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HospitalKaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Estimated FY2026 net: −$77K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 050425

1Hospital

Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento

2Location

Sacramento, CA (California’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 95825

Sacramento County

3Type

Minor teaching · 628 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.2594

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $242K, likely $184⁠–⁠304K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.2594 for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $242K estimate 1% of about $24.2M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays. Its score was 0.1205 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $184–304K

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.

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: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594 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: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594

Higher than 68% 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. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25Cut
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.1559, to 0.1035. 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 54% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.9713

    Z-score−0.1195

    Part of score−0.0199

  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 69% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.783

    Z-score0.4099

    Part of score+0.0683

  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 67% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.654

    Z-score0.2579

    Part of score+0.0430

  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 80% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.341

    Z-score0.8407

    Part of score+0.1401

  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 60% 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 value0.414

    Z-score0.1409

    Part of score+0.0235

  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 56% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.710

    Z-score0.0266

    Part of score+0.0044

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.97130.9623−0.1195−0.0199Worse than 54% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7830.5590.4099+0.0683Worse than 69% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.6540.4890.2579+0.0430Worse than 67% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.3410.7950.8407+0.1401Worse than 80% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.4140.3460.1409+0.0235Worse than 60% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.7100.6410.0266+0.0044Worse than 56% 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.

(−0.1195PSI 90+0.4099CLABSI+0.2579CAUTI+0.8407SSI+0.1409CDI+0.0266MRSA)÷6measures=0.2594Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1205 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.2594, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1195 divided by 6 = −0.0199PSI 90−0.0199 CLABSI: z‑score 0.4099 divided by 6 = +0.0683CLABSI+0.0683 CAUTI: z‑score 0.2579 divided by 6 = +0.0430CAUTI+0.0430 SSI: z‑score 0.8407 divided by 6 = +0.1401SSI+0.1401 CDI: z‑score 0.1409 divided by 6 = +0.0235CDI+0.0235 MRSA: z‑score 0.0266 divided by 6 = +0.0044MRSA+0.0044 Total HAC Score: 0.2594Score0.2594 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1195 divided by 6 = −0.0199PSI 90−0.0199 CLABSI: z‑score 0.4099 divided by 6 = +0.0683CLABSI+0.0683 CAUTI: z‑score 0.2579 divided by 6 = +0.0430CAUTI+0.0430 SSI: z‑score 0.8407 divided by 6 = +0.1401SSI+0.1401 CDI: z‑score 0.1409 divided by 6 = +0.0235CDI+0.0235 MRSA: z‑score 0.0266 divided by 6 = +0.0044MRSA+0.0044 Total HAC Score: 0.2594Score0.2594 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.1195−0.0199−0.0199
CLABSI0.4099+0.06830.0484
CAUTI0.2579+0.04300.0914
SSI0.8407+0.14010.2315
CDI0.1409+0.02350.2550
MRSA0.0266+0.00440.2594
Total HAC Score0.2594
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, 0.1205 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.1205 higher, the cut would have been about $242K 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 $242K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $242K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $242K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $242Kat 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: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594

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−$241,766
This hospital0.2594$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$241,766

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.

($17,821,391payment+$6,432,628teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions−$77,429value-based)×1%the cut=$241,766at stake

$241,766at stake÷792traditional Medicare stays=$305per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $242K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$77K.

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 $13,205,988
Teaching (indirect medical education) $676,411
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $6,432,628
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $390,765
Outliers: unusually costly stays $961,528
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,128,918
Uncompensated care $1,457,781
Total, before the three programs $24,254,019
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9941 − 1) −$77,429
After these two $24,176,590
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $241,766 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$91K to −$62K −$77,429

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)$13,205,988
Teaching (indirect medical education)$676,411
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$6,432,628
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$390,765
Outliers: unusually costly stays$961,528
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,128,918
Uncompensated care$1,457,781
Total, before the three programs$24,254,019
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9941 − 1))−$77,429
After these two$24,176,590
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $241,766)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$91K to −$62K)−$77,429

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 Score0.2594same
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 0.2594 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 $242K 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 90up to 1.0741
CLABSIup to 1.092
CAUTIup to 0.952
SSIup to 1.760
CDIup to 0.599
MRSAup to 1.053

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 0.9713 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.783 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.654 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.341 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.414 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.710 · 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 0.2594 among its measured results: +0.1401.
  • PSI 90 −0.0199
  • CLABSI +0.0683
  • CAUTI +0.0430
  • SSI +0.1401
  • CDI +0.0235
  • MRSA +0.0044

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 90−0.1195−0.0199same
CLABSI0.4099+0.0683same
CAUTI0.2579+0.0430same
SSI0.8407+0.1401same
CDI0.1409+0.0235same
MRSA0.0266+0.0044same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050425/

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 4 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 4.6000, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.8300, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.3949, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.4467, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2020: score −0.0412, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1555, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.6805, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.2892, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3799, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.2594, higher than 68% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.6000, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.8300, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.3949, higher than 77% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.4467, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2020: score −0.0412, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1555, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.6805, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.2892, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3799, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.2594, higher than 68% 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
FY20154.600034.7%not cut
FY20167.000076.6%cut
FY20176.830080.4%cut
FY20180.394977.1%cut
FY20190.446779.3%cut
FY2020−0.041249.2%not cut
FY20210.155564.8%not cut
FY20220.680588.7%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.289270.8%not cut
FY20250.379975.9%cut
FY20260.259468.2%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 0.62 → 0.55 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.620CLABSI, 2018: 0.323CLABSI, 2019: 0.737CLABSI, 2021: 1.052CLABSI, 2022: 1.337CLABSI, 2023: 1.018CLABSI, 2024: 0.554 CAUTI 1.68 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.682CAUTI, 2018: 1.017CAUTI, 2019: 1.196CAUTI, 2021: 0.785CAUTI, 2022: 0.740CAUTI, 2023: 0.704CAUTI, 2024: 0.599 SSI, colon 1.65 → 0.93 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.647SSI, colon, 2018: 1.599SSI, colon, 2019: 1.018SSI, colon, 2021: 1.973SSI, colon, 2022: 2.302SSI, colon, 2023: 1.826SSI, colon, 2024: 0.925 SSI, hysterectomy 0.57 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.568SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.572SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.712SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.244SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 3.200SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.852 MRSA 0.57 → 0.89 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.567MRSA, 2018: 0.463MRSA, 2019: 1.091MRSA, 2021: 2.421MRSA, 2022: 0.448MRSA, 2023: 0.545MRSA, 2024: 0.889 C. diff 0.49 → 0.46 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.490C. diff, 2018: 0.465C. diff, 2019: 0.444C. diff, 2021: 0.130C. diff, 2022: 0.203C. diff, 2023: 0.367C. diff, 2024: 0.460 CLABSI 0.62 → 0.55 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.620CLABSI, 2018: 0.323CLABSI, 2019: 0.737CLABSI, 2021: 1.052CLABSI, 2022: 1.337CLABSI, 2023: 1.018CLABSI, 2024: 0.554 CAUTI 1.68 → 0.60 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.682CAUTI, 2018: 1.017CAUTI, 2019: 1.196CAUTI, 2021: 0.785CAUTI, 2022: 0.740CAUTI, 2023: 0.704CAUTI, 2024: 0.599 SSI, colon 1.65 → 0.93 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.647SSI, colon, 2018: 1.599SSI, colon, 2019: 1.018SSI, colon, 2021: 1.973SSI, colon, 2022: 2.302SSI, colon, 2023: 1.826SSI, colon, 2024: 0.925 SSI, hysterectomy 0.57 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.568SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.572SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.712SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.244SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 3.200SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.852 MRSA 0.57 → 0.89 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.567MRSA, 2018: 0.463MRSA, 2019: 1.091MRSA, 2021: 2.421MRSA, 2022: 0.448MRSA, 2023: 0.545MRSA, 2024: 0.889 C. diff 0.49 → 0.46 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.490C. diff, 2018: 0.465C. diff, 2019: 0.444C. diff, 2021: 0.130C. diff, 2022: 0.203C. diff, 2023: 0.367C. diff, 2024: 0.460

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
20170.6201.6821.6470.5680.5670.490
20180.3231.0171.5990.5720.4630.465
20190.7371.1961.0183.7121.0910.444
20211.0520.7851.9731.2442.4210.130
20221.3370.7402.3023.2000.4480.203
20231.0180.7041.8260.5450.367
20240.5540.5990.9250.8520.8890.460

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 65% of the other 276 scored there.

In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area, its score is higher than 85% of the other 14 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 7% (Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area) to 29% (500 beds and up).
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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area: CMS cut 1 of 15 (7%); middle score −0.1543Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area15 hospitals7% 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: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area: CMS cut 1 of 15 (7%); middle score −0.1543Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area15 hospitals7% 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: 0.2594 This hospital 0.2594

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%−0.045368%
West region59315726%−0.030266%
California2777627%−0.021765%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA area1517%−0.154385%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056771%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132361%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013467%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057470%
This hospital0.2594
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville, Roseville: score 0.0049, not cut, 13 miles87. Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville: score −0.5440, not cut, 12 miles76. Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Sacramento: score 0.0575, not cut, 10 miles65. Kaiser Foundation Hosp So Sacramento, Sacramento: score 0.3227, not cut, 9 miles54. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael: score −0.6809, not cut, 6 miles43. University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento: score 0.8046, cut, 5 miles32. Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Sacramento: score −0.1080, not cut, 5 miles21. Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento: score −0.1543, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, CA4−0.1543not cut
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA5−0.1080not cut
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA50.8046cut
Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael, CA6−0.6809not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hosp So Sacramento, Sacramento, CA90.3227not cut
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA100.0575not cut
Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, CA12−0.5440not cut
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville, Roseville, CA130.0049not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Mercy General HospitalSacramento, CA4−0.1543No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Sutter Medical Center, SacramentoSacramento, CA5−0.1080No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3University of California Davis Medical CenterSacramento, CA50.80461% cut$3.3MAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
4Mercy San Juan Medical CenterCarmichael, CA6−0.6809No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
5Kaiser Foundation Hosp So SacramentoSacramento, CA90.3227No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Methodist Hospital of SacramentoSacramento, CA100.0575No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Sutter Roseville Medical CenterRoseville, CA12−0.5440No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Kaiser Foundation Hospital - RosevilleRoseville, CA130.0049No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento, Sacramento, CA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/050425/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.