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HospitalWellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.6M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 110034

1Hospital

Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col

2Location

Augusta, GA (Georgia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 30912

Richmond County

3Type

Major teaching · 632 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

1 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

1.1447

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$1.0M estimate
Likely $814K⁠–⁠$1.1M; about $309 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$1.0M

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 1.1447 for Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $100M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays: about $309 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $814K–$1.1M

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: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447 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: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447

Higher than 96% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 11 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
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  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  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 0.4114, to 0.7333. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; 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 94% 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 value1.3159

    Z-score2.2861

    Part of score+0.3810

  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 88% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.161

    Z-score1.2868

    Part of score+0.2145

  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 75% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.770

    Z-score0.5375

    Part of score+0.0896

  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 97% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value2.526

    Z-score2.1717

    Part of score+0.3620

  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 61% 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 value0.276

    Z-score−0.3935

    Part of score−0.0656

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 83% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.166

    Z-score0.9795

    Part of score+0.1633

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 901.31590.96232.2861+0.3810Worse than 94% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.1610.5591.2868+0.2145Worse than 88% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.7700.4890.5375+0.0896Worse than 75% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI2.5260.7952.1717+0.3620Worse than 97% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2760.346−0.3935−0.0656Better than 61% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.1660.6410.9795+0.1633Worse than 83% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(2.2861PSI 90+1.2868CLABSI+0.5375CAUTI+2.1717SSI−0.3935CDI+0.9795MRSA)÷6measures=1.1447Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.7655 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 1.1447, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.2861 divided by 6 = +0.3810PSI 90+0.3810 CLABSI: z‑score 1.2868 divided by 6 = +0.2145CLABSI+0.2145 CAUTI: z‑score 0.5375 divided by 6 = +0.0896CAUTI+0.0896 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score −0.3935 divided by 6 = −0.0656CDI−0.0656 MRSA: z‑score 0.9795 divided by 6 = +0.1633MRSA+0.1633 Total HAC Score: 1.1447Score1.1447 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.2861 divided by 6 = +0.3810PSI 90+0.3810 CLABSI: z‑score 1.2868 divided by 6 = +0.2145CLABSI+0.2145 CAUTI: z‑score 0.5375 divided by 6 = +0.0896CAUTI+0.0896 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score −0.3935 divided by 6 = −0.0656CDI−0.0656 MRSA: z‑score 0.9795 divided by 6 = +0.1633MRSA+0.1633 Total HAC Score: 1.1447Score1.1447 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2

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 902.2861+0.38100.3810
CLABSI1.2868+0.21450.5955
CAUTI0.5375+0.08960.6851
SSI2.1717+0.36201.0471
CDI−0.3935−0.06560.9815
MRSA0.9795+0.16331.1448
Total HAC Score1.1447
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, 0.7655 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $1.0M 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 $1.0M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.0M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.0M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.0Mat 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: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447

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−$1,000,081
This hospital1.1447−$1,000,081
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,000,081

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.

($81,123,970payment+$19,467,493teaching, MA stays−$102,107readmissions−$481,220value-based)×1%the cut=$1,000,081HAC cut

$1,000,081HAC cut÷3,240traditional Medicare stays=$309per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $1.0M: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$102K and −$481K.

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 $40,842,784
Teaching (indirect medical education) $14,185,924
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $19,467,493
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,836,292
Outliers: unusually costly stays $5,251,974
Capital: buildings and equipment $4,614,300
Uncompensated care $14,392,696
Total, before the three programs $100,591,463
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9975 − 1) −$102,107
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9882 − 1) −$481,220
After these two $100,008,136
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $814K⁠–⁠$1.1M −$1,000,081
Net of the three programs likely −$1.7M to −$1.4M −$1,583,408

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)$40,842,784
Teaching (indirect medical education)$14,185,924
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$19,467,493
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,836,292
Outliers: unusually costly stays$5,251,974
Capital: buildings and equipment$4,614,300
Uncompensated care$14,392,696
Total, before the three programs$100,591,463
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9975 − 1))−$102,107
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9882 − 1))−$481,220
After these two$100,008,136
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $814K–$1.1M)−$1,000,081
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.7M to −$1.4M)−$1,583,408

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 Score1.1447same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$1.0Msame

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 1.1447 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 $1.0M, 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 90not possible with this measure alone
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 1.3159 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.161 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.770 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 2.526 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.276 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.166 · 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 1.1447 among its measured results: +0.3810.
  • PSI 90 +0.3810
  • CLABSI +0.2145
  • CAUTI +0.0896
  • SSI +0.3620
  • CDI −0.0656
  • MRSA +0.1633

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 902.2861+0.3810same
CLABSI1.2868+0.2145same
CAUTI0.5375+0.0896same
SSI2.1717+0.3620same
CDI−0.3935−0.0656same
MRSA0.9795+0.1633same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110034/

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 8 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 11 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.7250, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.0000, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1300, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.0806, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2019: score 1.0964, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.2002, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2021: score 1.3248, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.1971, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.0404, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.1303, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 1.1447, higher than 96% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.7250, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.0000, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1300, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.0806, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2019: score 1.0964, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.2002, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2021: score 1.3248, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.1971, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.0404, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.1303, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 1.1447, higher than 96% 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
FY20157.725086.8%cut
FY20169.000096.3%cut
FY20178.130094.3%cut
FY20181.080694.8%cut
FY20191.096495.4%cut
FY20201.200297.8%cut
FY20211.324898.6%cut
FY20221.197197.4%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20241.040493.4%cut
FY20251.130395.7%cut
FY20261.144796.3%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 1.33 → 1.26 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.327CLABSI, 2018: 1.402CLABSI, 2019: 0.872CLABSI, 2021: 1.335CLABSI, 2022: 1.127CLABSI, 2023: 1.073CLABSI, 2024: 1.256 CAUTI 1.23 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.234CAUTI, 2018: 0.832CAUTI, 2019: 0.759CAUTI, 2021: 1.301CAUTI, 2022: 0.912CAUTI, 2023: 0.817CAUTI, 2024: 0.711 SSI, colon 2.86 → 2.48 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 2.861SSI, colon, 2018: 3.735SSI, colon, 2019: 3.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.937SSI, colon, 2022: 1.350SSI, colon, 2023: 2.132SSI, colon, 2024: 2.479 SSI, hysterectomy 1.09 → 4.74 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.086SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 3.940SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.639SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 4.744 MRSA 0.41 → 1.11 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.408MRSA, 2018: 0.903MRSA, 2019: 1.130MRSA, 2021: 1.836MRSA, 2022: 1.624MRSA, 2023: 1.217MRSA, 2024: 1.114 C. diff 0.90 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.901C. diff, 2018: 1.457C. diff, 2019: 1.335C. diff, 2021: 0.803C. diff, 2022: 0.454C. diff, 2023: 0.304C. diff, 2024: 0.245 CLABSI 1.33 → 1.26 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.327CLABSI, 2018: 1.402CLABSI, 2019: 0.872CLABSI, 2021: 1.335CLABSI, 2022: 1.127CLABSI, 2023: 1.073CLABSI, 2024: 1.256 CAUTI 1.23 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.234CAUTI, 2018: 0.832CAUTI, 2019: 0.759CAUTI, 2021: 1.301CAUTI, 2022: 0.912CAUTI, 2023: 0.817CAUTI, 2024: 0.711 SSI, colon 2.86 → 2.48 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 2.861SSI, colon, 2018: 3.735SSI, colon, 2019: 3.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.937SSI, colon, 2022: 1.350SSI, colon, 2023: 2.132SSI, colon, 2024: 2.479 SSI, hysterectomy 1.09 → 4.74 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.086SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 3.940SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.639SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 4.744 MRSA 0.41 → 1.11 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.408MRSA, 2018: 0.903MRSA, 2019: 1.130MRSA, 2021: 1.836MRSA, 2022: 1.624MRSA, 2023: 1.217MRSA, 2024: 1.114 C. diff 0.90 → 0.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.901C. diff, 2018: 1.457C. diff, 2019: 1.335C. diff, 2021: 0.803C. diff, 2022: 0.454C. diff, 2023: 0.304C. diff, 2024: 0.245

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
20171.3271.2342.8610.4080.901
20181.4020.8323.7350.9031.457
20190.8720.7593.0001.1301.335
20211.3351.3010.9371.0861.8360.803
20221.1270.9121.3503.9401.6240.454
20231.0730.8172.1322.6391.2170.304
20241.2560.7112.4794.7441.1140.245

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 97% of the other 88 scored there.

In Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 17% (Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area) to 32% (Major teaching).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut 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 Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% 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: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447 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 Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% 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: 1.1447 This hospital 1.1447

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%−0.045396%
South region1,17426322%−0.105696%
Georgia892730%0.093297%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC area6117%−0.1723100%
Major teaching42413632%0.178097%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132398%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013497%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057497%
This hospital1.1447
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 3 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry: score −0.6000, not cut, 61 miles87. Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood: score −0.3852, not cut, 50 miles76. Jefferson Hospital, Louisville: score 0.3548, not cut, 40 miles65. University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center, Thomson: score −0.7876, not cut, 30 miles54. Burke Medical Center, Waynesboro: score −0.1507, not cut, 27 miles43. Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken: score −0.1938, not cut, 15 miles32. Doctors Hospital, Augusta: score −0.6243, not cut, 6 miles21. Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta: score −0.0794, not cut, 3 miles1This hospital: Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Piedmont Augusta Hospital, Augusta, GA3−0.0794not cut
Doctors Hospital, Augusta, GA6−0.6243not cut
Aiken Regional Medical Center, Aiken, SC15−0.1938not cut
Burke Medical Center, Waynesboro, GA27−0.1507not cut
University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center, Thomson, GA30−0.7876not cut
Jefferson Hospital, Louisville, GA400.3548not cut
Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, SC50−0.3852not cut
Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Newberry, SC61−0.6000not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Piedmont Augusta HospitalAugusta, GA3−0.0794No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
2Doctors HospitalAugusta, GA6−0.6243No 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, GA27−0.1507No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
5University McDuffie County Regional Medical CenterThomson, GA30−0.7876No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
6Jefferson HospitalLouisville, GA400.3548No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
7Self Regional HealthcareGreenwood, SC50−0.3852No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Newberry County Memorial HospitalNewberry, SC61−0.6000No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Wellstar MCG Health, Affiliated With Med Col, Augusta, GA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110034/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.