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HospitalUMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.3M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 220163

1Hospital

UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

2Location

Worcester, MA (Massachusetts’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 01655

Worcester County

3Type

Major teaching · 325 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

0.0177

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $3.2M, likely $2.6⁠–⁠3.4M estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0177 for UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $3.2M estimate 1% of about $315M, 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. Its score was 0.3622 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $2.6–3.4M

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments 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: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177 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: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177

Higher than 53% 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. 17Cut
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.0962, to −0.0785. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; CDI 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 58% 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 value0.9787

    Z-score−0.0680

    Part of score−0.0113

  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 60% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.673

    Z-score0.1547

    Part of score+0.0258

  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 58% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.412

    Z-score−0.3255

    Part of score−0.0543

  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

    At the national median

    CMS value0.795

    Z-score−0.0946

    Part of score−0.0158

  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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 71% 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 value0.495

    Z-score0.4545

    Part of score+0.0758

  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 54% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.690

    Z-score−0.0152

    Part of score−0.0025

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 900.97870.9623−0.0680−0.0113Worse than 58% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.6730.5590.1547+0.0258Worse than 60% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.4120.489−0.3255−0.0543Better than 58% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7950.795−0.0946−0.0158At the national median
CDI0.4950.3460.4545+0.0758Worse than 71% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.6900.641−0.0152−0.0025Worse than 54% 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.

(−0.0680PSI 90+0.1547CLABSI−0.3255CAUTI−0.0946SSI+0.4545CDI−0.0152MRSA)÷6measures=0.0177Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3622 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0177, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.0680 divided by 6 = −0.0113PSI 90−0.0113 CLABSI: z‑score 0.1547 divided by 6 = +0.0258CLABSI+0.0258 CAUTI: z‑score −0.3255 divided by 6 = −0.0543CAUTI−0.0543 SSI: z‑score −0.0946 divided by 6 = −0.0158SSI−0.0158 CDI: z‑score 0.4545 divided by 6 = +0.0758CDI+0.0758 MRSA: z‑score −0.0152 divided by 6 = −0.0025MRSA−0.0025 Total HAC Score: 0.0177Score0.0177 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.0680 divided by 6 = −0.0113PSI 90−0.0113 CLABSI: z‑score 0.1547 divided by 6 = +0.0258CLABSI+0.0258 CAUTI: z‑score −0.3255 divided by 6 = −0.0543CAUTI−0.0543 SSI: z‑score −0.0946 divided by 6 = −0.0158SSI−0.0158 CDI: z‑score 0.4545 divided by 6 = +0.0758CDI+0.0758 MRSA: z‑score −0.0152 divided by 6 = −0.0025MRSA−0.0025 Total HAC Score: 0.0177Score0.0177 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.0680−0.0113−0.0113
CLABSI0.1547+0.02580.0145
CAUTI−0.3255−0.0543−0.0398
SSI−0.0946−0.0158−0.0556
CDI0.4545+0.07580.0202
MRSA−0.0152−0.00250.0177
Total HAC Score0.0177
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, 0.3622 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3622 higher, the cut would have been about $3.2M by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $3.2M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $3.2M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $3.2M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $3.2Mat 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: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177

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−$3,151,512
This hospital0.0177$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$3,151,512

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.

($274,396,672payment+$42,022,848teaching, MA stays−$315,087readmissions−$953,262value-based)×1%the cut=$3,151,512at stake

$3,151,512at stake÷10,147traditional Medicare stays=$311per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $3.2M by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$315K and −$953K.

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 $165,835,215
Teaching (indirect medical education) $59,289,406
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $42,022,848
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $8,485,788
Outliers: unusually costly stays $16,218,684
Capital: buildings and equipment $17,648,904
Uncompensated care $6,918,675
Total, before the three programs $316,419,520
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9981 − 1) −$315,087
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9943 − 1) −$953,262
After these two $315,151,171
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $3,151,512 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$1.4M to −$1.1M −$1,268,349

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)$165,835,215
Teaching (indirect medical education)$59,289,406
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$42,022,848
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$8,485,788
Outliers: unusually costly stays$16,218,684
Capital: buildings and equipment$17,648,904
Uncompensated care$6,918,675
Total, before the three programs$316,419,520
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9981 − 1))−$315,087
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9943 − 1))−$953,262
After these two$315,151,171
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $3,151,512)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.4M to −$1.1M)−$1,268,349

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 Score0.0177same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

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 0.0177 and a payment reduction decision of No.

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.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $3.2M out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.2893
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.311
SSIup to 2.061
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAup to 1.727

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 0.9787 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.673 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.412 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

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

CMS 0.495 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.690 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0177 among its measured results: +0.0758.
  • PSI 90 −0.0113
  • CLABSI +0.0258
  • CAUTI −0.0543
  • SSI −0.0158
  • CDI +0.0758
  • MRSA −0.0025

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 90−0.0680−0.0113same
CLABSI0.1547+0.0258same
CAUTI−0.3255−0.0543same
SSI−0.0946−0.0158same
CDI0.4545+0.0758same
MRSA−0.0152−0.0025same

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 6.3250, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.6000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2018: score −0.3221, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.39, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0319, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1329, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2958, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.1289, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0603, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0177, higher than 53% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 6.3250, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.7500, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.6000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2018: score −0.3221, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.39, higher than 26% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0319, higher than 50% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.1329, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2958, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.1289, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0603, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0177, higher than 53% of scores; not 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
FY20166.750072.4%not cut
FY20176.600076.0%cut
FY2018−0.322129.8%not cut
FY2019−0.3926.0%not cut
FY2020−0.031950.0%not cut
FY20210.132963.5%not cut
FY20220.295874.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.128961.6%not cut
FY20250.060356.9%not cut
FY20260.017753.9%not 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 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.27 → 0.75 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.272CLABSI, 2018: 0.657CLABSI, 2019: 0.381CLABSI, 2021: 0.344CLABSI, 2022: 0.812CLABSI, 2023: 0.589CLABSI, 2024: 0.752 CAUTI 0.28 → 0.45 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.284CAUTI, 2018: 0.570CAUTI, 2019: 0.451CAUTI, 2021: 0.655CAUTI, 2022: 0.641CAUTI, 2023: 0.379CAUTI, 2024: 0.445 SSI, colon 0.36 → 0.63 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.357SSI, colon, 2018: 0.527SSI, colon, 2019: 0.289SSI, colon, 2021: 1.058SSI, colon, 2022: 0.915SSI, colon, 2023: 0.749SSI, colon, 2024: 0.629 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.85 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.090SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.405SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.372SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.722SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.852 MRSA 0.80 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.797MRSA, 2018: 0.402MRSA, 2019: 0.744MRSA, 2021: 0.695MRSA, 2022: 0.605MRSA, 2023: 0.747MRSA, 2024: 0.639 C. diff 0.98 → 0.50 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.976C. diff, 2018: 0.497C. diff, 2019: 0.831C. diff, 2021: 0.413C. diff, 2022: 0.455C. diff, 2023: 0.491C. diff, 2024: 0.499 CLABSI 0.27 → 0.75 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.272CLABSI, 2018: 0.657CLABSI, 2019: 0.381CLABSI, 2021: 0.344CLABSI, 2022: 0.812CLABSI, 2023: 0.589CLABSI, 2024: 0.752 CAUTI 0.28 → 0.45 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.284CAUTI, 2018: 0.570CAUTI, 2019: 0.451CAUTI, 2021: 0.655CAUTI, 2022: 0.641CAUTI, 2023: 0.379CAUTI, 2024: 0.445 SSI, colon 0.36 → 0.63 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.357SSI, colon, 2018: 0.527SSI, colon, 2019: 0.289SSI, colon, 2021: 1.058SSI, colon, 2022: 0.915SSI, colon, 2023: 0.749SSI, colon, 2024: 0.629 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.85 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.090SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 2.405SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.372SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.722SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.852 MRSA 0.80 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.797MRSA, 2018: 0.402MRSA, 2019: 0.744MRSA, 2021: 0.695MRSA, 2022: 0.605MRSA, 2023: 0.747MRSA, 2024: 0.639 C. diff 0.98 → 0.50 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.976C. diff, 2018: 0.497C. diff, 2019: 0.831C. diff, 2021: 0.413C. diff, 2022: 0.455C. diff, 2023: 0.491C. diff, 2024: 0.499

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
20170.2720.2840.3570.0000.7970.976
20180.6570.5700.5270.0000.4020.497
20190.3810.4510.2892.0900.7440.831
20210.3440.6551.0582.4050.6950.413
20220.8120.6410.9150.3720.6050.455
20230.5890.3790.7490.7220.7470.491
20240.7520.4450.6291.8520.6390.499

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 37% of the other 51 scored there.

In Worcester, MA area, its score is higher than 66% of the other 6 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 5 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (300 to 499 beds) 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 Worcester, MA area: CMS cut 2 of 7 (29%); middle score −0.2422Worcester, MA area 7 hospitals29% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban 2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177 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 Worcester, MA area: CMS cut 2 of 7 (29%); middle score −0.2422Worcester, MA area7 hospitals29% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% cut Urban: CMS cut 510 of 2,241 (23%); middle score −0.0574Urban2,241 hospitals23% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.0177 This hospital 0.0177

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%−0.045353%
Northeast region43612428%0.047847%
Massachusetts522038%0.273537%
Worcester, MA area7229%−0.242266%
Major teaching42413632%0.178040%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038454%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013452%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057455%
This hospital0.0177
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 3 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer: score 0.3424, not cut, 22 miles87. UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Southbridge: score −0.6878, not cut, 20 miles76. UMass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals, Leominster: score 0.6587, cut, 18 miles65. Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham: score 0.5504, cut, 17 miles54. Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford: score −0.3243, not cut, 15 miles43. Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough: score 0.5125, cut, 12 miles32. St Vincent Hospital, Worcester: score −0.2422, not cut, 2 miles21. Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc, Worcester: score −0.2492, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc, Worcester, MA2−0.2492not cut
St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA2−0.2422not cut
Marlborough Hospital, Marlborough, MA120.5125cut
Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, MA15−0.3243not cut
Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, MA170.5504cut
UMass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals, Leominster, MA180.6587cut
UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital, Southbridge, MA20−0.6878not cut
Nashoba Valley Medical Center, Ayer, MA220.3424not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Adcare Hospital of Worcester IncWorcester, MA2−0.2492No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
2St Vincent HospitalWorcester, MA2−0.2422No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Marlborough HospitalMarlborough, MA120.51251% cut$171KAbove the national median on 5 of 5 measures
4Milford Regional Medical CenterMilford, MA15−0.3243No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Metrowest Medical CenterFramingham, MA170.55041% cut$361KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
6UMass Memorial Healthalliance HospitalsLeominster, MA180.65871% cut$350KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
7UMass Memorial Health - Harrington HospitalSouthbridge, MA20−0.6878No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Nashoba Valley Medical CenterAyer, MA220.3424No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 2 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. UMass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus, Worcester, MA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/220163/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.