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HospitalPiedmont Augusta Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$747K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 110028

1Hospital

Piedmont Augusta Hospital

2Location

Augusta, GA (Georgia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 30901

Richmond County

3Type

Minor teaching · 551 beds · Government · 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

−0.0794

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $665K, likely $541⁠–⁠722K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.0794 for Piedmont Augusta Hospital and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $665K estimate 1% of about $66.5M, 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 0.4593 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $541–722K

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: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794 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: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794

Higher than 47% 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 0.1055, to −0.1849. 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

    Worse than 59% 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 value0.9825

    Z-score−0.0417

    Part of score−0.0070

  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 52% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.582

    Z-score−0.0564

    Part of score−0.0094

  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 65% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.344

    Z-score−0.4894

    Part of score−0.0816

  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 50% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.794

    Z-score−0.0964

    Part of score−0.0161

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Better than 57% 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 value0.298

    Z-score−0.3083

    Part of score−0.0514

  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 73% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.944

    Z-score0.5156

    Part of score+0.0859

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 900.98250.9623−0.0417−0.0070Worse than 59% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5820.559−0.0564−0.0094Worse than 52% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.3440.489−0.4894−0.0816Better than 65% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7940.795−0.0964−0.0161Better than 50% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2980.346−0.3083−0.0514Better than 57% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.9440.6410.5156+0.0859Worse than 73% 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.

(−0.0417PSI 90−0.0564CLABSI−0.4894CAUTI−0.0964SSI−0.3083CDI+0.5156MRSA)÷6measures=−0.0794Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.0794; CMS reports −0.0794. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4593 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.0794, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.0417 divided by 6 = −0.0070PSI 90−0.0070 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0564 divided by 6 = −0.0094CLABSI−0.0094 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4894 divided by 6 = −0.0816CAUTI−0.0816 SSI: z‑score −0.0964 divided by 6 = −0.0161SSI−0.0161 CDI: z‑score −0.3083 divided by 6 = −0.0514CDI−0.0514 MRSA: z‑score 0.5156 divided by 6 = +0.0859MRSA+0.0859 Total HAC Score: −0.0794Score−0.0794 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 −0.0417 divided by 6 = −0.0070PSI 90−0.0070 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0564 divided by 6 = −0.0094CLABSI−0.0094 CAUTI: z‑score −0.4894 divided by 6 = −0.0816CAUTI−0.0816 SSI: z‑score −0.0964 divided by 6 = −0.0161SSI−0.0161 CDI: z‑score −0.3083 divided by 6 = −0.0514CDI−0.0514 MRSA: z‑score 0.5156 divided by 6 = +0.0859MRSA+0.0859 Total HAC Score: −0.0794Score−0.0794 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 90−0.0417−0.0070−0.0070
CLABSI−0.0564−0.0094−0.0164
CAUTI−0.4894−0.0816−0.0980
SSI−0.0964−0.0161−0.1141
CDI−0.3083−0.0514−0.1655
MRSA0.5156+0.0859−0.0796
Total HAC Score−0.0794
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, 0.4593 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.4593 higher, the cut would have been about $665K 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 $665K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $665K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $665K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $665Kat 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: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794

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−$664,788
This hospital−0.0794$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$664,788

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.

($66,970,782payment+$255,418teaching, MA stays−$175,791readmissions−$571,571value-based)×1%the cut=$664,788at stake

$664,788at stake÷4,744traditional Medicare stays=$140per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $665K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$176K and −$572K.

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 $50,226,008
Teaching (indirect medical education) $164,239
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $255,418
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $848,317
Outliers: unusually costly stays $4,193,369
Capital: buildings and equipment $4,041,689
Uncompensated care $7,497,160
Total, before the three programs $67,226,200
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9965 − 1) −$175,791
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9886 − 1) −$571,571
After these two $66,478,838
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $664,788 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$818K to −$646K −$747,362

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)$50,226,008
Teaching (indirect medical education)$164,239
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$255,418
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$848,317
Outliers: unusually costly stays$4,193,369
Capital: buildings and equipment$4,041,689
Uncompensated care$7,497,160
Total, before the three programs$67,226,200
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9965 − 1))−$175,791
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9886 − 1))−$571,571
After these two$66,478,838
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $664,788)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$818K to −$646K)−$747,362

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−0.0794same
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 −0.0794 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 $665K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.485
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 0.9825 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.582 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.344 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.794 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.298 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.944 · 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 −0.0794 among its measured results: +0.0859.
  • PSI 90 −0.0070
  • CLABSI −0.0094
  • CAUTI −0.0816
  • SSI −0.0161
  • CDI −0.0514
  • MRSA +0.0859

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 90−0.0417−0.0070same
CLABSI−0.0564−0.0094same
CAUTI−0.4894−0.0816same
SSI−0.0964−0.0161same
CDI−0.3083−0.0514same
MRSA0.5156+0.0859same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110028/

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 5.5750, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.7400, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0143, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0857, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0155, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1969, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0023, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.6628, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.4135, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0794, higher than 47% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.5750, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.5000, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.7400, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0143, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0857, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.0155, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1969, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0023, higher than 52% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.6628, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.4135, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0794, higher than 47% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20155.575050.8%not cut
FY20164.500030.4%not cut
FY20174.740037.4%not cut
FY20180.014354.0%not cut
FY2019−0.085745.4%not cut
FY20200.015553.7%not cut
FY20210.196967.6%not cut
FY2022−0.002352.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.662812.7%not cut
FY2025−0.413524.0%not cut
FY2026−0.079447.6%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. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.06 → 0.66 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.060CLABSI, 2018: 0.941CLABSI, 2019: 0.552CLABSI, 2021: 0.425CLABSI, 2022: 0.517CLABSI, 2023: 0.508CLABSI, 2024: 0.656 CAUTI 0.45 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.446CAUTI, 2018: 1.011CAUTI, 2019: 1.222CAUTI, 2021: 0.663CAUTI, 2022: 0.416CAUTI, 2023: 0.431CAUTI, 2024: 0.244 SSI, colon 0.46 → 1.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.460SSI, colon, 2018: 1.094SSI, colon, 2019: 0.573SSI, colon, 2021: 0.261SSI, colon, 2022: 0.264SSI, colon, 2023: 0.268SSI, colon, 2024: 1.566 SSI, hysterectomy 0.70 → 0.27 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.696SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.114SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.913SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.249SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.849SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.676SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.268 MRSA 0.68 → 1.01 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.679MRSA, 2018: 1.620MRSA, 2019: 0.815MRSA, 2021: 1.639MRSA, 2022: 0.102MRSA, 2023: 0.872MRSA, 2024: 1.009 C. diff 0.95 → 0.18 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.950C. diff, 2018: 0.973C. diff, 2019: 0.437C. diff, 2021: 0.516C. diff, 2022: 0.490C. diff, 2023: 0.426C. diff, 2024: 0.184 CLABSI 1.06 → 0.66 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.060CLABSI, 2018: 0.941CLABSI, 2019: 0.552CLABSI, 2021: 0.425CLABSI, 2022: 0.517CLABSI, 2023: 0.508CLABSI, 2024: 0.656 CAUTI 0.45 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.446CAUTI, 2018: 1.011CAUTI, 2019: 1.222CAUTI, 2021: 0.663CAUTI, 2022: 0.416CAUTI, 2023: 0.431CAUTI, 2024: 0.244 SSI, colon 0.46 → 1.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.460SSI, colon, 2018: 1.094SSI, colon, 2019: 0.573SSI, colon, 2021: 0.261SSI, colon, 2022: 0.264SSI, colon, 2023: 0.268SSI, colon, 2024: 1.566 SSI, hysterectomy 0.70 → 0.27 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.696SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.114SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.913SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.249SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.849SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.676SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.268 MRSA 0.68 → 1.01 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.679MRSA, 2018: 1.620MRSA, 2019: 0.815MRSA, 2021: 1.639MRSA, 2022: 0.102MRSA, 2023: 0.872MRSA, 2024: 1.009 C. diff 0.95 → 0.18 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.950C. diff, 2018: 0.973C. diff, 2019: 0.437C. diff, 2021: 0.516C. diff, 2022: 0.490C. diff, 2023: 0.426C. diff, 2024: 0.184

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
20171.0600.4460.4600.6960.6790.950
20180.9411.0111.0941.1141.6200.973
20190.5521.2220.5730.9130.8150.437
20210.4250.6630.2610.2491.6390.516
20220.5170.4160.2640.8490.1020.490
20230.5080.4310.2680.6760.8720.426
20240.6560.2441.5660.2681.0090.184

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 37% of the other 88 scored there.

In Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area, its score is higher than 80% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 2 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 17% (Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area) to 35% (Government).
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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score −0.1723Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area6 hospitals17% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% 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: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score −0.1723Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area6 hospitals17% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% 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: −0.0794 This hospital −0.0794

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%−0.045347%
South region1,17426322%−0.105651%
Georgia892730%0.093237%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area6117%−0.172380%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056747%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132333%
Government40114035%0.160235%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057448%
This hospital−0.0794
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 3 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge, Columbia: score 0.6603, cut, 62 miles87. Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood: score −0.3852, not cut, 52 miles76. Jefferson Hospital, Louisville: score 0.3548, not cut, 39 miles65. University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center, Thomson: score −0.7876, not cut, 32 miles54. Burke Medical Center, Waynesboro: score −0.1507, not cut, 25 miles43. Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken: score −0.1938, not cut, 15 miles32. Doctors Hospital, Augusta: score −0.6243, not cut, 8 miles21. Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col, Augusta: score 1.1447, cut, 3 miles1This hospital: Piedmont Augusta Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col, Augusta, GA31.1447cut
Doctors Hospital, Augusta, GA8−0.6243not cut
Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken, SC15−0.1938not cut
Burke Medical Center, Waynesboro, GA25−0.1507not cut
University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center, Thomson, GA32−0.7876not cut
Jefferson Hospital, Louisville, GA390.3548not cut
Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC52−0.3852not cut
Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge, Columbia, SC620.6603cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med ColAugusta, GA31.14471% cut$1.0MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA8−0.6243No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures
3Aiken Regional Medical CenterAiken, SC15−0.1938No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4Burke Medical CenterWaynesboro, GA25−0.1507No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
5University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson, GA32−0.7876No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
6Jefferson HospitalLouisville, GA390.3548No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
7Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC52−0.3852No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC620.66031% cut$166KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta, GA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110028/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.