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HospitalHoward University Hospital Corp Estimated FY2026 net: −$451K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 090003

1Hospital

Howard University Hospital Corp

2Location

Washington, DC (District of Columbia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 20060

District of Columbia

3Type

Major teaching · 479 beds · Nonprofit · 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

0.5994

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$390K estimate
Likely $297⁠–⁠490K; about $308 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$390K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5994 for Howard University Hospital Corp and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $39.0M, 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: about $308 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $297–490K

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 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: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994 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: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994

Higher than 83% 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. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  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 PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.4490, to 0.1504. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; PSI 90 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.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse 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 value1.6360

    Z-score2.5111

    Part of score+0.4185

  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 50% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.553

    Z-score−0.1236

    Part of score−0.0206

  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 72% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.732

    Z-score0.4459

    Part of score+0.0743

  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 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4565

    Part of score−0.2428

  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 87% 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 value0.706

    Z-score1.2715

    Part of score+0.2119

  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 83% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.151

    Z-score0.9482

    Part of score+0.1580

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 901.63600.96232.5111+0.4185Worse than 98% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5530.559−0.1236−0.0206Better than 50% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.7320.4890.4459+0.0743Worse than 72% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.0000.795−1.4565−0.2428Better than 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.7060.3461.2715+0.2119Worse than 87% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.1510.6410.9482+0.1580Worse than 83% 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.

(2.5111PSI 90−0.1236CLABSI+0.4459CAUTI−1.4565SSI+1.2715CDI+0.9482MRSA)÷6measures=0.5994Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2202 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.5994, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1236 divided by 6 = −0.0206CLABSI−0.0206 CAUTI: z‑score 0.4459 divided by 6 = +0.0743CAUTI+0.0743 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score 1.2715 divided by 6 = +0.2119CDI+0.2119 MRSA: z‑score 0.9482 divided by 6 = +0.1580MRSA+0.1580 Total HAC Score: 0.5994Score0.5994 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1236 divided by 6 = −0.0206CLABSI−0.0206 CAUTI: z‑score 0.4459 divided by 6 = +0.0743CAUTI+0.0743 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score 1.2715 divided by 6 = +0.2119CDI+0.2119 MRSA: z‑score 0.9482 divided by 6 = +0.1580MRSA+0.1580 Total HAC Score: 0.5994Score0.5994 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6

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 902.5111+0.41850.4185
CLABSI−0.1236−0.02060.3979
CAUTI0.4459+0.07430.4722
SSI−1.4565−0.24280.2294
CDI1.2715+0.21190.4413
MRSA0.9482+0.15800.5993
Total HAC Score0.5994
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, 0.2202 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $390K 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 $390K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $390K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $390K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $390Kat 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: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994

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−$389,825
This hospital0.5994−$389,825
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$389,825

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.

($32,489,180payment+$6,554,588teaching, MA stays−$94,664readmissions+$33,378value-based)×1%the cut=$389,825HAC cut

$389,825HAC cut÷1,267traditional Medicare stays=$308per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $390K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$95K and +$33K.

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 $16,607,705
Teaching (indirect medical education) $7,491,569
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $6,554,588
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,700,629
Outliers: unusually costly stays $2,058,525
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,177,977
Uncompensated care $2,452,775
Total, before the three programs $39,043,768
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9943 − 1) −$94,664
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0020 − 1) +$33,378
After these two $38,982,482
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $297⁠–⁠490K −$389,825
Net of the three programs likely −$530K to −$363K −$451,111

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)$16,607,705
Teaching (indirect medical education)$7,491,569
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$6,554,588
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,700,629
Outliers: unusually costly stays$2,058,525
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,177,977
Uncompensated care$2,452,775
Total, before the three programs$39,043,768
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9943 − 1))−$94,664
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0020 − 1))+$33,378
After these two$38,982,482
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $297–490K)−$389,825
Net of the three programs (likely −$530K to −$363K)−$451,111

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 Score0.5994same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$390Ksame

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 0.5994 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 $390K, 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 901.1588 or lower
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTI0.183 or lower
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDI0.364 or lower
MRSA0.518 or lower

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 1.6360 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.553 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.732 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.000 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.706 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.151 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.5994 among its measured results: +0.4185.
  • PSI 90 +0.4185
  • CLABSI −0.0206
  • CAUTI +0.0743
  • SSI −0.2428
  • CDI +0.2119
  • MRSA +0.1580

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 902.5111+0.4185same
CLABSI−0.1236−0.0206same
CAUTI0.4459+0.0743same
SSI−1.4565−0.2428same
CDI1.2715+0.2119same
MRSA0.9482+0.1580same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/090003/

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 6 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.5750, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.4100, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2716, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3248, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6359, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.9027, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.7974, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.3219, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.5339, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5994, higher than 83% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.5750, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.4100, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2716, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.3248, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6359, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.9027, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.7974, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.3219, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.5339, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5994, higher than 83% 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
FY20156.575067.2%not cut
FY20168.000089.1%cut
FY20175.410050.2%not cut
FY20180.271670.8%not cut
FY20190.324873.8%not cut
FY20200.635987.3%cut
FY20210.902794.3%cut
FY20220.797491.6%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.321972.2%not cut
FY20250.533982.9%cut
FY20260.599483.8%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 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 4.20 → 0.37 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 4.201CLABSI, 2018: 4.038CLABSI, 2019: 2.215CLABSI, 2021: 1.741CLABSI, 2022: 1.325CLABSI, 2023: 0.729CLABSI, 2024: 0.373 CAUTI 0.72 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.721CAUTI, 2018: 1.548CAUTI, 2019: 0.821CAUTI, 2021: 1.139CAUTI, 2022: 0.747CAUTI, 2023: 0.756CAUTI, 2024: 0.709 SSI, colon 1.96 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.963SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 1.74 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.739MRSA, 2018: 2.397MRSA, 2019: 1.390MRSA, 2021: 1.109MRSA, 2022: 0.573MRSA, 2023: 1.741MRSA, 2024: 0.570 C. diff 0.00 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.519C. diff, 2019: 0.585C. diff, 2021: 1.126C. diff, 2022: 0.651C. diff, 2023: 0.646C. diff, 2024: 0.769 CLABSI 4.20 → 0.37 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 4.201CLABSI, 2018: 4.038CLABSI, 2019: 2.215CLABSI, 2021: 1.741CLABSI, 2022: 1.325CLABSI, 2023: 0.729CLABSI, 2024: 0.373 CAUTI 0.72 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.721CAUTI, 2018: 1.548CAUTI, 2019: 0.821CAUTI, 2021: 1.139CAUTI, 2022: 0.747CAUTI, 2023: 0.756CAUTI, 2024: 0.709 SSI, colon 1.96 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.963SSI, colon, 2018: 0.000SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 1.74 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.739MRSA, 2018: 2.397MRSA, 2019: 1.390MRSA, 2021: 1.109MRSA, 2022: 0.573MRSA, 2023: 1.741MRSA, 2024: 0.570 C. diff 0.00 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.519C. diff, 2019: 0.585C. diff, 2021: 1.126C. diff, 2022: 0.651C. diff, 2023: 0.646C. diff, 2024: 0.769

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
20174.2010.7211.9631.7390.000
20184.0381.5480.0002.3970.519
20192.2150.8210.0001.3900.585
20211.7411.1391.1091.126
20221.3250.7470.0000.5730.651
20230.7290.7560.0001.7410.646
20240.3730.7090.0000.5700.769

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 District of Columbia, its score is higher than 100% of the other 5 scored there.

In Washington, DC-MD area, its score is higher than 90% of the other 10 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 17% (District of Columbia) to 32% (Major teaching).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut District of Columbia: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score 0.0432District of Columbia 6 hospitals17% cut Washington, DC-MD area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score 0.0306Washington, DC-MD area 6 hospitals17% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% 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: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region1,174 hospitals22% cut District of Columbia: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score 0.0432District of Columbia6 hospitals17% cut Washington, DC-MD area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score 0.0306Washington, DC-MD area6 hospitals17% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% 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: 0.5994 This hospital 0.5994

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%−0.045383%
South region1,17426322%−0.105684%
District of Columbia6117%0.0432100%
Washington, DC-MD area6117%0.030690%
Major teaching42413632%0.178079%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038489%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013483%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057485%
This hospital0.5994
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 none of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is about a mile away.
5 mi8. Suburban Hospital, Bethesda: score 0.7745, not subject, 7 miles87. Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring: score 0.4640, not subject, 7 miles76. United Medical Center, Washington: score −0.1729, not cut, 6 miles65. Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington: score 0.1258, not cut, 6 miles54. Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington: score 0.0558, not cut, 5 miles43. MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington: score 0.0306, not cut, 3 miles32. George Washington Univ Hospital, Washington: score 0.3419, not cut, 2 miles21. MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington: score −0.3612, not cut, about a mile1This hospital: Howard University Hospital Corp

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC1−0.3612not cut
George Washington Univ Hospital, Washington, DC20.3419not cut
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC30.0306not cut
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC50.0558not cut
Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA60.1258not cut
United Medical Center, Washington, DC6−0.1729not cut
Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD70.4640not subject
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD70.7745not subject

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC1−0.3612No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
2George Washington Univ HospitalWashington, DC20.3419No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3MedStar Georgetown University HospitalWashington, DC30.0306No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Sibley Memorial HospitalWashington, DC50.0558No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
5Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA60.1258No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6United Medical CenterWashington, DC6−0.1729No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
7Holy Cross HospitalSilver Spring, MD70.4640N/A$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Suburban HospitalBethesda, MD70.7745N/A$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Howard University Hospital Corp, Washington, DC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/090003/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.