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HospitalHighland Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.1M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050320

1Hospital

Highland Hospital

2Location

Oakland, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 94602

Alameda County

3Type

Major teaching · 613 beds · Government · 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

1.1876

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$823K estimate
Likely $627K⁠–⁠$1.0M; about $371 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$823K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 1.1876 for Highland Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $82.3M, 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 $371 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $627K–$1.0M

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 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: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876 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: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876

Higher than 96% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 8 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25Cut
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4210, to 0.7666. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 6; 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 76% 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 value1.0669

    Z-score0.5473

    Part of score+0.0912

  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 54% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.601

    Z-score−0.0123

    Part of score−0.0021

  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 97% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.934

    Z-score2.3863

    Part of score+0.3977

  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 98% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value2.686

    Z-score2.1717

    Part of score+0.3620

  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 91% 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 value0.812

    Z-score1.6819

    Part of score+0.2803

  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 value0.865

    Z-score0.3505

    Part of score+0.0584

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 901.06690.96230.5473+0.0912Worse than 76% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.6010.559−0.0123−0.0021Worse than 54% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.9340.4892.3863+0.3977Worse than 97% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI2.6860.7952.1717+0.3620Worse than 98% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.8120.3461.6819+0.2803Worse than 91% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.8650.6410.3505+0.0584Worse 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.

(0.5473PSI 90−0.0123CLABSI+2.3863CAUTI+2.1717SSI+1.6819CDI+0.3505MRSA)÷6measures=1.1876Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.8084 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 1.1876, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.5473 divided by 6 = +0.0912PSI 90+0.0912 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0123 divided by 6 = −0.0021CLABSI−0.0021 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score 1.6819 divided by 6 = +0.2803CDI+0.2803 MRSA: z‑score 0.3505 divided by 6 = +0.0584MRSA+0.0584 Total HAC Score: 1.1876Score1.1876 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.5473 divided by 6 = +0.0912PSI 90+0.0912 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0123 divided by 6 = −0.0021CLABSI−0.0021 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score 1.6819 divided by 6 = +0.2803CDI+0.2803 MRSA: z‑score 0.3505 divided by 6 = +0.0584MRSA+0.0584 Total HAC Score: 1.1876Score1.1876 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2

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 900.5473+0.09120.0912
CLABSI−0.0123−0.00210.0891
CAUTI2.3863+0.39770.4868
SSI2.1717+0.36200.8488
CDI1.6819+0.28031.1291
MRSA0.3505+0.05841.1875
Total HAC Score1.1876
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, 0.8084 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $823K 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 $823K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $823K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $823K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $823Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876

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−$823,414
This hospital1.1876−$823,414
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$823,414

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.

($80,293,354payment+$2,350,498teaching, MA stays−$106,192readmissions−$196,211value-based)×1%the cut=$823,414HAC cut

$823,414HAC cut÷2,220traditional Medicare stays=$371per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $823K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$106K and −$196K.

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 $37,925,618
Teaching (indirect medical education) $8,738,062
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $2,350,498
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $5,163,194
Outliers: unusually costly stays $5,800,344
Capital: buildings and equipment $4,409,163
Uncompensated care $18,256,973
Total, before the three programs $82,643,852
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9972 − 1) −$106,192
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9948 − 1) −$196,211
After these two $82,341,449
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $627K⁠–⁠$1.0M −$823,414
Net of the three programs likely −$1.3M to −$907K −$1,125,817

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)$37,925,618
Teaching (indirect medical education)$8,738,062
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$2,350,498
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$5,163,194
Outliers: unusually costly stays$5,800,344
Capital: buildings and equipment$4,409,163
Uncompensated care$18,256,973
Total, before the three programs$82,643,852
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9972 − 1))−$106,192
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9948 − 1))−$196,211
After these two$82,341,449
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $627K–$1.0M)−$823,414
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.3M to −$907K)−$1,125,817

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 Score1.1876same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$823Ksame

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 1.1876 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 $823K, 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
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSInot possible with this measure alone
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 1.0669 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.601 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.934 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 2.686 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.812 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.865 · 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 1.1876 among its measured results: +0.3977.
  • PSI 90 +0.0912
  • CLABSI −0.0021
  • CAUTI +0.3977
  • SSI +0.3620
  • CDI +0.2803
  • MRSA +0.0584

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 900.5473+0.0912same
CLABSI−0.0123−0.0021same
CAUTI2.3863+0.3977same
SSI2.1717+0.3620same
CDI1.6819+0.2803same
MRSA0.3505+0.0584same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050320/

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 3 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 8 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.4250, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.4300, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.4434, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.3374, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6715, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.8994, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.8031, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.8469, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.9503, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2026: score 1.1876, higher than 96% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.4250, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.4300, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.4434, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.3374, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6715, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.8994, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.8031, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.8469, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.9503, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2026: score 1.1876, higher than 96% 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
FY20156.425065.9%not cut
FY20168.000089.1%cut
FY20176.430072.7%not cut
FY20180.443479.2%cut
FY20190.337474.4%not cut
FY20200.671588.2%cut
FY20210.899494.2%cut
FY20220.803191.9%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.846990.0%cut
FY20250.950393.2%cut
FY20261.187696.5%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 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.57 → 0.38 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.574CLABSI, 2018: 0.737CLABSI, 2019: 0.404CLABSI, 2021: 0.994CLABSI, 2022: 1.053CLABSI, 2023: 0.802CLABSI, 2024: 0.380 CAUTI 2.10 → 1.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.104CAUTI, 2018: 1.868CAUTI, 2019: 2.243CAUTI, 2021: 0.596CAUTI, 2022: 1.359CAUTI, 2023: 2.290CAUTI, 2024: 1.525 SSI, colon 1.27 → 2.63 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.268SSI, colon, 2018: 1.601SSI, colon, 2019: 1.446SSI, colon, 2021: 2.878SSI, colon, 2022: 3.235SSI, colon, 2023: 3.104SSI, colon, 2024: 2.635 MRSA 0.29 → 1.46 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.292MRSA, 2018: 1.067MRSA, 2019: 2.544MRSA, 2021: 2.089MRSA, 2022: 1.985MRSA, 2023: 0.390MRSA, 2024: 1.456 C. diff 0.92 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.915C. diff, 2018: 0.623C. diff, 2019: 0.744C. diff, 2021: 0.643C. diff, 2022: 0.510C. diff, 2023: 0.817C. diff, 2024: 0.807 CLABSI 0.57 → 0.38 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.574CLABSI, 2018: 0.737CLABSI, 2019: 0.404CLABSI, 2021: 0.994CLABSI, 2022: 1.053CLABSI, 2023: 0.802CLABSI, 2024: 0.380 CAUTI 2.10 → 1.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.104CAUTI, 2018: 1.868CAUTI, 2019: 2.243CAUTI, 2021: 0.596CAUTI, 2022: 1.359CAUTI, 2023: 2.290CAUTI, 2024: 1.525 SSI, colon 1.27 → 2.63 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.268SSI, colon, 2018: 1.601SSI, colon, 2019: 1.446SSI, colon, 2021: 2.878SSI, colon, 2022: 3.235SSI, colon, 2023: 3.104SSI, colon, 2024: 2.635 MRSA 0.29 → 1.46 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.292MRSA, 2018: 1.067MRSA, 2019: 2.544MRSA, 2021: 2.089MRSA, 2022: 1.985MRSA, 2023: 0.390MRSA, 2024: 1.456 C. diff 0.92 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.915C. diff, 2018: 0.623C. diff, 2019: 0.744C. diff, 2021: 0.643C. diff, 2022: 0.510C. diff, 2023: 0.817C. diff, 2024: 0.807

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
20170.5742.1041.2680.2920.915
20180.7371.8681.6011.0670.623
20190.4042.2431.4462.5440.744
20210.9940.5962.8782.0890.643
20221.0531.3593.2351.9850.510
20230.8022.2903.1040.3900.817
20240.3801.5252.6351.4560.807

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 96% of the other 276 scored there.

In Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 17 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area) to 35% (Government).
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 Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area: CMS cut 4 of 18 (22%); middle score −0.0479Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area18 hospitals22% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% 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: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876 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 Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area: CMS cut 4 of 18 (22%); middle score −0.0479Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area18 hospitals22% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% 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: 1.1876 This hospital 1.1876

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%−0.045396%
West region59315726%−0.030295%
California2777627%−0.021796%
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley, CA area18422%−0.0479100%
Major teaching42413632%0.178097%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132399%
Government40114035%0.160292%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057497%
This hospital1.1876
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 mi10 mi8. UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital, San Francisco: score −0.0598, not cut, 10 miles87. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr, San Francisco: score 0.4979, cut, 10 miles76. Chinese Hospital, San Francisco: score 1.0334, cut, 10 miles65. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro, San Leandro: score −0.0878, not cut, 7 miles54. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp, Berkeley: score −0.0079, not cut, 4 miles43. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland: score −0.8087, not cut, 3 miles32. Alameda Hospital, Alameda: score −0.6204, not cut, 3 miles21. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond, Oakland: score 0.2786, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Highland Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond, Oakland, CA20.2786not cut
Alameda Hospital, Alameda, CA3−0.6204not cut
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA3−0.8087not cut
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp, Berkeley, CA4−0.0079not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro, San Leandro, CA7−0.0878not cut
Chinese Hospital, San Francisco, CA101.0334cut
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr, San Francisco, CA100.4979cut
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital, San Francisco, CA10−0.0598not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/RichmondOakland, CA20.2786No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Alameda HospitalAlameda, CA3−0.6204No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
3Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterOakland, CA3−0.8087No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
4Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates CampBerkeley, CA4−0.0079No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San LeandroSan Leandro, CA7−0.0878No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Chinese HospitalSan Francisco, CA101.03341% cut$66KAbove the national median on 3 of 3 measures
7Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma CtrSan Francisco, CA100.49791% cut$1.1MAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8UCSF Health Saint Francis HospitalSan Francisco, CA10−0.0598No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050320/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.