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HospitalHamilton Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$76K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 110001

1Hospital

Hamilton Medical Center

2Location

Dalton, GA (Georgia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 30720

Whitfield County

3Type

Minor teaching · 282 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

0.0799

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $405K, likely $309⁠–⁠509K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0799 for Hamilton Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $405K estimate 1% of about $40.5M, 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 0.3000 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $309–509K

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: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799 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: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799

Higher than 58% 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. 16No
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25Cut
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

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

Bringing SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.1759, to −0.0960. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; 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 64% 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 value0.9260

    Z-score−0.4363

    Part of score−0.0727

  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 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.734

    Z-score0.2962

    Part of score+0.0494

  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 84% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.083

    Z-score−1.1185

    Part of score−0.1864

  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 82% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.411

    Z-score0.9606

    Part of score+0.1601

  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 55% 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 value0.381

    Z-score0.0131

    Part of score+0.0022

  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 79% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.063

    Z-score0.7643

    Part of score+0.1274

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 900.92600.9623−0.4363−0.0727Better than 64% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7340.5590.2962+0.0494Worse than 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.0830.489−1.1185−0.1864Better than 84% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.4110.7950.9606+0.1601Worse than 82% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3810.3460.0131+0.0022Worse than 55% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.0630.6410.7643+0.1274Worse than 79% 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.

(−0.4363PSI 90+0.2962CLABSI−1.1185CAUTI+0.9606SSI+0.0131CDI+0.7643MRSA)÷6measures=0.0799Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3000 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0799, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4363 divided by 6 = −0.0727PSI 90−0.0727 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2962 divided by 6 = +0.0494CLABSI+0.0494 CAUTI: z‑score −1.1185 divided by 6 = −0.1864CAUTI−0.1864 SSI: z‑score 0.9606 divided by 6 = +0.1601SSI+0.1601 CDI: z‑score 0.0131 divided by 6 = +0.0022CDI+0.0022 MRSA: z‑score 0.7643 divided by 6 = +0.1274MRSA+0.1274 Total HAC Score: 0.0799Score0.0799 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4363 divided by 6 = −0.0727PSI 90−0.0727 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2962 divided by 6 = +0.0494CLABSI+0.0494 CAUTI: z‑score −1.1185 divided by 6 = −0.1864CAUTI−0.1864 SSI: z‑score 0.9606 divided by 6 = +0.1601SSI+0.1601 CDI: z‑score 0.0131 divided by 6 = +0.0022CDI+0.0022 MRSA: z‑score 0.7643 divided by 6 = +0.1274MRSA+0.1274 Total HAC Score: 0.0799Score0.0799 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 90−0.4363−0.0727−0.0727
CLABSI0.2962+0.0494−0.0233
CAUTI−1.1185−0.1864−0.2097
SSI0.9606+0.1601−0.0496
CDI0.0131+0.0022−0.0474
MRSA0.7643+0.12740.0800
Total HAC Score0.0799
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, 0.3000 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3000 higher, the cut would have been about $405K 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 $405K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $405K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $405K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $405Kat 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: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799

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−$404,988
This hospital0.0799$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$404,988

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.

($38,920,234payment+$1,654,280teaching, MA stays−$80,119readmissions+$4,415value-based)×1%the cut=$404,988at stake

$404,988at stake÷2,383traditional Medicare stays=$170per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $405K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$80K and +$4K.

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 $25,844,845
Teaching (indirect medical education) $2,683,987
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,654,280
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $898,108
Outliers: unusually costly stays $837,115
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,431,685
Uncompensated care $6,224,494
Total, before the three programs $40,574,514
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9969 − 1) −$80,119
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0002 − 1) +$4,415
After these two $40,498,810
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $404,988 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$89K to −$61K −$75,704

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)$25,844,845
Teaching (indirect medical education)$2,683,987
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,654,280
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$898,108
Outliers: unusually costly stays$837,115
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,431,685
Uncompensated care$6,224,494
Total, before the three programs$40,574,514
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9969 − 1))−$80,119
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0002 − 1))+$4,415
After these two$40,498,810
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $404,988)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$89K to −$61K)−$75,704

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 Score0.0799same
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 0.0799 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 $405K 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 1.1831
CLABSIup to 1.508
CAUTIup to 0.827
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.844
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 0.9260 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.734 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.083 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.411 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.381 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.063 · 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 0.0799 among its measured results: +0.1601.
  • PSI 90 −0.0727
  • CLABSI +0.0494
  • CAUTI −0.1864
  • SSI +0.1601
  • CDI +0.0022
  • MRSA +0.1274

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 90−0.4363−0.0727same
CLABSI0.2962+0.0494same
CAUTI−1.1185−0.1864same
SSI0.9606+0.1601same
CDI0.0131+0.0022same
MRSA0.7643+0.1274same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110001/

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 2 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 7.0000, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.5000, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.1200, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.5152, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0496, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3130, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5903, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.4696, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.7906, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6961, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.0799, higher than 58% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.0000, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.5000, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.1200, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.5152, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0496, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3130, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5903, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.4696, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.7906, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6961, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.0799, higher than 58% 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
FY20157.000073.6%not cut
FY20165.500048.7%not cut
FY20177.120084.7%cut
FY20180.515282.4%cut
FY20190.049655.9%not cut
FY20200.313073.8%not cut
FY20210.590386.5%cut
FY20220.469682.6%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.790688.7%cut
FY20250.696188.2%cut
FY20260.079958.0%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. 3 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.64 → 0.22 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.635CLABSI, 2018: 1.949CLABSI, 2019: 1.025CLABSI, 2021: 2.514CLABSI, 2022: 0.915CLABSI, 2023: 1.215CLABSI, 2024: 0.217 CAUTI 1.55 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.548CAUTI, 2018: 1.053CAUTI, 2019: 1.150CAUTI, 2021: 0.457CAUTI, 2022: 0.608CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.175 SSI, colon 0.89 → 1.96 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.888SSI, colon, 2018: 1.519SSI, colon, 2019: 0.637SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 2.459SSI, colon, 2023: 1.171SSI, colon, 2024: 1.960 MRSA 0.90 → 0.67 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.899MRSA, 2018: 1.799MRSA, 2019: 2.653MRSA, 2021: 1.887MRSA, 2022: 2.699MRSA, 2023: 1.508MRSA, 2024: 0.668 C. diff 0.36 → 0.40 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.357C. diff, 2018: 0.251C. diff, 2019: 0.536C. diff, 2021: 0.266C. diff, 2022: 0.142C. diff, 2023: 0.360C. diff, 2024: 0.398 CLABSI 1.64 → 0.22 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.635CLABSI, 2018: 1.949CLABSI, 2019: 1.025CLABSI, 2021: 2.514CLABSI, 2022: 0.915CLABSI, 2023: 1.215CLABSI, 2024: 0.217 CAUTI 1.55 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.548CAUTI, 2018: 1.053CAUTI, 2019: 1.150CAUTI, 2021: 0.457CAUTI, 2022: 0.608CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.175 SSI, colon 0.89 → 1.96 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.888SSI, colon, 2018: 1.519SSI, colon, 2019: 0.637SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 2.459SSI, colon, 2023: 1.171SSI, colon, 2024: 1.960 MRSA 0.90 → 0.67 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.899MRSA, 2018: 1.799MRSA, 2019: 2.653MRSA, 2021: 1.887MRSA, 2022: 2.699MRSA, 2023: 1.508MRSA, 2024: 0.668 C. diff 0.36 → 0.40 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.357C. diff, 2018: 0.251C. diff, 2019: 0.536C. diff, 2021: 0.266C. diff, 2022: 0.142C. diff, 2023: 0.360C. diff, 2024: 0.398

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
20171.6351.5480.8880.8990.357
20181.9491.0531.5191.7990.251
20191.0251.1500.6372.6530.536
20212.5140.4570.0001.8870.266
20220.9150.6082.4592.6990.142
20231.2150.0001.1711.5080.360
20240.2170.1751.9600.6680.398

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 Georgia, its score is higher than 48% of the other 88 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 6 of the 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) to 30% (Georgia).
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 Georgia: CMS cut 27 of 89 (30%); middle score 0.0932Georgia 89 hospitals30% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% 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: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799 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 Georgia: CMS cut 27 of 89 (30%); middle score 0.0932Georgia89 hospitals30% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% 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: 0.0799 This hospital 0.0799

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%−0.045358%
South region1,17426322%−0.105661%
Georgia892730%0.093248%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056759%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073259%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013456%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057459%
This hospital0.0799
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 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 14 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, Rome: score 0.5465, cut, 34 miles87. AdventHealth Redmond, Rome: score 0.2808, not cut, 33 miles76. Affiliate of Vitruvian Health, Cleveland: score 0.2117, not cut, 31 miles65. Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga: score 0.2535, not cut, 27 miles54. Memorial Healthcare System, Inc, Chattanooga: score −0.4789, not cut, 26 miles43. Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga: score −0.3255, not cut, 26 miles32. AdventHealth Gordon, Calhoun: score 0.4436, cut, 16 miles21. AdventHealth Murray, Chatsworth: score −1.4622, not cut, 14 miles1This hospital: Hamilton Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
AdventHealth Murray, Chatsworth, GA14−1.4622not cut
AdventHealth Gordon, Calhoun, GA160.4436cut
Parkridge Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN26−0.3255not cut
Memorial Healthcare System, Inc, Chattanooga, TN26−0.4789not cut
Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN270.2535not cut
Affiliate of Vitruvian Health, Cleveland, TN310.2117not cut
AdventHealth Redmond, Rome, GA330.2808not cut
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, Rome, GA340.5465cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA14−1.4622No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
2AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA160.44361% cut$144KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Parkridge Medical CenterChattanooga, TN26−0.3255No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
4Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga, TN26−0.4789No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga, TN270.2535No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
6Affiliate of Vitruvian HealthCleveland, TN310.2117No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7AdventHealth RedmondRome, GA330.2808No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
8Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA340.54651% cut$496KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, GA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110001/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.