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HospitalPalm Bay Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$205K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 100316

1Hospital

Palm Bay Hospital

2Location

Palm Bay, FL (Florida’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 32907

Brevard County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 152 beds · For-profit · Urban

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

−0.0899

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $263K, likely $200⁠–⁠331K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.0899 for Palm Bay Hospital and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $263K estimate 1% of about $26.3M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.4698 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $200–331K

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: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899 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: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899

Higher than 46% 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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.3511, to −0.4410. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; MRSA 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 90% 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 value0.8219

    Z-score−1.1627

    Part of score−0.1938

  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 56% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.627

    Z-score0.0480

    Part of score+0.0080

  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 70% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.299

    Z-score−0.5979

    Part of score−0.0997

  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 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.407

    Z-score−0.7593

    Part of score−0.1266

  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 52% 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 value0.363

    Z-score−0.0566

    Part of score−0.0094

  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.

    added the most

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 93% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.649

    Z-score1.9890

    Part of score+0.3315

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 900.82190.9623−1.1627−0.1938Better than 90% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.6270.5590.0480+0.0080Worse than 56% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.2990.489−0.5979−0.0997Better than 70% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.4070.795−0.7593−0.1266Better than 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3630.346−0.0566−0.0094Worse than 52% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.6490.6411.9890+0.3315Worse than 93% 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.

(−1.1627PSI 90+0.0480CLABSI−0.5979CAUTI−0.7593SSI−0.0566CDI+1.9890MRSA)÷6measures=−0.0899Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.0899; CMS reports −0.0899. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4698 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.0899, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.1627 divided by 6 = −0.1938PSI 90−0.1938 CLABSI: z‑score 0.0480 divided by 6 = +0.0080CLABSI+0.0080 CAUTI: z‑score −0.5979 divided by 6 = −0.0997CAUTI−0.0997 SSI: z‑score −0.7593 divided by 6 = −0.1266SSI−0.1266 CDI: z‑score −0.0566 divided by 6 = −0.0094CDI−0.0094 MRSA: z‑score 1.9890 divided by 6 = +0.3315MRSA+0.3315 Total HAC Score: −0.0899Score−0.0899 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.1627 divided by 6 = −0.1938PSI 90−0.1938 CLABSI: z‑score 0.0480 divided by 6 = +0.0080CLABSI+0.0080 CAUTI: z‑score −0.5979 divided by 6 = −0.0997CAUTI−0.0997 SSI: z‑score −0.7593 divided by 6 = −0.1266SSI−0.1266 CDI: z‑score −0.0566 divided by 6 = −0.0094CDI−0.0094 MRSA: z‑score 1.9890 divided by 6 = +0.3315MRSA+0.3315 Total HAC Score: −0.0899Score−0.0899 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−1.1627−0.1938−0.1938
CLABSI0.0480+0.0080−0.1858
CAUTI−0.5979−0.0997−0.2855
SSI−0.7593−0.1266−0.4121
CDI−0.0566−0.0094−0.4215
MRSA1.9890+0.3315−0.0900
Total HAC Score−0.0899
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, 0.4698 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.4698 higher, the cut would have been about $263K 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 $263K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $263K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $263K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $263Kat 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: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899

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−$263,033
This hospital−0.0899$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$263,033

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.

($26,508,372payment+$0readmissions−$205,082value-based)×1%the cut=$263,033at stake

$263,033at stake÷2,265traditional Medicare stays=$116per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $263K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$205K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $21,624,982
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $310,535
Outliers: unusually costly stays $179,055
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,763,624
Uncompensated care $2,630,176
Total, before the three programs $26,508,372
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9905 − 1) −$205,082
After these two $26,303,290
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $263,033 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$241K to −$165K −$205,082

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)$21,624,982
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$310,535
Outliers: unusually costly stays$179,055
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,763,624
Uncompensated care$2,630,176
Total, before the three programs$26,508,372
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9905 − 1))−$205,082
After these two$26,303,290
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $263,033)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$241K to −$165K)−$205,082

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−0.0899same
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 −0.0899 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 $263K 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 1.2250
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.466
SSIup to 2.050
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 0.8219 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.627 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.299 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.407 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.363 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.649 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. MRSA added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.0899 among its measured results: +0.3315.
  • PSI 90 −0.1938
  • CLABSI +0.0080
  • CAUTI −0.0997
  • SSI −0.1266
  • CDI −0.0094
  • MRSA +0.3315

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 90−1.1627−0.1938same
CLABSI0.0480+0.0080same
CAUTI−0.5979−0.0997same
SSI−0.7593−0.1266same
CDI−0.0566−0.0094same
MRSA1.9890+0.3315same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/100316/

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 6.0250, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.3200, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.6917, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.852, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2908, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0486, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5073, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2750, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1942, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0899, higher than 46% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.0250, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.3200, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.6917, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.852, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2908, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0486, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5073, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2750, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1942, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0899, higher than 46% 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
FY20156.025060.2%not cut
FY20164.500030.4%not cut
FY20174.320031.0%not cut
FY2018−0.691714.0%not cut
FY2019−0.85211.0%not cut
FY2020−0.290831.0%not cut
FY20210.048656.3%not cut
FY2022−0.507319.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.275069.9%not cut
FY20250.194265.3%not cut
FY2026−0.089946.8%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. 1 of its 4 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CAUTI 0.00 → 0.59 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.674CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.590 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.42 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.601SSI, colon, 2019: 0.693SSI, colon, 2021: 1.281SSI, colon, 2022: 1.399SSI, colon, 2023: 0.394SSI, colon, 2024: 0.425 MRSA 0.60 → 2.31 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.596MRSA, 2018: 4.205MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 5.013MRSA, 2022: 1.858MRSA, 2023: 0.962MRSA, 2024: 2.307 C. diff 0.64 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.639C. diff, 2018: 0.809C. diff, 2019: 0.679C. diff, 2021: 0.684C. diff, 2022: 0.388C. diff, 2023: 0.241C. diff, 2024: 0.485 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.59 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.674CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.590 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.42 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.601SSI, colon, 2019: 0.693SSI, colon, 2021: 1.281SSI, colon, 2022: 1.399SSI, colon, 2023: 0.394SSI, colon, 2024: 0.425 MRSA 0.60 → 2.31 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.596MRSA, 2018: 4.205MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 5.013MRSA, 2022: 1.858MRSA, 2023: 0.962MRSA, 2024: 2.307 C. diff 0.64 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.639C. diff, 2018: 0.809C. diff, 2019: 0.679C. diff, 2021: 0.684C. diff, 2022: 0.388C. diff, 2023: 0.241C. diff, 2024: 0.485

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 yearCAUTISSI, colonMRSAC. diff
20170.0000.5960.639
20180.6014.2050.809
20190.6930.0000.679
20210.0001.2815.0130.684
20220.6741.3991.8580.388
20230.0000.3940.9620.241
20240.5900.4252.3070.485

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 Florida, its score is higher than 60% of the other 164 scored there.

In Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area, its score is higher than 83% of the other 6 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 5 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 11% (Florida) to 25% (Not 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 Florida: CMS cut 18 of 165 (11%); middle score −0.1935Florida 165 hospitals11% cut Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area: CMS cut 1 of 7 (14%); middle score −0.4633Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area7 hospitals14% 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 For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% 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: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899 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 Florida: CMS cut 18 of 165 (11%); middle score −0.1935Florida165 hospitals11% cut Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area: CMS cut 1 of 7 (14%); middle score −0.4633Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area7 hospitals14% 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 For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% 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: −0.0899 This hospital −0.0899

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%−0.045346%
South region1,17426322%−0.105651%
Florida1651811%−0.193560%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL area7114%−0.463383%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105351%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073248%
For-profit6519815%−0.259061%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057447%
This hospital−0.0899
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 6 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Fort Pierce: score −0.0478, not cut, 42 miles87. Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach: score −0.1891, not cut, 27 miles76. Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach: score −0.4922, not cut, 25 miles65. Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital, Rockledge: score −0.6167, not cut, 24 miles54. Viera Hospital, Melbourne: score −0.1710, not cut, 17 miles43. Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital, Sebastian: score 0.1233, not cut, 13 miles32. Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne: score −0.5040, not cut, 9 miles21. Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne: score −0.4633, not cut, 6 miles1This hospital: Palm Bay Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, FL6−0.4633not cut
Orlando Health Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, FL9−0.5040not cut
Orlando Health Sebastian River Hospital, Sebastian, FL130.1233not cut
Viera Hospital, Melbourne, FL17−0.1710not cut
Orlando Health Rockledge Hospital, Rockledge, FL24−0.6167not cut
Cape Canaveral Hospital, Cocoa Beach, FL25−0.4922not cut
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Vero Beach, FL27−0.1891not cut
HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, Fort Pierce, FL42−0.0478not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Holmes Regional Medical CenterMelbourne, FL6−0.4633No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Orlando Health Melbourne HospitalMelbourne, FL9−0.5040No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Orlando Health Sebastian River HospitalSebastian, FL130.1233No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4Viera HospitalMelbourne, FL17−0.1710No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Orlando Health Rockledge HospitalRockledge, FL24−0.6167No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6Cape Canaveral HospitalCocoa Beach, FL25−0.4922No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Cleveland Clinic Indian River HospitalVero Beach, FL27−0.1891No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8HCA Florida Lawnwood HospitalFort Pierce, FL42−0.0478No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Palm Bay Hospital, Palm Bay, FL: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/100316/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.