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HospitalWomans Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$19K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 190128

1Hospital

Womans Hospital

2Location

Baton Rouge, LA (Louisiana’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 70817

East Baton Rouge Parish

3Type

Minor teaching · 184 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 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

0.6160

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$21K estimate
Likely $16⁠–⁠26K; about $300 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$21K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.6160 for Womans Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $2.1M, 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 $300 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $16–26K

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: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160 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: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160

Higher than 84% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.3777, to 0.2383. 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 3; SSI 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

    Better than 54% 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 value0.9500

    Z-score−0.2683

    Part of score−0.0447

  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 91% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.309

    Z-score1.6301

    Part of score+0.2717

  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

    Better than 57% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.416

    Z-score−0.3158

    Part of score−0.0526

  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.

    added the most

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 95% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value2.142

    Z-score2.1717

    Part of score+0.3620

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Better than 88% 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 value0.069

    Z-score−1.1950

    Part of score−0.1992

  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 91% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.498

    Z-score1.6734

    Part of score+0.2789

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 900.95000.9623−0.2683−0.0447Better than 54% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.3090.5591.6301+0.2717Worse than 91% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.4160.489−0.3158−0.0526Better than 57% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI2.1420.7952.1717+0.3620Worse than 95% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.0690.346−1.1950−0.1992Better than 88% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.4980.6411.6734+0.2789Worse than 91% 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.

(−0.2683PSI 90+1.6301CLABSI−0.3158CAUTI+2.1717SSI−1.1950CDI+1.6734MRSA)÷6measures=0.6160Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2368 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.6160, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2683 divided by 6 = −0.0447PSI 90−0.0447 CLABSI: z‑score 1.6301 divided by 6 = +0.2717CLABSI+0.2717 CAUTI: z‑score −0.3158 divided by 6 = −0.0526CAUTI−0.0526 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score −1.1950 divided by 6 = −0.1992CDI−0.1992 MRSA: z‑score 1.6734 divided by 6 = +0.2789MRSA+0.2789 Total HAC Score: 0.6160Score0.6160 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.2683 divided by 6 = −0.0447PSI 90−0.0447 CLABSI: z‑score 1.6301 divided by 6 = +0.2717CLABSI+0.2717 CAUTI: z‑score −0.3158 divided by 6 = −0.0526CAUTI−0.0526 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score −1.1950 divided by 6 = −0.1992CDI−0.1992 MRSA: z‑score 1.6734 divided by 6 = +0.2789MRSA+0.2789 Total HAC Score: 0.6160Score0.6160 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.6

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 90−0.2683−0.0447−0.0447
CLABSI1.6301+0.27170.2270
CAUTI−0.3158−0.05260.1744
SSI2.1717+0.36200.5364
CDI−1.1950−0.19920.3372
MRSA1.6734+0.27890.6161
Total HAC Score0.6160
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, 0.2368 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $21K 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 $21K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $21K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $21K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $21Kat 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: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160

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−$20,731
This hospital0.6160−$20,731
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$20,731

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.

($2,068,384payment+$2,748teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions+$1,927value-based)×1%the cut=$20,731HAC cut

$20,731HAC cut÷69traditional Medicare stays=$300per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $21K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and +$2K.

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 $645,359
Teaching (indirect medical education) $4,046
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $2,748
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $72,726
Outliers: unusually costly stays $316
Capital: buildings and equipment $57,845
Uncompensated care $1,288,092
Total, before the three programs $2,071,132
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0030 − 1) +$1,927
After these two $2,073,059
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $16⁠–⁠26K −$20,731
Net of the three programs likely −$22K to −$15K −$18,804

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)$645,359
Teaching (indirect medical education)$4,046
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$2,748
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$72,726
Outliers: unusually costly stays$316
Capital: buildings and equipment$57,845
Uncompensated care$1,288,092
Total, before the three programs$2,071,132
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0030 − 1))+$1,927
After these two$2,073,059
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $16–26K)−$20,731
Net of the three programs (likely −$22K to −$15K)−$18,804

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 Score0.6160same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$21Ksame

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 0.6160 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 $21K, 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
CLABSI0.696 or lower
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSI1.288 or lower
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSA0.818 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 0.9500 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.309 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.416 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 2.142 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.069 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.498 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.6160 among its measured results: +0.3620.
  • PSI 90 −0.0447
  • CLABSI +0.2717
  • CAUTI −0.0526
  • SSI +0.3620
  • CDI −0.1992
  • MRSA +0.2789

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 90−0.2683−0.0447same
CLABSI1.6301+0.2717same
CAUTI−0.3158−0.0526same
SSI2.1717+0.3620same
CDI−1.1950−0.1992same
MRSA1.6734+0.2789same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190128/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6750, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.2400, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2587, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2056, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3176, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3155, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5860, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.5350, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.9156, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.6160, higher than 84% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.6750, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.2400, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.2587, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2056, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.3176, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3155, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.5860, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.5350, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.9156, higher than 92% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.6160, higher than 84% 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
FY20156.675068.7%not cut
FY20165.250045.0%not cut
FY20175.240047.1%not cut
FY20180.258770.1%not cut
FY20190.205666.9%not cut
FY20200.317674.1%not cut
FY2021−0.315530.1%not cut
FY2022−0.586016.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.535081.6%cut
FY20250.915692.6%cut
FY20260.616084.3%cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 1 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.82 → 1.76 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.819CLABSI, 2018: 1.004CLABSI, 2019: 0.338CLABSI, 2021: 1.287CLABSI, 2022: 1.095CLABSI, 2023: 0.866CLABSI, 2024: 1.759 CAUTI 3.65 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 3.652CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.98 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.976 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.82 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.345SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.615SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.926SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.760SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 3.756SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.825 MRSA 1.42 → 1.70 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.416MRSA, 2018: 1.671MRSA, 2019: 0.663MRSA, 2021: 4.202MRSA, 2022: 2.008MRSA, 2023: 1.275MRSA, 2024: 1.697 C. diff 0.00 → 0.06 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.357C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.175C. diff, 2022: 0.188C. diff, 2023: 0.090C. diff, 2024: 0.056 CLABSI 0.82 → 1.76 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.819CLABSI, 2018: 1.004CLABSI, 2019: 0.338CLABSI, 2021: 1.287CLABSI, 2022: 1.095CLABSI, 2023: 0.866CLABSI, 2024: 1.759 CAUTI 3.65 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 3.652CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.98 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.976 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.82 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.345SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.615SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.926SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.760SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 3.756SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.825 MRSA 1.42 → 1.70 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.416MRSA, 2018: 1.671MRSA, 2019: 0.663MRSA, 2021: 4.202MRSA, 2022: 2.008MRSA, 2023: 1.275MRSA, 2024: 1.697 C. diff 0.00 → 0.06 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.357C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.175C. diff, 2022: 0.188C. diff, 2023: 0.090C. diff, 2024: 0.056

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
20170.8193.6520.0000.0001.4160.000
20181.0040.3451.6710.357
20190.3380.6150.6630.000
20211.2870.9264.2020.175
20221.0951.7602.0080.188
20230.8660.9763.7561.2750.090
20241.7590.0001.8251.6970.056

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 84% of the other 75 scored there.

In Baton Rouge, LA area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 7 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 13% (Baton Rouge, 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 Baton Rouge, LA area: CMS cut 1 of 8 (13%); middle score −0.2711Baton Rouge, LA area 8 hospitals13% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% 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: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160 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 Baton Rouge, LA area: CMS cut 1 of 8 (13%); middle score −0.2711Baton Rouge, LA area8 hospitals13% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% 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: 0.6160 This hospital 0.6160

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%−0.045384%
South region1,17426322%−0.105685%
Louisiana762533%0.058384%
Baton Rouge, LA area8113%−0.2711100%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056789%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073286%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013483%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057486%
This hospital0.6160
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 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond: score 0.3790, not cut, 35 miles87. Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary: score −0.5503, not cut, 20 miles76. The General, Baton Rouge: score −1.2888, not cut, 8 miles65. Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge: score −0.2526, not cut, 5 miles54. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge: score 0.0734, not cut, 4 miles43. The Spine Hospital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge: score −0.9691, not cut, 4 miles32. Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge: score −0.2896, not cut, 4 miles21. Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge: score −0.0682, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Womans Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA4−0.0682not cut
Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA4−0.2896not cut
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA4−0.9691not cut
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA40.0734not cut
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA5−0.2526not cut
The General, Baton Rouge, LA8−1.2888not cut
Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary, LA20−0.5503not cut
North Oaks Medical Center, Hammond, LA350.3790not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Surgical Specialty Center of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA4−0.0682No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
2Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA4−0.2896No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3The Spine Hospital of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA4−0.9691No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
4Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA40.0734No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA5−0.2526No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6The GeneralBaton Rouge, LA8−1.2888No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures
7Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA20−0.5503No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA350.3790No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 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. Womans Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/190128/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.