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HospitalCandler Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$383K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 110024

1Hospital

Candler Hospital

2Location

Savannah, GA (Georgia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 31405

Chatham County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 320 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

2 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

0.8984

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$271K estimate
Likely $207⁠–⁠341K; about $145 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$271K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.8984 for Candler Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $27.1M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $145 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $207–341K

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 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: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984 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: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984

Higher than 92% 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. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  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 0.4494. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 6; 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 value1.5617

    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

    Worse than 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.730

    Z-score0.2870

    Part of score+0.0478

  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 86% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.037

    Z-score1.1811

    Part of score+0.1969

  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

    Worse than 52% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.837

    Z-score−0.0227

    Part of score−0.0038

  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 89% 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 value0.767

    Z-score1.5077

    Part of score+0.2513

  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 51% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.662

    Z-score−0.0738

    Part of score−0.0123

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 901.56170.96232.5111+0.4185Worse than 98% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7300.5590.2870+0.0478Worse than 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.0370.4891.1811+0.1969Worse than 86% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.8370.795−0.0227−0.0038Worse than 52% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.7670.3461.5077+0.2513Worse than 89% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.6620.641−0.0738−0.0123Worse than 51% 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+0.2870CLABSI+1.1811CAUTI−0.0227SSI+1.5077CDI−0.0738MRSA)÷6measures=0.8984Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.5192 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.8984, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2870 divided by 6 = +0.0478CLABSI+0.0478 CAUTI: z‑score 1.1811 divided by 6 = +0.1969CAUTI+0.1969 SSI: z‑score −0.0227 divided by 6 = −0.0038SSI−0.0038 CDI: z‑score 1.5077 divided by 6 = +0.2513CDI+0.2513 MRSA: z‑score −0.0738 divided by 6 = −0.0123MRSA−0.0123 Total HAC Score: 0.8984Score0.8984 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2870 divided by 6 = +0.0478CLABSI+0.0478 CAUTI: z‑score 1.1811 divided by 6 = +0.1969CAUTI+0.1969 SSI: z‑score −0.0227 divided by 6 = −0.0038SSI−0.0038 CDI: z‑score 1.5077 divided by 6 = +0.2513CDI+0.2513 MRSA: z‑score −0.0738 divided by 6 = −0.0123MRSA−0.0123 Total HAC Score: 0.8984Score0.8984 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0

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
CLABSI0.2870+0.04780.4663
CAUTI1.1811+0.19690.6632
SSI−0.0227−0.00380.6594
CDI1.5077+0.25130.9107
MRSA−0.0738−0.01230.8984
Total HAC Score0.8984
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, 0.5192 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $271K 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 $271K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $271K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $271K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $271Kat 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: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984

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−$271,408
This hospital0.8984−$271,408
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$271,408

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.

($27,252,324payment+$0readmissions−$111,552value-based)×1%the cut=$271,408HAC cut

$271,408HAC cut÷1,873traditional Medicare stays=$145per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $271K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$112K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $18,841,132
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $568,437
Outliers: unusually costly stays $831,648
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,542,500
Uncompensated care $5,468,607
Total, before the three programs $27,252,324
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9941 − 1) −$111,552
After these two $27,140,772
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $207⁠–⁠341K −$271,408
Net of the three programs likely −$450K to −$308K −$382,960

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)$18,841,132
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$568,437
Outliers: unusually costly stays$831,648
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,542,500
Uncompensated care$5,468,607
Total, before the three programs$27,252,324
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9941 − 1))−$111,552
After these two$27,140,772
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $207–341K)−$271,408
Net of the three programs (likely −$450K to −$308K)−$382,960

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 Score0.8984same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$271Ksame

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 0.8984 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 $271K, 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 900.9018 or lower
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSAnot possible with this measure alone

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 1.5617 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.730 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.037 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.837 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.767 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.662 · 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 0.8984 among its measured results: +0.4185.
  • PSI 90 +0.4185
  • CLABSI +0.0478
  • CAUTI +0.1969
  • SSI −0.0038
  • CDI +0.2513
  • MRSA −0.0123

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
CLABSI0.2870+0.0478same
CAUTI1.1811+0.1969same
SSI−0.0227−0.0038same
CDI1.5077+0.2513same
MRSA−0.0738−0.0123same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110024/

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 4 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 8.3500, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.7500, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1500, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.0962, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.2833, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3200, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2367, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0395, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.3016, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6964, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.8984, higher than 92% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 8.3500, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.7500, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1500, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.0962, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.2833, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3200, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.2367, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0395, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.3016, higher than 71% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6964, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.8984, higher than 92% 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
FY20158.350092.4%cut
FY20168.750095.1%cut
FY20178.150094.8%cut
FY20181.096294.9%cut
FY20190.283371.5%not cut
FY20200.320074.2%not cut
FY20210.236769.9%not cut
FY2022−0.039549.4%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.301671.4%not cut
FY20250.696488.2%cut
FY20260.898492.1%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. 2 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.42 → 0.50 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.420CLABSI, 2018: 0.783CLABSI, 2019: 0.140CLABSI, 2021: 0.697CLABSI, 2022: 0.426CLABSI, 2023: 0.931CLABSI, 2024: 0.500 CAUTI 0.77 → 1.21 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.767CAUTI, 2018: 0.750CAUTI, 2019: 1.337CAUTI, 2021: 1.190CAUTI, 2022: 0.229CAUTI, 2023: 0.867CAUTI, 2024: 1.211 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.22 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.359SSI, colon, 2019: 0.118SSI, colon, 2021: 0.777SSI, colon, 2022: 0.547SSI, colon, 2023: 0.410SSI, colon, 2024: 1.217 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.70 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.737SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.265SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.823SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.740SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.100SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.700 MRSA 1.79 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.793MRSA, 2018: 0.997MRSA, 2019: 0.408MRSA, 2021: 0.803MRSA, 2022: 1.982MRSA, 2023: 1.059MRSA, 2024: 0.312 C. diff 1.05 → 0.54 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.053C. diff, 2018: 1.036C. diff, 2019: 0.534C. diff, 2021: 0.979C. diff, 2022: 0.732C. diff, 2023: 0.988C. diff, 2024: 0.542 CLABSI 0.42 → 0.50 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.420CLABSI, 2018: 0.783CLABSI, 2019: 0.140CLABSI, 2021: 0.697CLABSI, 2022: 0.426CLABSI, 2023: 0.931CLABSI, 2024: 0.500 CAUTI 0.77 → 1.21 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.767CAUTI, 2018: 0.750CAUTI, 2019: 1.337CAUTI, 2021: 1.190CAUTI, 2022: 0.229CAUTI, 2023: 0.867CAUTI, 2024: 1.211 SSI, colon 0.00 → 1.22 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.359SSI, colon, 2019: 0.118SSI, colon, 2021: 0.777SSI, colon, 2022: 0.547SSI, colon, 2023: 0.410SSI, colon, 2024: 1.217 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.70 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.737SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.265SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.823SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.740SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.100SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.700 MRSA 1.79 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.793MRSA, 2018: 0.997MRSA, 2019: 0.408MRSA, 2021: 0.803MRSA, 2022: 1.982MRSA, 2023: 1.059MRSA, 2024: 0.312 C. diff 1.05 → 0.54 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.053C. diff, 2018: 1.036C. diff, 2019: 0.534C. diff, 2021: 0.979C. diff, 2022: 0.732C. diff, 2023: 0.988C. diff, 2024: 0.542

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20170.4200.7670.0000.0001.7931.053
20180.7830.7500.3590.7370.9971.036
20190.1401.3370.1180.2650.4080.534
20210.6971.1900.7770.8230.8030.979
20220.4260.2290.5470.7401.9820.732
20230.9310.8670.4101.1001.0590.988
20240.5001.2111.2170.7000.3120.542

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 90% of the other 88 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (300 to 499 beds) 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% 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: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% 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: 0.8984 This hospital 0.8984

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%−0.045392%
South region1,17426322%−0.105691%
Georgia892730%0.093290%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105389%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038496%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013492%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057494%
This hospital0.8984
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 4 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Wayne Memorial Hospital, Jesup: score −0.2035, not cut, 50 miles87. East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro: score 0.0932, not cut, 43 miles76. Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton: score −0.7315, not cut, 43 miles65. Beaufort County Memorial Hospital, Beaufort: score 0.8178, cut, 39 miles54. Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island: score 0.2148, not cut, 30 miles43. Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville: score −0.6711, not cut, 16 miles32. Savannah Health Services LLC dba Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah: score −0.2630, not cut, 5 miles21. St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah, Savannah: score 0.5423, cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Candler Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah, Savannah, GA40.5423cut
Savannah Health Services LLC dba Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah, GA5−0.2630not cut
Coastal Carolina Hospital, Hardeeville, SC16−0.6711not cut
Novant Health Hilton Head Medical Center, Hilton Head Island, SC300.2148not cut
Beaufort County Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC390.8178cut
Evans Memorial Hospital, Claxton, GA43−0.7315not cut
East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro, GA430.0932not cut
Wayne Memorial Hospital, Jesup, GA50−0.2035not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA40.54231% cut$386KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Savannah Health Services LLC dba Memorial Health University Medical CenterSavannah, GA5−0.2630No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Coastal Carolina HospitalHardeeville, SC16−0.6711No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 4 measures
4Novant Health Hilton Head Medical CenterHilton Head Island, SC300.2148No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC390.81781% cut$299KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Evans Memorial HospitalClaxton, GA43−0.7315No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
7East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA430.0932No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA50−0.2035No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Candler Hospital, Savannah, GA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110024/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.