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HospitalOchsner University Hospital and Clinics Estimated FY2026 net: −$105K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 190006

1Hospital

Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics

2Location

Lafayette, LA (Louisiana’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 70506

Lafayette Parish

3Type

Major teaching · 116 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

3 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

0.8185

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$114K estimate
Likely $84⁠–⁠142K; about $245 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$114K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.8185 for Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $11.4M, 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 $245 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $84–142K

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: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185 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: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185

Higher than 90% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 8 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4090, to 0.4095. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CAUTI 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 77% 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 value1.0746

    Z-score0.6013

    Part of score+0.1002

  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 98% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value2.384

    Z-score2.2402

    Part of score+0.3734

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 94% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.507

    Z-score2.3140

    Part of score+0.3857

  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 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4565

    Part of score−0.2428

  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 83% 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 value0.116

    Z-score−1.0130

    Part of score−0.1688

  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 97% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value2.234

    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 901.07460.96230.6013+0.1002Worse than 77% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI2.3840.5592.2402+0.3734Worse than 98% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.5070.4892.3140+0.3857Worse than 94% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.0000.795−1.4565−0.2428Better than 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.1160.346−1.0130−0.1688Better than 83% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA2.2340.6412.2251+0.3708Worse than 97% 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.

(0.6013PSI 90+2.2402CLABSI+2.3140CAUTI−1.4565SSI−1.0130CDI+2.2251MRSA)÷6measures=0.8185Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.4393 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.8185, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6013 divided by 6 = +0.1002PSI 90+0.1002 CLABSI: z‑score 2.2402 divided by 6 = +0.3734CLABSI+0.3734 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3140 divided by 6 = +0.3857CAUTI+0.3857 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score −1.0130 divided by 6 = −0.1688CDI−0.1688 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.8185Score0.8185 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6013 divided by 6 = +0.1002PSI 90+0.1002 CLABSI: z‑score 2.2402 divided by 6 = +0.3734CLABSI+0.3734 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3140 divided by 6 = +0.3857CAUTI+0.3857 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score −1.0130 divided by 6 = −0.1688CDI−0.1688 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.8185Score0.8185 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 900.6013+0.10020.1002
CLABSI2.2402+0.37340.4736
CAUTI2.3140+0.38570.8593
SSI−1.4565−0.24280.6165
CDI−1.0130−0.16880.4477
MRSA2.2251+0.37080.8185
Total HAC Score0.8185
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, 0.4393 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $114K 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 $114K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $114K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $114K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $114Kat 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: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185

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−$114,064
This hospital0.8185−$114,064
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$114,064

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.

($8,404,695payment+$2,993,063teaching, MA stays−$17,209readmissions+$25,841value-based)×1%the cut=$114,064HAC cut

$114,064HAC cut÷465traditional Medicare stays=$245per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $114K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$17K and +$26K.

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 $3,911,069
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,743,907
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $2,993,063
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $117,332
Outliers: unusually costly stays $168,020
Capital: buildings and equipment $458,954
Uncompensated care $2,005,413
Total, before the three programs $11,397,758
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9956 − 1) −$17,209
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0066 − 1) +$25,841
After these two $11,406,390
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $84⁠–⁠142K −$114,064
Net of the three programs likely −$135K to −$76K −$105,432

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)$3,911,069
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,743,907
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$2,993,063
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$117,332
Outliers: unusually costly stays$168,020
Capital: buildings and equipment$458,954
Uncompensated care$2,005,413
Total, before the three programs$11,397,758
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9956 − 1))−$17,209
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0066 − 1))+$25,841
After these two$11,406,390
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $84–142K)−$114,064
Net of the three programs (likely −$135K to −$76K)−$105,432

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 Score0.8185same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$114Ksame

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 0.8185 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 $114K, 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
CLABSI0.435 or lower
CAUTI0.413 or lower
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDInot possible with this measure alone
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 1.0746 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 2.384 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.507 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.000 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.116 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 2.234 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.8185 among its measured results: +0.3857.
  • PSI 90 +0.1002
  • CLABSI +0.3734
  • CAUTI +0.3857
  • SSI −0.2428
  • CDI −0.1688
  • 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 900.6013+0.1002same
CLABSI2.2402+0.3734same
CAUTI2.3140+0.3857same
SSI−1.4565−0.2428same
CDI−1.0130−0.1688same
MRSA2.2251+0.3708same

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 8 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.9750, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.7500, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.8100, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.2048, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score −0.0878, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4614, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.2595, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1035, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6898, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.7008, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.8185, higher than 90% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.9750, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 8.7500, higher than 95% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.8100, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 1.2048, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2019: score −0.0878, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4614, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.2595, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1035, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6898, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.7008, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.8185, higher than 90% 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
FY20157.975088.4%cut
FY20168.750095.1%cut
FY20176.810080.2%cut
FY20181.204896.0%cut
FY2019−0.087845.3%not cut
FY20200.461481.4%cut
FY20210.259570.8%not cut
FY20220.103563.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.689886.2%cut
FY20250.700888.3%cut
FY20260.818590.4%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. 3 of its 4 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 2.57 → 0.73 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.573CLABSI, 2018: 1.398CLABSI, 2019: 0.631CLABSI, 2021: 1.788CLABSI, 2022: 2.037CLABSI, 2023: 3.532CLABSI, 2024: 0.728 CAUTI 1.78 → 1.72 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.783CAUTI, 2018: 3.295CAUTI, 2019: 1.623CAUTI, 2021: 2.625CAUTI, 2022: 1.470CAUTI, 2023: 1.720 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.80 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.678SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.770SSI, colon, 2022: 0.799 C. diff 0.63 → 0.11 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.634C. diff, 2018: 0.467C. diff, 2019: 0.282C. diff, 2021: 0.257C. diff, 2022: 0.455C. diff, 2023: 0.120C. diff, 2024: 0.112 CLABSI 2.57 → 0.73 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.573CLABSI, 2018: 1.398CLABSI, 2019: 0.631CLABSI, 2021: 1.788CLABSI, 2022: 2.037CLABSI, 2023: 3.532CLABSI, 2024: 0.728 CAUTI 1.78 → 1.72 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.783CAUTI, 2018: 3.295CAUTI, 2019: 1.623CAUTI, 2021: 2.625CAUTI, 2022: 1.470CAUTI, 2023: 1.720 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.80 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 0.678SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.770SSI, colon, 2022: 0.799 C. diff 0.63 → 0.11 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.634C. diff, 2018: 0.467C. diff, 2019: 0.282C. diff, 2021: 0.257C. diff, 2022: 0.455C. diff, 2023: 0.120C. diff, 2024: 0.112

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, colonC. diff
20172.5731.7830.0000.634
20181.3983.2950.6780.467
20190.6311.6230.0000.282
20211.7882.6250.7700.257
20222.0371.4700.7990.455
20233.5321.7200.120
20240.7280.112

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 90% of the other 75 scored there.

In Lafayette, LA area, its score is higher than 83% of the other 6 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 43% (Lafayette, LA 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 Louisiana: CMS cut 25 of 76 (33%); middle score 0.0583Louisiana 76 hospitals33% cut Lafayette, LA area: CMS cut 3 of 7 (43%); middle score 0.2331Lafayette, LA area 7 hospitals43% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% 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: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185 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 Lafayette, LA area: CMS cut 3 of 7 (43%); middle score 0.2331Lafayette, LA area7 hospitals43% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% 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: 0.8185 This hospital 0.8185

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%−0.045390%
South region1,17426322%−0.105690%
Louisiana762533%0.058390%
Lafayette, LA area7343%0.233183%
Major teaching42413632%0.178090%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073293%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013490%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057492%
This hospital0.8185
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 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas: score 0.1523, not cut, 23 miles87. Iberia Medical Center, New Iberia: score −0.0024, not cut, 22 miles76. Acadia General Hospital, Crowley: score 0.2331, not cut, 19 miles65. Abbeville General Hospital, Abbeville: score 0.9802, cut, 18 miles54. Park Place Surgical Hospital, Lafayette: score −0.4152, not cut, 5 miles43. Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc, Lafayette: score 0.0778, not cut, 5 miles32. Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, Lafayette: score −0.3562, not cut, 3 miles21. Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette: score 0.4896, cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette, LA20.4896cut
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital, Lafayette, LA3−0.3562not cut
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc, Lafayette, LA50.0778not cut
Park Place Surgical Hospital, Lafayette, LA5−0.4152not cut
Abbeville General Hospital, Abbeville, LA180.9802cut
Acadia General Hospital, Crowley, LA190.2331not cut
Iberia Medical Center, New Iberia, LA22−0.0024not cut
Opelousas General Health System, Opelousas, LA230.1523not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA20.48961% cut$787KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA3−0.3562No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
3Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA50.0778No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA5−0.4152No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
5Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA180.98021% cut$46KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
6Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA190.2331No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 5 measures
7Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA22−0.0024No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA230.1523No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

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Paid & Penalized. Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics, Lafayette, LA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190006/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.