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HospitalLake Charles Memorial Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$437K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 190060

1Hospital

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital

2Location

Lake Charles, LA (Louisiana’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 70601

Calcasieu Parish

3Type

Minor teaching · 407 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.5971

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$367K estimate
Likely $279⁠–⁠461K; about $154 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$367K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5971 for Lake Charles Memorial Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $36.7M, 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 $154 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $279–461K

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: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971 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: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971

Higher than 83% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 6 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  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 PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.4490, to 0.1481. 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 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 96% 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 value1.3977

    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 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.730

    Z-score0.2870

    Part of score+0.0478

  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 57% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.569

    Z-score0.0530

    Part of score+0.0088

  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 55% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.867

    Z-score0.0287

    Part of score+0.0048

  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

    Worse than 85% 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 value0.670

    Z-score1.1321

    Part of score+0.1887

  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 64% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.492

    Z-score−0.4290

    Part of score−0.0715

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 901.39770.96232.5111+0.4185Worse than 96% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7300.5590.2870+0.0478Worse than 65% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.5690.4890.0530+0.0088Worse than 57% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.8670.7950.0287+0.0048Worse than 55% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6700.3461.1321+0.1887Worse than 85% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.4920.641−0.4290−0.0715Better than 64% 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+0.2870CLABSI+0.0530CAUTI+0.0287SSI+1.1321CDI−0.4290MRSA)÷6measures=0.5971Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.5972; CMS reports 0.5971. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.2179 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.5971, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2870 divided by 6 = +0.0478CLABSI+0.0478 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0530 divided by 6 = +0.0088CAUTI+0.0088 SSI: z‑score 0.0287 divided by 6 = +0.0048SSI+0.0048 CDI: z‑score 1.1321 divided by 6 = +0.1887CDI+0.1887 MRSA: z‑score −0.4290 divided by 6 = −0.0715MRSA−0.0715 Total HAC Score: 0.5971Score0.5971 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score 0.2870 divided by 6 = +0.0478CLABSI+0.0478 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0530 divided by 6 = +0.0088CAUTI+0.0088 SSI: z‑score 0.0287 divided by 6 = +0.0048SSI+0.0048 CDI: z‑score 1.1321 divided by 6 = +0.1887CDI+0.1887 MRSA: z‑score −0.4290 divided by 6 = −0.0715MRSA−0.0715 Total HAC Score: 0.5971Score0.5971 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 902.5111+0.41850.4185
CLABSI0.2870+0.04780.4663
CAUTI0.0530+0.00880.4751
SSI0.0287+0.00480.4799
CDI1.1321+0.18870.6686
MRSA−0.4290−0.07150.5971
Total HAC Score0.5971
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, 0.2179 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $367K 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 $367K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $367K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $367K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $367Kat 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: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971

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−$366,787
This hospital0.5971−$366,787
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$366,787

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.

($36,206,415payment+$542,467teaching, MA stays−$65,393readmissions−$4,740value-based)×1%the cut=$366,787HAC cut

$366,787HAC cut÷2,377traditional Medicare stays=$154per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $367K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$65K and −$5K.

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 $27,247,038
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,190,151
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $542,467
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,598,039
Outliers: unusually costly stays $613,876
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,394,929
Uncompensated care $3,162,382
Total, before the three programs $36,748,882
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9976 − 1) −$65,393
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9998 − 1) −$4,740
After these two $36,678,749
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $279⁠–⁠461K −$366,787
Net of the three programs likely −$514K to −$352K −$436,920

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)$27,247,038
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,190,151
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$542,467
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,598,039
Outliers: unusually costly stays$613,876
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,394,929
Uncompensated care$3,162,382
Total, before the three programs$36,748,882
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9976 − 1))−$65,393
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9998 − 1))−$4,740
After these two$36,678,749
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $279–461K)−$366,787
Net of the three programs (likely −$514K to −$352K)−$436,920

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 Score0.5971same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$367Ksame

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 0.5971 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 $367K, 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 901.1608 or lower
CLABSI0.166 or lower
CAUTI0.026 or lower
SSI0.103 or lower
CDI0.332 or lower
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 1.3977 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.730 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.569 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.867 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.670 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.492 · 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 0.5971 among its measured results: +0.4185.
  • PSI 90 +0.4185
  • CLABSI +0.0478
  • CAUTI +0.0088
  • SSI +0.0048
  • CDI +0.1887
  • MRSA −0.0715

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
CLABSI0.2870+0.0478same
CAUTI0.0530+0.0088same
SSI0.0287+0.0048same
CDI1.1321+0.1887same
MRSA−0.4290−0.0715same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190060/

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 3 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 6 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.3250, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.0600, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1342, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.1929, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.5302, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.4516, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.1520, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6389, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6049, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5971, higher than 83% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.3250, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.0600, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1342, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.1929, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.5302, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.4516, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.1520, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.6389, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6049, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.5971, higher than 83% 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
FY20156.325064.1%not cut
FY20167.000076.6%cut
FY20176.060065.0%not cut
FY20180.134262.7%not cut
FY20190.192966.1%not cut
FY20200.530284.1%cut
FY20210.451680.4%cut
FY20220.152066.8%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.638984.4%cut
FY20250.604985.4%cut
FY20260.597183.7%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. 3 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.39 → 0.63 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.389CLABSI, 2018: 0.688CLABSI, 2019: 0.276CLABSI, 2021: 1.001CLABSI, 2022: 1.750CLABSI, 2023: 0.814CLABSI, 2024: 0.631 CAUTI 0.99 → 0.38 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.990CAUTI, 2018: 0.687CAUTI, 2019: 0.571CAUTI, 2021: 1.061CAUTI, 2022: 0.727CAUTI, 2023: 0.753CAUTI, 2024: 0.382 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.36 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 1.040SSI, colon, 2019: 0.804SSI, colon, 2021: 1.569SSI, colon, 2022: 0.908SSI, colon, 2023: 1.209SSI, colon, 2024: 0.359 MRSA 0.46 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.464MRSA, 2018: 0.882MRSA, 2019: 1.035MRSA, 2021: 2.945MRSA, 2022: 1.307MRSA, 2023: 0.500MRSA, 2024: 0.484 C. diff 1.34 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.343C. diff, 2018: 0.823C. diff, 2019: 0.903C. diff, 2021: 0.790C. diff, 2022: 0.532C. diff, 2023: 0.622C. diff, 2024: 0.719 CLABSI 1.39 → 0.63 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.389CLABSI, 2018: 0.688CLABSI, 2019: 0.276CLABSI, 2021: 1.001CLABSI, 2022: 1.750CLABSI, 2023: 0.814CLABSI, 2024: 0.631 CAUTI 0.99 → 0.38 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.990CAUTI, 2018: 0.687CAUTI, 2019: 0.571CAUTI, 2021: 1.061CAUTI, 2022: 0.727CAUTI, 2023: 0.753CAUTI, 2024: 0.382 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.36 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2018: 1.040SSI, colon, 2019: 0.804SSI, colon, 2021: 1.569SSI, colon, 2022: 0.908SSI, colon, 2023: 1.209SSI, colon, 2024: 0.359 MRSA 0.46 → 0.48 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.464MRSA, 2018: 0.882MRSA, 2019: 1.035MRSA, 2021: 2.945MRSA, 2022: 1.307MRSA, 2023: 0.500MRSA, 2024: 0.484 C. diff 1.34 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.343C. diff, 2018: 0.823C. diff, 2019: 0.903C. diff, 2021: 0.790C. diff, 2022: 0.532C. diff, 2023: 0.622C. diff, 2024: 0.719

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, colonMRSAC. diff
20171.3890.9900.0000.4641.343
20180.6880.6871.0400.8820.823
20190.2760.5710.8041.0350.903
20211.0011.0611.5692.9450.790
20221.7500.7270.9081.3070.532
20230.8140.7531.2090.5000.622
20240.6310.3820.3590.4840.719

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 82% of the other 75 scored there.

In Lake Charles, LA area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 4 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 40% (Lake Charles, 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 Lake Charles, LA area: CMS cut 2 of 5 (40%); middle score −0.0037Lake Charles, LA area 5 hospitals40% 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: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971 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 Lake Charles, LA area: CMS cut 2 of 5 (40%); middle score −0.0037Lake Charles, LA area5 hospitals40% 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: 0.5971 This hospital 0.5971

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%−0.045383%
South region1,17426322%−0.105684%
Louisiana762533%0.058382%
Lake Charles, LA area5240%−0.0037100%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056788%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038488%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013483%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057485%
This hospital0.5971
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.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Acadian Medical Center, Eunice: score 0.5523, cut, 52 miles87. Acadia General Hospital, Crowley: score 0.2331, not cut, 50 miles76. The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur: score −0.4714, not cut, 50 miles65. Beauregard Memorial Hospital, Deridder: score −0.3808, not cut, 44 miles54. Ochsner American Legion Hospital, Jennings: score −0.2910, not cut, 32 miles43. West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, Sulphur: score 0.5753, cut, 10 miles32. CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital, Lake Charles: score −1.1253, not cut, 3 miles21. CHRISTUS Ochsner St Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles: score −0.0037, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Lake Charles Memorial Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
CHRISTUS Ochsner St Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, LA2−0.0037not cut
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital, Lake Charles, LA3−1.1253not cut
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital, Sulphur, LA100.5753cut
Ochsner American Legion Hospital, Jennings, LA32−0.2910not cut
Beauregard Memorial Hospital, Deridder, LA44−0.3808not cut
The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, Port Arthur, TX50−0.4714not cut
Acadia General Hospital, Crowley, LA500.2331not cut
Acadian Medical Center, Eunice, LA520.5523cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1CHRISTUS Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA2−0.0037No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA3−1.1253No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures
3West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA100.57531% cut$55KAbove the national median on 3 of 4 measures
4Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA32−0.2910No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 4 measures
5Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA44−0.3808No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 4 measures
6The Medical Center of Southeast TexasPort Arthur, TX50−0.4714No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
7Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA500.2331No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 5 measures
8Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA520.55231% cut$30KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures

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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. Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, Lake Charles, LA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190060/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.