.3615+0.0603−0.0564
SSI−0.1238−0.0206−0.0770
CDI0.2067+0.0345−0.0425
MRSA−0.7718−0.1286−0.1711
Total HAC Score−0.1713
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; 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, 0.5512 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.5512 higher, the cut would have been about $1.4M 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 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4Mat 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: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713

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−$1,396,418
This hospital−0.1713$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,396,418

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient 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.

($139,726,977payment−$543,894readmissions+$458,680value-based)×1%the cut=$1,396,418at stake

$1,396,418at stake÷6,232traditional Medicare stays=$224per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $1.4M by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$544K and +$459K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $115,722,178
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,768,235
Outliers: unusually costly stays $8,181,558
Capital: buildings and equipment $10,144,450
Uncompensated care $3,910,556
Total, before the three programs $139,726,977
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9953 − 1) −$543,894
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0040 − 1) +$458,680
After these two $139,641,763
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $1,396,418 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$93K to −$74K −$85,214

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$115,722,178
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,768,235
Outliers: unusually costly stays$8,181,558
Capital: buildings and equipment$10,144,450
Uncompensated care$3,910,556
Total, before the three programs$139,726,977
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9953 − 1))−$543,894
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0040 − 1))+$458,680
After these two$139,641,763
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $1,396,418)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$93K to −$74K)−$85,214

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 Score−0.1713same
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 −0.1713 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 $1.4M 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
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
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 1.0255 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.193 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.697 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.778 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.431 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.328 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.1713 among its measured results: +0.0603.
  • PSI 90 +0.0431
  • CLABSI −0.1598
  • CAUTI +0.0603
  • SSI −0.0206
  • CDI +0.0345
  • MRSA −0.1286

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 900.2584+0.0431same
CLABSI−0.9588−0.1598same
CAUTI0.3615+0.0603same
SSI−0.1238−0.0206same
CDI0.2067+0.0345same
MRSA−0.7718−0.1286same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050308/

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

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

Year by year

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

Figure 6. CMS made a decision on this hospital in 11 years and never cut it.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.0750, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.7500, higher than 2% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.1900, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.6582, higher than 15% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2673, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2545, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3107, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3484, higher than 27% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1553, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1912, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.1713, higher than 41% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.0750, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.7500, higher than 2% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.1900, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.6582, higher than 15% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2673, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2545, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3107, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3484, higher than 27% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1553, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1912, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.1713, higher than 41% 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
FY20154.075028.9%not cut
FY20161.75002.6%not cut
FY20173.190016.4%not cut
FY2018−0.658215.0%not cut
FY2019−0.267332.6%not cut
FY2020−0.254533.1%not cut
FY2021−0.310730.3%not cut
FY2022−0.348427.8%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.155341.5%not cut
FY2025−0.191238.9%not cut
FY2026−0.171341.0%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 0.59 → 0.23 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.588CLABSI, 2018: 0.380CLABSI, 2019: 0.278CLABSI, 2021: 0.177CLABSI, 2022: 0.780CLABSI, 2023: 0.159CLABSI, 2024: 0.225 CAUTI 1.52 → 0.44 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.517CAUTI, 2018: 1.331CAUTI, 2019: 0.687CAUTI, 2021: 0.885CAUTI, 2022: 0.765CAUTI, 2023: 0.957CAUTI, 2024: 0.436 SSI, colon 0.19 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.193SSI, colon, 2018: 0.476SSI, colon, 2019: 0.177SSI, colon, 2021: 0.715SSI, colon, 2022: 0.511SSI, colon, 2023: 0.570SSI, colon, 2024: 0.468 SSI, hysterectomy 0.82 → 1.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.823SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.519SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.062SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.839SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.918SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.540SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.525 MRSA 0.49 → 0.21 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.490MRSA, 2018: 1.205MRSA, 2019: 1.331MRSA, 2021: 1.084MRSA, 2022: 0.692MRSA, 2023: 0.464MRSA, 2024: 0.206 C. diff 0.60 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.596C. diff, 2018: 0.471C. diff, 2019: 0.430C. diff, 2021: 0.459C. diff, 2022: 0.660C. diff, 2023: 0.471C. diff, 2024: 0.390 CLABSI 0.59 → 0.23 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.588CLABSI, 2018: 0.380CLABSI, 2019: 0.278CLABSI, 2021: 0.177CLABSI, 2022: 0.780CLABSI, 2023: 0.159CLABSI, 2024: 0.225 CAUTI 1.52 → 0.44 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.517CAUTI, 2018: 1.331CAUTI, 2019: 0.687CAUTI, 2021: 0.885CAUTI, 2022: 0.765CAUTI, 2023: 0.957CAUTI, 2024: 0.436 SSI, colon 0.19 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.193SSI, colon, 2018: 0.476SSI, colon, 2019: 0.177SSI, colon, 2021: 0.715SSI, colon, 2022: 0.511SSI, colon, 2023: 0.570SSI, colon, 2024: 0.468 SSI, hysterectomy 0.82 → 1.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.823SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.519SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.062SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.839SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.918SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.540SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.525 MRSA 0.49 → 0.21 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.490MRSA, 2018: 1.205MRSA, 2019: 1.331MRSA, 2021: 1.084MRSA, 2022: 0.692MRSA, 2023: 0.464MRSA, 2024: 0.206 C. diff 0.60 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.596C. diff, 2018: 0.471C. diff, 2019: 0.430C. diff, 2021: 0.459C. diff, 2022: 0.660C. diff, 2023: 0.471C. diff, 2024: 0.390

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
20170.5881.5170.1930.8230.4900.596
20180.3801.3310.4760.5191.2050.471
20190.2780.6870.1771.0621.3310.430
20210.1770.8850.7150.8391.0840.459
20220.7800.7650.5110.9180.6920.660
20230.1590.9570.5701.5400.4640.471
20240.2250.4360.4681.5250.2060.390

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 39% of the other 276 scored there.

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area, its score is higher than 16% of the other 6 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (300 to 499 beds) 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% 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: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% 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: −0.1713 This hospital −0.1713

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%−0.045341%
West region59315726%−0.030239%
California2777627%−0.021739%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area7343%0.293316%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105345%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038440%
Government40114035%0.160229%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057441%
This hospital−0.1713
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.
5 mi10 mi8. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont, Fremont: score 0.3788, not cut, 14 miles87. Regional Medical Center Of San Jose, San Jose: score −0.2588, not cut, 13 miles76. Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City: score 0.0267, not cut, 12 miles65. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City, Redwood City: score −0.3395, not cut, 12 miles54. Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose: score 0.2933, not cut, 11 miles43. Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose: score 0.7741, cut, 9 miles32. Stanford Health Care, Stanford: score 0.0796, not cut, 6 miles21. Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara, Santa Clara: score 0.5070, cut, 5 miles1This hospital: El Camino Health

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, CA50.5070cut
Stanford Health Care, Stanford, CA60.0796not cut
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA90.7741cut
Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, CA110.2933not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City, Redwood City, CA12−0.3395not cut
Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, CA120.0267not cut
Regional Medical Center Of San Jose, San Jose, CA13−0.2588not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont, Fremont, CA140.3788not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa ClaraSanta Clara, CA50.50701% cut$332KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Stanford Health CareStanford, CA60.0796No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CA90.77411% cut$1.9MAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
4Good Samaritan HospitalSan Jose, CA110.2933No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CA12−0.3395No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CA120.0267No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Regional Medical Center Of San JoseSan Jose, CA13−0.2588No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Kaiser Foundation Hospital - FremontFremont, CA140.3788No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. El Camino Health, Mountain View, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050308/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.