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HospitalEmory Decatur Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$576K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 110076

1Hospital

Emory Decatur Hospital

2Location

Decatur, GA (Georgia’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 30033

DeKalb County

3Type

Minor teaching · 451 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

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

0.4235

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$325K estimate
Likely $265⁠–⁠353K; about $185 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$325K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.4235 for Emory Decatur Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $32.5M, 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: about $185 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $265–353K

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 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: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235 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: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235

Higher than 76% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 7 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18No
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  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 −0.0255. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; 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 97% 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 value1.4442

    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 57% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.639

    Z-score0.0759

    Part of score+0.0127

  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 60% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.596

    Z-score0.1181

    Part of score+0.0197

  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 59% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.933

    Z-score0.1418

    Part of score+0.0236

  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 51% 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 value0.336

    Z-score−0.1611

    Part of score−0.0269

  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

    Better than 51% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.628

    Z-score−0.1448

    Part of score−0.0241

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 901.44420.96232.5111+0.4185Worse than 97% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.6390.5590.0759+0.0127Worse than 57% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.5960.4890.1181+0.0197Worse than 60% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.9330.7950.1418+0.0236Worse than 59% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3360.346−0.1611−0.0269Better than 51% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.6280.641−0.1448−0.0241Better 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+0.0759CLABSI+0.1181CAUTI+0.1418SSI−0.1611CDI−0.1448MRSA)÷6measures=0.4235Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0443 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.4235, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.0759 divided by 6 = +0.0127CLABSI+0.0127 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1181 divided by 6 = +0.0197CAUTI+0.0197 SSI: z‑score 0.1418 divided by 6 = +0.0236SSI+0.0236 CDI: z‑score −0.1611 divided by 6 = −0.0269CDI−0.0269 MRSA: z‑score −0.1448 divided by 6 = −0.0241MRSA−0.0241 Total HAC Score: 0.4235Score0.4235 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.0759 divided by 6 = +0.0127CLABSI+0.0127 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1181 divided by 6 = +0.0197CAUTI+0.0197 SSI: z‑score 0.1418 divided by 6 = +0.0236SSI+0.0236 CDI: z‑score −0.1611 divided by 6 = −0.0269CDI−0.0269 MRSA: z‑score −0.1448 divided by 6 = −0.0241MRSA−0.0241 Total HAC Score: 0.4235Score0.4235 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.5

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
CLABSI0.0759+0.01270.4312
CAUTI0.1181+0.01970.4509
SSI0.1418+0.02360.4745
CDI−0.1611−0.02690.4476
MRSA−0.1448−0.02410.4235
Total HAC Score0.4235
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, 0.0443 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $325K 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 $325K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $325K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $325K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $325Kat 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: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235

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−$325,227
This hospital0.4235−$325,227
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$325,227

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.

($32,060,006payment+$713,880teaching, MA stays−$72,172readmissions−$178,967value-based)×1%the cut=$325,227HAC cut

$325,227HAC cut÷1,754traditional Medicare stays=$185per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $325K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$72K and −$179K.

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 $20,620,539
Teaching (indirect medical education) $333,022
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $713,880
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $849,979
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,488,184
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,780,188
Uncompensated care $6,988,094
Total, before the three programs $32,773,886
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9965 − 1) −$72,172
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9913 − 1) −$178,967
After these two $32,522,747
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $265⁠–⁠353K −$325,227
Net of the three programs likely −$631K to −$498K −$576,366

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)$20,620,539
Teaching (indirect medical education)$333,022
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$713,880
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$849,979
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,488,184
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,780,188
Uncompensated care$6,988,094
Total, before the three programs$32,773,886
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9965 − 1))−$72,172
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9913 − 1))−$178,967
After these two$32,522,747
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $265–353K)−$325,227
Net of the three programs (likely −$631K to −$498K)−$576,366

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 Score0.4235same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$325Ksame

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 0.4235 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 $325K, 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 901.3100 or lower
CLABSI0.524 or lower
CAUTI0.485 or lower
SSI0.777 or lower
CDI0.267 or lower
MRSA0.500 or lower

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 1.4442 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.639 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.596 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.933 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.336 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.628 · 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 0.4235 among its measured results: +0.4185.
  • PSI 90 +0.4185
  • CLABSI +0.0127
  • CAUTI +0.0197
  • SSI +0.0236
  • CDI −0.0269
  • MRSA −0.0241

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
CLABSI0.0759+0.0127same
CAUTI0.1181+0.0197same
SSI0.1418+0.0236same
CDI−0.1611−0.0269same
MRSA−0.1448−0.0241same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110076/

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 7 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.2750, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 7.6600, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.1301, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.6107, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5671, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.5954, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.6392, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.1372, higher than 42% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0754, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4235, higher than 76% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.2750, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 8.0000, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2017: score 7.6600, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.1301, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.6107, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.5671, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.5954, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.6392, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.1372, higher than 42% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0754, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.4235, higher than 76% 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
FY20154.275030.4%not cut
FY20168.000089.1%cut
FY20177.660091.3%cut
FY20180.130162.4%not cut
FY20190.610785.7%cut
FY20200.567185.3%cut
FY20210.595486.7%cut
FY20220.639287.4%cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.137242.6%not cut
FY20250.075458.0%not cut
FY20260.423576.7%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 1.03 → 0.45 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.030CLABSI, 2018: 0.664CLABSI, 2019: 0.311CLABSI, 2021: 0.671CLABSI, 2022: 1.013CLABSI, 2023: 0.810CLABSI, 2024: 0.449 CAUTI 0.64 → 1.15 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.635CAUTI, 2018: 0.955CAUTI, 2019: 0.412CAUTI, 2021: 0.486CAUTI, 2022: 0.577CAUTI, 2023: 0.095CAUTI, 2024: 1.146 SSI, colon 1.15 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.146SSI, colon, 2018: 0.716SSI, colon, 2019: 1.047SSI, colon, 2021: 1.549SSI, colon, 2022: 0.882SSI, colon, 2023: 0.431SSI, colon, 2024: 0.766 SSI, hysterectomy 0.60 → 1.92 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.599SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.096SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.364SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.650SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.526SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.356SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.916 MRSA 0.99 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.987MRSA, 2018: 0.421MRSA, 2019: 0.851MRSA, 2021: 0.647MRSA, 2022: 0.771MRSA, 2023: 0.916MRSA, 2024: 0.386 C. diff 1.18 → 0.45 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.177C. diff, 2018: 1.153C. diff, 2019: 1.171C. diff, 2021: 0.650C. diff, 2022: 0.288C. diff, 2023: 0.225C. diff, 2024: 0.452 CLABSI 1.03 → 0.45 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.030CLABSI, 2018: 0.664CLABSI, 2019: 0.311CLABSI, 2021: 0.671CLABSI, 2022: 1.013CLABSI, 2023: 0.810CLABSI, 2024: 0.449 CAUTI 0.64 → 1.15 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.635CAUTI, 2018: 0.955CAUTI, 2019: 0.412CAUTI, 2021: 0.486CAUTI, 2022: 0.577CAUTI, 2023: 0.095CAUTI, 2024: 1.146 SSI, colon 1.15 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.146SSI, colon, 2018: 0.716SSI, colon, 2019: 1.047SSI, colon, 2021: 1.549SSI, colon, 2022: 0.882SSI, colon, 2023: 0.431SSI, colon, 2024: 0.766 SSI, hysterectomy 0.60 → 1.92 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.599SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.096SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.364SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.650SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.526SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 1.356SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.916 MRSA 0.99 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.987MRSA, 2018: 0.421MRSA, 2019: 0.851MRSA, 2021: 0.647MRSA, 2022: 0.771MRSA, 2023: 0.916MRSA, 2024: 0.386 C. diff 1.18 → 0.45 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.177C. diff, 2018: 1.153C. diff, 2019: 1.171C. diff, 2021: 0.650C. diff, 2022: 0.288C. diff, 2023: 0.225C. diff, 2024: 0.452

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
20171.0300.6351.1460.5990.9871.177
20180.6640.9550.7161.0960.4211.153
20190.3110.4121.0471.3640.8511.171
20210.6710.4861.5490.6500.6470.650
20221.0130.5770.8820.5260.7710.288
20230.8100.0950.4311.3560.9160.225
20240.4491.1460.7661.9160.3860.452

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 70% of the other 88 scored there.

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area, its score is higher than 64% of the other 28 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) to 38% (Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area).
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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area: CMS cut 11 of 29 (38%); middle score 0.1550Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area29 hospitals38% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% 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: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area: CMS cut 11 of 29 (38%); middle score 0.1550Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area29 hospitals38% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% 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: 0.4235 This hospital 0.4235

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%−0.045376%
South region1,17426322%−0.105678%
Georgia892730%0.093270%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA area291138%0.155064%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056780%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038480%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013475%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057478%
This hospital0.4235
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 4 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale: score −0.1426, not cut, 16 miles87. Emory Hillandale Hospital, Lithonia: score 0.0473, not cut, 10 miles76. Northside Hospital, Atlanta: score 1.0106, cut, 9 miles65. Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc, Atlanta: score 0.0417, not cut, 9 miles54. Piedmont Hospital, Inc, Atlanta: score −0.3183, not cut, 6 miles43. Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta: score 0.4513, cut, 6 miles32. Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta: score 0.7132, cut, 6 miles21. Emory University Hospital, Atlanta: score 0.7113, cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Emory Decatur Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA20.7113cut
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA60.7132cut
Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA60.4513cut
Piedmont Hospital, Inc, Atlanta, GA6−0.3183not cut
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, Inc, Atlanta, GA90.0417not cut
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA91.0106cut
Emory Hillandale Hospital, Lithonia, GA100.0473not cut
Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale, GA16−0.1426not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA20.71131% cut$2.0MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, GA60.71321% cut$881KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA60.45131% cut$1.6MAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Piedmont Hospital, IncAtlanta, GA6−0.3183No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, IncAtlanta, GA90.0417No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA91.01061% cut$983KAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
7Emory Hillandale HospitalLithonia, GA100.0473No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale, GA16−0.1426No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Emory Decatur Hospital, Decatur, GA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/110076/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.