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HospitalMidstate Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$172K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 070017

1Hospital

Midstate Medical Center

2Location

Meriden, CT (Connecticut’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 06450

New Haven County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 144 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

−0.9364

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $381K, likely $290⁠–⁠479K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.9364 for Midstate Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $381K estimate 1% of about $38.1M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 1.3163 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $290–479K

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: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364 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: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364

Higher than 4% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 5 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  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.

None of the measures CMS scored it on is above the national median, so no single measure at the median would lower its score.

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 0.
  • 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 98% 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 value0.7124

    Z-score−1.4834

    Part of score−0.2472

  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 83% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.150

    Z-score−1.0585

    Part of score−0.1764

  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

    Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.3186

    Part of score−0.2198

  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 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.690

    Z-score−0.2745

    Part of score−0.0458

  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 74% 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 value0.189

    Z-score−0.7303

    Part of score−0.1217

  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 76% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.337

    Z-score−0.7530

    Part of score−0.1255

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 900.71240.9623−1.4834−0.2472Better than 98% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.1500.559−1.0585−0.1764Better than 83% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.0000.489−1.3186−0.2198Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.6900.795−0.2745−0.0458Better than 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.1890.346−0.7303−0.1217Better than 74% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.3370.641−0.7530−0.1255Better than 76% 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.

(−1.4834PSI 90−1.0585CLABSI−1.3186CAUTI−0.2745SSI−0.7303CDI−0.7530MRSA)÷6measures=−0.9364Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.9364; CMS reports −0.9364. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 1.3163 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.9364, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.4834 divided by 6 = −0.2472PSI 90−0.2472 CLABSI: z‑score −1.0585 divided by 6 = −0.1764CLABSI−0.1764 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score −0.2745 divided by 6 = −0.0458SSI−0.0458 CDI: z‑score −0.7303 divided by 6 = −0.1217CDI−0.1217 MRSA: z‑score −0.7530 divided by 6 = −0.1255MRSA−0.1255 Total HAC Score: −0.9364Score−0.9364 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.0−0.50.00.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.4834 divided by 6 = −0.2472PSI 90−0.2472 CLABSI: z‑score −1.0585 divided by 6 = −0.1764CLABSI−0.1764 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score −0.2745 divided by 6 = −0.0458SSI−0.0458 CDI: z‑score −0.7303 divided by 6 = −0.1217CDI−0.1217 MRSA: z‑score −0.7530 divided by 6 = −0.1255MRSA−0.1255 Total HAC Score: −0.9364Score−0.9364 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.0−0.50.00.5

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 90−1.4834−0.2472−0.2472
CLABSI−1.0585−0.1764−0.4236
CAUTI−1.3186−0.2198−0.6434
SSI−0.2745−0.0458−0.6892
CDI−0.7303−0.1217−0.8109
MRSA−0.7530−0.1255−0.9364
Total HAC Score−0.9364
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, 1.3163 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 1.3163 higher, the cut would have been about $381K 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 $381K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $381K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $381K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $381Kat 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: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364

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−$381,013
This hospital−0.9364$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$381,013

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.

($38,273,095payment−$201,652readmissions+$29,854value-based)×1%the cut=$381,013at stake

$381,013at stake÷2,343traditional Medicare stays=$163per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $381K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$202K and +$30K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $32,524,594
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $791,974
Outliers: unusually costly stays $841,736
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,672,436
Uncompensated care $1,442,355
Total, before the three programs $38,273,095
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9938 − 1) −$201,652
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0009 − 1) +$29,854
After these two $38,101,297
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $381,013 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$202K to −$138K −$171,798

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)$32,524,594
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$791,974
Outliers: unusually costly stays$841,736
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,672,436
Uncompensated care$1,442,355
Total, before the three programs$38,273,095
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9938 − 1))−$201,652
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0009 − 1))+$29,854
After these two$38,101,297
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $381,013)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$202K to −$138K)−$171,798

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−0.9364same
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 −0.9364 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 $381K 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 0.7124 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.150 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.000 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.690 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.189 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.337 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. Each bar is one measure’s part of this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.9364: its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored.
  • PSI 90 −0.2472
  • CLABSI −0.1764
  • CAUTI −0.2198
  • SSI −0.0458
  • CDI −0.1217
  • MRSA −0.1255

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 90−1.4834−0.2472same
CLABSI−1.0585−0.1764same
CAUTI−1.3186−0.2198same
SSI−0.2745−0.0458same
CDI−0.7303−0.1217same
MRSA−0.7530−0.1255same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/070017/

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 5 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 5 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.0500, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.7400, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 1.3259, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score 1.337, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.7945, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.7729, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.5734, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.2675, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5966, higher than 15% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.9364, higher than 4% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.0500, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.7400, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 1.3259, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score 1.337, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.7945, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.7729, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.5734, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.2675, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5966, higher than 15% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.9364, higher than 4% 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
FY20155.050044.6%not cut
FY20163.500016.7%not cut
FY20175.740056.9%not cut
FY20181.325996.7%cut
FY20191.33796.7%cut
FY20200.794591.7%cut
FY20210.772991.9%cut
FY20220.573485.7%cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.267534.0%not cut
FY2025−0.596615.9%not cut
FY2026−0.93644.9%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. 5 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.91 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.914CLABSI, 2018: 1.479CLABSI, 2019: 0.354CLABSI, 2021: 2.929CLABSI, 2022: 1.357CLABSI, 2023: 0.274CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.75 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.747CAUTI, 2018: 0.269CAUTI, 2019: 0.885CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.000CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 2.00 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.995SSI, colon, 2018: 1.737SSI, colon, 2019: 1.288SSI, colon, 2021: 0.294SSI, colon, 2022: 1.523SSI, colon, 2023: 0.980SSI, colon, 2024: 0.519 MRSA 0.77 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.766MRSA, 2018: 0.561MRSA, 2019: 0.479MRSA, 2021: 0.000MRSA, 2022: 0.991MRSA, 2023: 0.381MRSA, 2024: 0.302 C. diff 1.69 → 0.23 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.686C. diff, 2018: 1.171C. diff, 2019: 0.686C. diff, 2021: 0.165C. diff, 2022: 0.303C. diff, 2023: 0.150C. diff, 2024: 0.229 CLABSI 0.91 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.914CLABSI, 2018: 1.479CLABSI, 2019: 0.354CLABSI, 2021: 2.929CLABSI, 2022: 1.357CLABSI, 2023: 0.274CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 0.75 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.747CAUTI, 2018: 0.269CAUTI, 2019: 0.885CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.000CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 2.00 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.995SSI, colon, 2018: 1.737SSI, colon, 2019: 1.288SSI, colon, 2021: 0.294SSI, colon, 2022: 1.523SSI, colon, 2023: 0.980SSI, colon, 2024: 0.519 MRSA 0.77 → 0.30 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.766MRSA, 2018: 0.561MRSA, 2019: 0.479MRSA, 2021: 0.000MRSA, 2022: 0.991MRSA, 2023: 0.381MRSA, 2024: 0.302 C. diff 1.69 → 0.23 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.686C. diff, 2018: 1.171C. diff, 2019: 0.686C. diff, 2021: 0.165C. diff, 2022: 0.303C. diff, 2023: 0.150C. diff, 2024: 0.229

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
20170.9140.7471.9950.7661.686
20181.4790.2691.7370.5611.171
20190.3540.8851.2880.4790.686
20212.9290.0000.2940.0000.165
20221.3570.0001.5230.9910.303
20230.2740.0000.9800.3810.150
20240.0000.0000.5190.3020.229

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 Connecticut, its score is higher than 0% of the other 24 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 12% (Connecticut) to 28% (Northeast region).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut Connecticut: CMS cut 3 of 25 (12%); middle score −0.2172Connecticut 25 hospitals12% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% 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: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut Connecticut: CMS cut 3 of 25 (12%); middle score −0.2172Connecticut25 hospitals12% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% 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: −0.9364 This hospital −0.9364

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%−0.04534%
Northeast region43612428%0.04782%
Connecticut25312%−0.21720%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.10537%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.07324%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.01342%
Urban2,24151023%−0.05744%
This hospital−0.9364
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 8 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Hartford Hospital, Hartford: score −0.5051, not cut, 15 miles87. Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury: score 0.0060, not cut, 13 miles76. John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect, Farmington: score 0.4055, cut, 13 miles65. Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven: score −0.1193, not cut, 12 miles54. Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury: score −0.3660, not cut, 12 miles43. Bristol Hospital, Bristol: score −0.0894, not cut, 11 miles32. The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain: score −0.2623, not cut, 8 miles21. Middlesex Hospital, Middletown: score −0.2172, not cut, 8 miles1This hospital: Midstate Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, CT8−0.2172not cut
The Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, CT8−0.2623not cut
Bristol Hospital, Bristol, CT11−0.0894not cut
Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT12−0.3660not cut
Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT12−0.1193not cut
John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connect, Farmington, CT130.4055cut
Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT130.0060not cut
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT15−0.5051not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Middlesex HospitalMiddletown, CT8−0.2172No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
2The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNew Britain, CT8−0.2623No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Bristol HospitalBristol, CT11−0.0894No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
4Saint Mary's HospitalWaterbury, CT12−0.3660No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Yale-New Haven HospitalNew Haven, CT12−0.1193No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6John Dempsey Hospital of the University of ConnectFarmington, CT130.40551% cut$889KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Waterbury HospitalWaterbury, CT130.0060No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Hartford HospitalHartford, CT15−0.5051No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Midstate Medical Center, Meriden, CT: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/070017/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.