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HospitalNortheast Hospital Corporation Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.2M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 220033

1Hospital

Northeast Hospital Corporation

2Location

Beverly, MA (Massachusetts’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 01915

Essex County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 283 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

0.7231

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$848K estimate
Likely $646K⁠–⁠$1.1M; about $130 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$848K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7231 for Northeast Hospital Corporation and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $84.8M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $130 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $646K–$1.1M

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: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231 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: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231

Higher than 87% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26Cut

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing CLABSI down to the national median (0.559) would lower the score the most: by 0.3031, to 0.4200. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; CLABSI 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 89% 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 value1.1844

    Z-score1.3678

    Part of score+0.2280

  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.

    added the most

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.343

    Z-score1.7090

    Part of score+0.2848

  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 56% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.561

    Z-score0.0337

    Part of score+0.0056

  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 63% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.594

    Z-score−0.4390

    Part of score−0.0732

  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 65% 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 value0.450

    Z-score0.2803

    Part of score+0.0467

  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 88% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.361

    Z-score1.3871

    Part of score+0.2312

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 901.18440.96231.3678+0.2280Worse than 89% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.3430.5591.7090+0.2848Worse than 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.5610.4890.0337+0.0056Worse than 56% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.5940.795−0.4390−0.0732Better than 63% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.4500.3460.2803+0.0467Worse than 65% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.3610.6411.3871+0.2312Worse than 88% 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.

(1.3678PSI 90+1.7090CLABSI+0.0337CAUTI−0.4390SSI+0.2803CDI+1.3871MRSA)÷6measures=0.7231Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.7232; CMS reports 0.7231. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.3439 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7231, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.3678 divided by 6 = +0.2280PSI 90+0.2280 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7090 divided by 6 = +0.2848CLABSI+0.2848 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0337 divided by 6 = +0.0056CAUTI+0.0056 SSI: z‑score −0.4390 divided by 6 = −0.0732SSI−0.0732 CDI: z‑score 0.2803 divided by 6 = +0.0467CDI+0.0467 MRSA: z‑score 1.3871 divided by 6 = +0.2312MRSA+0.2312 Total HAC Score: 0.7231Score0.7231 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.3678 divided by 6 = +0.2280PSI 90+0.2280 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7090 divided by 6 = +0.2848CLABSI+0.2848 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0337 divided by 6 = +0.0056CAUTI+0.0056 SSI: z‑score −0.4390 divided by 6 = −0.0732SSI−0.0732 CDI: z‑score 0.2803 divided by 6 = +0.0467CDI+0.0467 MRSA: z‑score 1.3871 divided by 6 = +0.2312MRSA+0.2312 Total HAC Score: 0.7231Score0.7231 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 901.3678+0.22800.2280
CLABSI1.7090+0.28480.5128
CAUTI0.0337+0.00560.5184
SSI−0.4390−0.07320.4452
CDI0.2803+0.04670.4919
MRSA1.3871+0.23120.7231
Total HAC Score0.7231
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; 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, 0.3439 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $848K 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 $848K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $848K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $848K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $848Kat 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: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231

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−$848,001
This hospital0.7231−$848,001
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$848,001

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient 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.

($85,185,318payment−$209,151readmissions−$176,113value-based)×1%the cut=$848,001HAC cut

$848,001HAC cut÷6,525traditional Medicare stays=$130per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $848K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$209K and −$176K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $74,696,642
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $2,507,566
Outliers: unusually costly stays $649,861
Capital: buildings and equipment $6,166,567
Uncompensated care $1,164,682
Total, before the three programs $85,185,318
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9972 − 1) −$209,151
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9976 − 1) −$176,113
After these two $84,800,054
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $646K⁠–⁠$1.1M −$848,001
Net of the three programs likely −$1.4M to −$993K −$1,233,265

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$74,696,642
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$2,507,566
Outliers: unusually costly stays$649,861
Capital: buildings and equipment$6,166,567
Uncompensated care$1,164,682
Total, before the three programs$85,185,318
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9972 − 1))−$209,151
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9976 − 1))−$176,113
After these two$84,800,054
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $646K–$1.1M)−$848,001
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.4M to −$993K)−$1,233,265

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 Score0.7231same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$848Ksame

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 0.7231 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 $848K, 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 900.8887 or lower
CLABSI0.453 or lower
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSA0.373 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 1.1844 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.343 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.561 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.594 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.450 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.361 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.7231 among its measured results: +0.2848.
  • PSI 90 +0.2280
  • CLABSI +0.2848
  • CAUTI +0.0056
  • SSI −0.0732
  • CDI +0.0467
  • MRSA +0.2312

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 901.3678+0.2280same
CLABSI1.7090+0.2848same
CAUTI0.0337+0.0056same
SSI−0.4390−0.0732same
CDI0.2803+0.0467same
MRSA1.3871+0.2312same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/220033/

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.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 1 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.6500, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.0600, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0107, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1004, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.1647, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2141, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1749, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0412, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.2500, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.7231, higher than 87% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.6500, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.0600, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0107, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1004, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.1647, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2141, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1749, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0412, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.2500, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.7231, higher than 87% 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
FY20152.650010.1%not cut
FY20164.000022.1%not cut
FY20175.060043.3%not cut
FY2018−0.010750.7%not cut
FY2019−0.100444.3%not cut
FY2020−0.164739.3%not cut
FY2021−0.214136.3%not cut
FY2022−0.174939.0%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.041249.9%not cut
FY20250.250068.6%not cut
FY20260.723187.9%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. 2 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.74 → 1.69 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.745CLABSI, 2018: 0.398CLABSI, 2019: 0.668CLABSI, 2021: 1.762CLABSI, 2022: 0.847CLABSI, 2023: 1.001CLABSI, 2024: 1.689 CAUTI 0.57 → 0.75 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.567CAUTI, 2018: 1.055CAUTI, 2019: 0.820CAUTI, 2021: 0.894CAUTI, 2022: 1.014CAUTI, 2023: 0.373CAUTI, 2024: 0.751 SSI, colon 1.32 → 1.06 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.324SSI, colon, 2018: 0.985SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.477SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 1.065 MRSA 0.00 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.000MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 1.204MRSA, 2021: 0.769MRSA, 2022: 0.320MRSA, 2023: 2.214MRSA, 2024: 0.465 C. diff 0.98 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.984C. diff, 2018: 0.595C. diff, 2019: 0.627C. diff, 2021: 0.360C. diff, 2022: 0.618C. diff, 2023: 0.426C. diff, 2024: 0.475 CLABSI 0.74 → 1.69 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.745CLABSI, 2018: 0.398CLABSI, 2019: 0.668CLABSI, 2021: 1.762CLABSI, 2022: 0.847CLABSI, 2023: 1.001CLABSI, 2024: 1.689 CAUTI 0.57 → 0.75 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.567CAUTI, 2018: 1.055CAUTI, 2019: 0.820CAUTI, 2021: 0.894CAUTI, 2022: 1.014CAUTI, 2023: 0.373CAUTI, 2024: 0.751 SSI, colon 1.32 → 1.06 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.324SSI, colon, 2018: 0.985SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.477SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 1.065 MRSA 0.00 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.000MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 1.204MRSA, 2021: 0.769MRSA, 2022: 0.320MRSA, 2023: 2.214MRSA, 2024: 0.465 C. diff 0.98 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.984C. diff, 2018: 0.595C. diff, 2019: 0.627C. diff, 2021: 0.360C. diff, 2022: 0.618C. diff, 2023: 0.426C. diff, 2024: 0.475

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
20170.7450.5671.3240.0000.984
20180.3981.0550.9850.0000.595
20190.6680.8200.0001.2040.627
20211.7620.8940.4770.7690.360
20220.8471.0140.0000.3200.618
20231.0010.3730.0002.2140.426
20241.6890.7511.0650.4650.475

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 Massachusetts, its score is higher than 86% of the other 51 scored there.

In Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area, its score is higher than 92% of the other 14 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 23% (Urban) to 38% (Massachusetts).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut Massachusetts: CMS cut 20 of 52 (38%); middle score 0.2735Massachusetts 52 hospitals38% cut Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area: CMS cut 5 of 15 (33%); middle score 0.2495Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area15 hospitals33% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% 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: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut Massachusetts: CMS cut 20 of 52 (38%); middle score 0.2735Massachusetts52 hospitals38% cut Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area: CMS cut 5 of 15 (33%); middle score 0.2495Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area15 hospitals33% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% 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: 0.7231 This hospital 0.7231

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%−0.045387%
Northeast region43612428%0.047886%
Massachusetts522038%0.273586%
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area15533%0.249592%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105386%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073290%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013488%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057490%
This hospital0.7231
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport: score 0.2495, not cut, 17 miles87. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston: score 1.0946, cut, 17 miles76. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: score 0.1843, not cut, 17 miles65. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington: score 0.2976, not cut, 17 miles54. Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence: score −0.2448, not cut, 17 miles43. Winchester Hospital, Winchester: score −0.3854, not cut, 14 miles32. Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose: score −0.1710, not cut, 12 miles21. North Shore Medical Center -, Salem: score 0.1330, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Northeast Hospital Corporation

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
North Shore Medical Center -, Salem, MA40.1330not cut
Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose, MA12−0.1710not cut
Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA14−0.3854not cut
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence, MA17−0.2448not cut
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington, MA170.2976not cut
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA170.1843not cut
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston, MA171.0946cut
Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA170.2495not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1North Shore Medical Center -Salem, MA40.1330No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA12−0.1710No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA14−0.3854No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA17−0.2448No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, BurlingtonBurlington, MA170.2976No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA170.1843No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA171.09461% cut$109KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures
8Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA170.2495No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Northeast Hospital Corporation, Beverly, MA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/220033/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.