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HospitalSky Ridge Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$429K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 060112

1Hospital

Sky Ridge Medical Center

2Location

Lone Tree, CO (Colorado’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 80124

Douglas County

3Type

Minor teaching · 304 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

3 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

0.1607

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $530K, likely $404⁠–⁠666K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1607 for Sky Ridge Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $530K estimate 1% of about $53.0M, 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 0.2192 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $404–666K

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: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607 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: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607

Higher than 62% 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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.2407, to −0.0800. Try it in the what-if

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

    Better than 51% 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 value0.9577

    Z-score−0.2145

    Part of score−0.0358

  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 85% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.060

    Z-score1.0525

    Part of score+0.1754

  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 74% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.746

    Z-score0.4796

    Part of score+0.0799

  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 88% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.638

    Z-score1.3494

    Part of score+0.2249

  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

    Better than 65% 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 value0.244

    Z-score−0.5174

    Part of score−0.0862

  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 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.130

    Z-score−1.1856

    Part of score−0.1976

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 900.95770.9623−0.2145−0.0358Better than 51% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.0600.5591.0525+0.1754Worse than 85% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.7460.4890.4796+0.0799Worse than 74% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.6380.7951.3494+0.2249Worse than 88% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2440.346−0.5174−0.0862Better than 65% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.1300.641−1.1856−0.1976Better than 87% 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.

(−0.2145PSI 90+1.0525CLABSI+0.4796CAUTI+1.3494SSI−0.5174CDI−1.1856MRSA)÷6measures=0.1607Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2192 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1607, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2145 divided by 6 = −0.0358PSI 90−0.0358 CLABSI: z‑score 1.0525 divided by 6 = +0.1754CLABSI+0.1754 CAUTI: z‑score 0.4796 divided by 6 = +0.0799CAUTI+0.0799 SSI: z‑score 1.3494 divided by 6 = +0.2249SSI+0.2249 CDI: z‑score −0.5174 divided by 6 = −0.0862CDI−0.0862 MRSA: z‑score −1.1856 divided by 6 = −0.1976MRSA−0.1976 Total HAC Score: 0.1607Score0.1607 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.40.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2145 divided by 6 = −0.0358PSI 90−0.0358 CLABSI: z‑score 1.0525 divided by 6 = +0.1754CLABSI+0.1754 CAUTI: z‑score 0.4796 divided by 6 = +0.0799CAUTI+0.0799 SSI: z‑score 1.3494 divided by 6 = +0.2249SSI+0.2249 CDI: z‑score −0.5174 divided by 6 = −0.0862CDI−0.0862 MRSA: z‑score −1.1856 divided by 6 = −0.1976MRSA−0.1976 Total HAC Score: 0.1607Score0.1607 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.40.5

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 90−0.2145−0.0358−0.0358
CLABSI1.0525+0.17540.1396
CAUTI0.4796+0.07990.2195
SSI1.3494+0.22490.4444
CDI−0.5174−0.08620.3582
MRSA−1.1856−0.19760.1606
Total HAC Score0.1607
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, 0.2192 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.2192 higher, the cut would have been about $530K 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 $530K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $530K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $530K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $530Kat 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: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607

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−$530,148
This hospital0.1607$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$530,148

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.

($46,510,905payment+$6,932,975teaching, MA stays−$239,367readmissions−$189,718value-based)×1%the cut=$530,148at stake

$530,148at stake÷2,508traditional Medicare stays=$211per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $530K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$239K and −$190K.

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 $36,267,722
Teaching (indirect medical education) $4,660,402
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $6,932,975
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $240,092
Outliers: unusually costly stays $410,913
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,358,298
Uncompensated care $1,573,478
Total, before the three programs $53,443,880
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9934 − 1) −$239,367
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9948 − 1) −$189,718
After these two $53,014,795
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $530,148 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$504K to −$345K −$429,085

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)$36,267,722
Teaching (indirect medical education)$4,660,402
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$6,932,975
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$240,092
Outliers: unusually costly stays$410,913
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,358,298
Uncompensated care$1,573,478
Total, before the three programs$53,443,880
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9934 − 1))−$239,367
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9948 − 1))−$189,718
After these two$53,014,795
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $530,148)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$504K to −$345K)−$429,085

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 Score0.1607same
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 0.1607 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 $530K 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 1.1453
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.289
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.582
MRSAup to 0.757

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 0.9577 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.060 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.746 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.638 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.244 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.130 · 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 0.1607 among its measured results: +0.2249.
  • PSI 90 −0.0358
  • CLABSI +0.1754
  • CAUTI +0.0799
  • SSI +0.2249
  • CDI −0.0862
  • MRSA −0.1976

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 90−0.2145−0.0358same
CLABSI1.0525+0.1754same
CAUTI0.4796+0.0799same
SSI1.3494+0.2249same
CDI−0.5174−0.0862same
MRSA−1.1856−0.1976same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/060112/

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 6.0750, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.7000, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3912, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.204, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2501, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.4627, higher than 21% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5596, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3384, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1161, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1607, higher than 62% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0750, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.7000, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3912, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.204, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2501, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.4627, higher than 21% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5596, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3384, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.1161, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1607, higher than 62% 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
FY20156.075061.5%not cut
FY20166.000056.2%not cut
FY20174.700036.3%not cut
FY2018−0.391225.9%not cut
FY2019−0.20437.1%not cut
FY2020−0.250133.4%not cut
FY2021−0.462721.4%not cut
FY2022−0.559617.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.338429.0%not cut
FY2025−0.116143.8%not cut
FY20260.160762.3%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 0.38 → 1.16 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.377CLABSI, 2018: 0.355CLABSI, 2019: 0.510CLABSI, 2021: 0.371CLABSI, 2022: 0.794CLABSI, 2023: 0.960CLABSI, 2024: 1.161 CAUTI 1.02 → 0.99 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.023CAUTI, 2018: 0.959CAUTI, 2019: 0.731CAUTI, 2021: 1.299CAUTI, 2022: 0.627CAUTI, 2023: 0.499CAUTI, 2024: 0.991 SSI, colon 1.11 → 0.83 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.115SSI, colon, 2018: 0.154SSI, colon, 2019: 0.170SSI, colon, 2021: 1.265SSI, colon, 2022: 0.369SSI, colon, 2023: 1.495SSI, colon, 2024: 0.828 SSI, hysterectomy 0.40 → 4.17 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.398SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.040SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.743SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.931SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.917SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.496SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 4.165 MRSA 1.34 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.345MRSA, 2018: 0.272MRSA, 2019: 0.334MRSA, 2021: 0.243MRSA, 2022: 0.460MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.240 C. diff 0.68 → 0.26 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.678C. diff, 2018: 0.916C. diff, 2019: 0.284C. diff, 2021: 0.328C. diff, 2022: 0.183C. diff, 2023: 0.223C. diff, 2024: 0.263 CLABSI 0.38 → 1.16 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.377CLABSI, 2018: 0.355CLABSI, 2019: 0.510CLABSI, 2021: 0.371CLABSI, 2022: 0.794CLABSI, 2023: 0.960CLABSI, 2024: 1.161 CAUTI 1.02 → 0.99 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.023CAUTI, 2018: 0.959CAUTI, 2019: 0.731CAUTI, 2021: 1.299CAUTI, 2022: 0.627CAUTI, 2023: 0.499CAUTI, 2024: 0.991 SSI, colon 1.11 → 0.83 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.115SSI, colon, 2018: 0.154SSI, colon, 2019: 0.170SSI, colon, 2021: 1.265SSI, colon, 2022: 0.369SSI, colon, 2023: 1.495SSI, colon, 2024: 0.828 SSI, hysterectomy 0.40 → 4.17 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.398SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.040SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.743SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.931SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.917SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.496SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 4.165 MRSA 1.34 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.345MRSA, 2018: 0.272MRSA, 2019: 0.334MRSA, 2021: 0.243MRSA, 2022: 0.460MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.240 C. diff 0.68 → 0.26 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.678C. diff, 2018: 0.916C. diff, 2019: 0.284C. diff, 2021: 0.328C. diff, 2022: 0.183C. diff, 2023: 0.223C. diff, 2024: 0.263

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
20170.3771.0231.1150.3981.3450.678
20180.3550.9590.1541.0400.2720.916
20190.5100.7310.1700.7430.3340.284
20210.3711.2991.2651.9310.2430.328
20220.7940.6270.3690.9170.4600.183
20230.9600.4991.4952.4960.0000.223
20241.1610.9910.8284.1650.2400.263

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 Colorado, its score is higher than 68% of the other 48 scored there.

In Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area, its score is higher than 73% of the other 19 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 5% (Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area) to 26% (West region).
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 Colorado: CMS cut 7 of 49 (14%); middle score −0.1239Colorado 49 hospitals14% cut Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area: CMS cut 1 of 20 (5%); middle score −0.1082Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area20 hospitals5% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% 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: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607 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 Colorado: CMS cut 7 of 49 (14%); middle score −0.1239Colorado49 hospitals14% cut Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area: CMS cut 1 of 20 (5%); middle score −0.1082Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area20 hospitals5% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% 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: 0.1607 This hospital 0.1607

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%−0.045362%
West region59315726%−0.030261%
Colorado49714%−0.123968%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO area2015%−0.108273%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056765%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038465%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013461%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057464%
This hospital0.1607
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 6 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. HCA Healthone Rose, Denver: score −0.7646, not cut, 14 miles87. The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital, Aurora: score 0.5599, cut, 11 miles76. AdventHealth Porter, Denver: score −0.4066, not cut, 11 miles65. HCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical Center, Englewood: score −0.4831, not cut, 10 miles54. AdventHealth Castle Rock, Castle Rock: score −0.3618, not cut, 9 miles43. UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, Highlands Ranch: score −0.5996, not cut, 7 miles32. AdventHealth Littleton, Littleton: score 0.2391, not cut, 7 miles21. AdventHealth Parker, Parker: score −0.0329, not cut, 6 miles1This hospital: Sky Ridge Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
AdventHealth Parker, Parker, CO6−0.0329not cut
AdventHealth Littleton, Littleton, CO70.2391not cut
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital, Highlands Ranch, CO7−0.5996not cut
AdventHealth Castle Rock, Castle Rock, CO9−0.3618not cut
HCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO10−0.4831not cut
AdventHealth Porter, Denver, CO11−0.4066not cut
The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital, Aurora, CO110.5599cut
HCA Healthone Rose, Denver, CO14−0.7646not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1AdventHealth ParkerParker, CO6−0.0329No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
2AdventHealth LittletonLittleton, CO70.2391No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3UCHealth Highlands Ranch HospitalHighlands Ranch, CO7−0.5996No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
4AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO9−0.3618No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5HCA-Healthone dba Swedish Medical CenterEnglewood, CO10−0.4831No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6AdventHealth PorterDenver, CO11−0.4066No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
7The Medical Center of Aurora & South HospitalAurora, CO110.55991% cut$507KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8HCA Healthone RoseDenver, CO14−0.7646No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Sky Ridge Medical Center, Lone Tree, CO: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/060112/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.