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HospitalUniversity Medical Center New Orleans Estimated FY2026 net: −$645K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 190005

1Hospital

University Medical Center New Orleans

2Location

New Orleans, LA (Louisiana’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 70112

Orleans Parish

3Type

Major teaching · 446 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

0.7992

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$597K estimate
Likely $486⁠–⁠649K; about $566 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$597K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7992 for University Medical Center New Orleans and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $59.7M, 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 $566 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $486–649K

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: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992 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: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992

Higher than 89% 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
  3. 17Cut
  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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.3905, to 0.4087. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; 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 93% 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 value1.2903

    Z-score2.1073

    Part of score+0.3512

  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

    Better than 60% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.457

    Z-score−0.3463

    Part of score−0.0577

  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 61% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.602

    Z-score0.1325

    Part of score+0.0221

  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 84% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.468

    Z-score1.0582

    Part of score+0.1764

  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 60% 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 value0.279

    Z-score−0.3819

    Part of score−0.0637

  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 95% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.807

    Z-score2.2251

    Part of score+0.3708

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 901.29030.96232.1073+0.3512Worse than 93% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4570.559−0.3463−0.0577Better than 60% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.6020.4890.1325+0.0221Worse than 61% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.4680.7951.0582+0.1764Worse than 84% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2790.346−0.3819−0.0637Better than 60% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.8070.6412.2251+0.3708Worse than 95% 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.

(2.1073PSI 90−0.3463CLABSI+0.1325CAUTI+1.0582SSI−0.3819CDI+2.2251MRSA)÷6measures=0.7992Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.4200 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7992, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.1073 divided by 6 = +0.3512PSI 90+0.3512 CLABSI: z‑score −0.3463 divided by 6 = −0.0577CLABSI−0.0577 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1325 divided by 6 = +0.0221CAUTI+0.0221 SSI: z‑score 1.0582 divided by 6 = +0.1764SSI+0.1764 CDI: z‑score −0.3819 divided by 6 = −0.0637CDI−0.0637 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.7992Score0.7992 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.1073 divided by 6 = +0.3512PSI 90+0.3512 CLABSI: z‑score −0.3463 divided by 6 = −0.0577CLABSI−0.0577 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1325 divided by 6 = +0.0221CAUTI+0.0221 SSI: z‑score 1.0582 divided by 6 = +0.1764SSI+0.1764 CDI: z‑score −0.3819 divided by 6 = −0.0637CDI−0.0637 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.7992Score0.7992 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8

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 902.1073+0.35120.3512
CLABSI−0.3463−0.05770.2935
CAUTI0.1325+0.02210.3156
SSI1.0582+0.17640.4920
CDI−0.3819−0.06370.4283
MRSA2.2251+0.37080.7991
Total HAC Score0.7992
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, 0.4200 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $597K 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 $597K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $597K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $597K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $597Kat 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: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992

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−$597,022
This hospital0.7992−$597,022
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$597,022

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.

($40,113,883payment+$19,635,968teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions−$47,656value-based)×1%the cut=$597,022HAC cut

$597,022HAC cut÷1,055traditional Medicare stays=$566per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $597K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and −$48K.

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 $14,541,651
Teaching (indirect medical education) $7,554,533
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $19,635,968
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,691,776
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,253,636
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,700,430
Uncompensated care $12,371,857
Total, before the three programs $59,749,851
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9967 − 1) −$47,656
After these two $59,702,195
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $486⁠–⁠649K −$597,022
Net of the three programs likely −$706K to −$557K −$644,678

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)$14,541,651
Teaching (indirect medical education)$7,554,533
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$19,635,968
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,691,776
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,253,636
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,700,430
Uncompensated care$12,371,857
Total, before the three programs$59,749,851
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9967 − 1))−$47,656
After these two$59,702,195
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $486–649K)−$597,022
Net of the three programs (likely −$706K to −$557K)−$644,678

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 Score0.7992same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$597Ksame

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 0.7992 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 $597K, 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 900.9292 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
MRSA0.556 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 1.2903 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.457 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.602 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.468 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.279 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.807 · 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 0.7992 among its measured results: +0.3708.
  • PSI 90 +0.3512
  • CLABSI −0.0577
  • CAUTI +0.0221
  • SSI +0.1764
  • CDI −0.0637
  • MRSA +0.3708

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 902.1073+0.3512same
CLABSI−0.3463−0.0577same
CAUTI0.1325+0.0221same
SSI1.0582+0.1764same
CDI−0.3819−0.0637same
MRSA2.2251+0.3708same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190005/

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 9.3500, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.7500, higher than 99% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1300, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.1467, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.7319, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.2084, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2021: score 1.5461, higher than 99% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.3294, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.9678, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.0994, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7992, higher than 89% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 9.3500, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2016: score 9.7500, higher than 99% of scores; cutFY2017: score 8.1300, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.1467, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.7319, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.2084, higher than 97% of scores; cutFY2021: score 1.5461, higher than 99% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.3294, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.9678, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2025: score 1.0994, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7992, higher than 89% 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
FY20159.350098.2%cut
FY20169.750099.4%cut
FY20178.130094.3%cut
FY20181.146795.5%cut
FY20190.731989.6%cut
FY20201.208497.8%cut
FY20211.546199.2%cut
FY20221.329498.1%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.967892.2%cut
FY20251.099495.4%cut
FY20260.799289.9%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 0.31 → 0.41 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.311CLABSI, 2018: 1.904CLABSI, 2019: 0.959CLABSI, 2021: 0.953CLABSI, 2022: 1.300CLABSI, 2023: 0.512CLABSI, 2024: 0.405 CAUTI 0.74 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.741CAUTI, 2018: 1.735CAUTI, 2019: 1.381CAUTI, 2021: 0.953CAUTI, 2022: 0.538CAUTI, 2023: 0.357CAUTI, 2024: 0.767 SSI, colon 2.10 → 1.16 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 2.102SSI, colon, 2018: 2.671SSI, colon, 2019: 2.536SSI, colon, 2021: 2.629SSI, colon, 2022: 2.385SSI, colon, 2023: 2.122SSI, colon, 2024: 1.159 SSI, hysterectomy 2.92 → 2.24 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 2.915SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.289SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.477SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.572SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 2.239 MRSA 1.64 → 1.53 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.644MRSA, 2018: 1.339MRSA, 2019: 1.361MRSA, 2021: 2.473MRSA, 2022: 1.974MRSA, 2023: 2.153MRSA, 2024: 1.528 C. diff 0.53 → 0.21 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.533C. diff, 2018: 0.734C. diff, 2019: 0.700C. diff, 2021: 0.368C. diff, 2022: 0.419C. diff, 2023: 0.367C. diff, 2024: 0.206 CLABSI 0.31 → 0.41 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.311CLABSI, 2018: 1.904CLABSI, 2019: 0.959CLABSI, 2021: 0.953CLABSI, 2022: 1.300CLABSI, 2023: 0.512CLABSI, 2024: 0.405 CAUTI 0.74 → 0.77 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.741CAUTI, 2018: 1.735CAUTI, 2019: 1.381CAUTI, 2021: 0.953CAUTI, 2022: 0.538CAUTI, 2023: 0.357CAUTI, 2024: 0.767 SSI, colon 2.10 → 1.16 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 2.102SSI, colon, 2018: 2.671SSI, colon, 2019: 2.536SSI, colon, 2021: 2.629SSI, colon, 2022: 2.385SSI, colon, 2023: 2.122SSI, colon, 2024: 1.159 SSI, hysterectomy 2.92 → 2.24 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 2.915SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.289SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.477SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.572SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 2.239 MRSA 1.64 → 1.53 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.644MRSA, 2018: 1.339MRSA, 2019: 1.361MRSA, 2021: 2.473MRSA, 2022: 1.974MRSA, 2023: 2.153MRSA, 2024: 1.528 C. diff 0.53 → 0.21 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.533C. diff, 2018: 0.734C. diff, 2019: 0.700C. diff, 2021: 0.368C. diff, 2022: 0.419C. diff, 2023: 0.367C. diff, 2024: 0.206

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
20170.3110.7412.1022.9151.6440.533
20181.9041.7352.6710.0001.3390.734
20190.9591.3812.5361.2891.3610.700
20210.9530.9532.6291.4772.4730.368
20221.3000.5382.3851.5721.9740.419
20230.5120.3572.1222.1530.367
20240.4050.7671.1592.2391.5280.206

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 Louisiana, its score is higher than 89% of the other 75 scored there.

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 9 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 10% (New Orleans-Metairie, LA area) to 33% (Louisiana).
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 Louisiana: CMS cut 25 of 76 (33%); middle score 0.0583Louisiana 76 hospitals33% cut New Orleans-Metairie, LA area: CMS cut 1 of 10 (10%); middle score −0.2962New Orleans-Metairie, LA area10 hospitals10% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% 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: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992 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 Louisiana: CMS cut 25 of 76 (33%); middle score 0.0583Louisiana76 hospitals33% cut New Orleans-Metairie, LA area: CMS cut 1 of 10 (10%); middle score −0.2962New Orleans-Metairie, LA area10 hospitals10% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% 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: 0.7992 This hospital 0.7992

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%−0.045389%
South region1,17426322%−0.105690%
Louisiana762533%0.058389%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA area10110%−0.2962100%
Major teaching42413632%0.178089%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038493%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013490%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057492%
This hospital0.7992
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 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner, Kenner: score −0.7542, not cut, 13 miles87. West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero: score −0.3497, not cut, 11 miles76. New Orleans East Hospital, New Orleans: score −0.3985, not cut, 8 miles65. East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie: score 0.1087, not cut, 7 miles54. St Bernard Parish Hospital, Chalmette: score −1.4622, not cut, 6 miles43. Ochsner Medical Center Acute, New Orleans: score 0.1411, not cut, 4 miles32. Touro Infirmary, New Orleans: score 0.2224, not cut, 3 miles21. St Charles Surgical Hospital, New Orleans: score −0.2426, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: University Medical Center New Orleans

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
St Charles Surgical Hospital, New Orleans, LA2−0.2426not cut
Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, LA30.2224not cut
Ochsner Medical Center Acute, New Orleans, LA40.1411not cut
St Bernard Parish Hospital, Chalmette, LA6−1.4622not cut
East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA70.1087not cut
New Orleans East Hospital, New Orleans, LA8−0.3985not cut
West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, LA11−0.3497not cut
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner, Kenner, LA13−0.7542not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1St Charles Surgical HospitalNew Orleans, LA2−0.2426No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
2Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA30.2224No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA40.1411No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA6−1.4622No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
5East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA70.1087No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
6New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA8−0.3985No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
7West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA11−0.3497No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA13−0.7542No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. University Medical Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190005/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.