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HospitalLahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Estimated FY2026 net: −$579K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 220171

1Hospital

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

2Location

Burlington, MA (Massachusetts’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 01803

Middlesex County

3Type

Major teaching · 327 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.2976

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $2.3M, likely $1.8⁠–⁠2.5M estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.2976 for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $2.3M estimate 1% of about $225M, 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 0.0823 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $1.8–2.5M

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: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976 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: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976

Higher than 70% 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. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  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 0.1652, to 0.1324. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 5; 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 78% 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 value1.0811

    Z-score0.6466

    Part of score+0.1078

  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 67% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.752

    Z-score0.3380

    Part of score+0.0563

  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 63% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.617

    Z-score0.1687

    Part of score+0.0281

  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 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.893

    Z-score0.0732

    Part of score+0.0122

  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 81% 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 value0.602

    Z-score0.8688

    Part of score+0.1448

  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 58% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.549

    Z-score−0.3099

    Part of score−0.0517

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 901.08110.96230.6466+0.1078Worse than 78% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7520.5590.3380+0.0563Worse than 67% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.6170.4890.1687+0.0281Worse than 63% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.8930.7950.0732+0.0122Worse than 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6020.3460.8688+0.1448Worse than 81% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.5490.641−0.3099−0.0517Better than 58% 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.

(0.6466PSI 90+0.3380CLABSI+0.1687CAUTI+0.0732SSI+0.8688CDI−0.3099MRSA)÷6measures=0.2976Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0823 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.2976, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6466 divided by 6 = +0.1078PSI 90+0.1078 CLABSI: z‑score 0.3380 divided by 6 = +0.0563CLABSI+0.0563 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1687 divided by 6 = +0.0281CAUTI+0.0281 SSI: z‑score 0.0732 divided by 6 = +0.0122SSI+0.0122 CDI: z‑score 0.8688 divided by 6 = +0.1448CDI+0.1448 MRSA: z‑score −0.3099 divided by 6 = −0.0517MRSA−0.0517 Total HAC Score: 0.2976Score0.2976 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.6466 divided by 6 = +0.1078PSI 90+0.1078 CLABSI: z‑score 0.3380 divided by 6 = +0.0563CLABSI+0.0563 CAUTI: z‑score 0.1687 divided by 6 = +0.0281CAUTI+0.0281 SSI: z‑score 0.0732 divided by 6 = +0.0122SSI+0.0122 CDI: z‑score 0.8688 divided by 6 = +0.1448CDI+0.1448 MRSA: z‑score −0.3099 divided by 6 = −0.0517MRSA−0.0517 Total HAC Score: 0.2976Score0.2976 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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 900.6466+0.10780.1078
CLABSI0.3380+0.05630.1641
CAUTI0.1687+0.02810.1922
SSI0.0732+0.01220.2044
CDI0.8688+0.14480.3492
MRSA−0.3099−0.05170.2975
Total HAC Score0.2976
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, 0.0823 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.0823 higher, the cut would have been about $2.3M 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 $2.3M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $2.3M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $2.3M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $2.3Mat 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: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976

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−$2,254,871
This hospital0.2976$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$2,254,871

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.

($207,322,857payment+$18,743,001teaching, MA stays−$613,797readmissions+$35,032value-based)×1%the cut=$2,254,871at stake

$2,254,871at stake÷8,998traditional Medicare stays=$251per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $2.3M by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$614K and +$35K.

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 $153,449,367
Teaching (indirect medical education) $34,974,180
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $18,743,001
Outliers: unusually costly stays $4,667,930
Capital: buildings and equipment $14,231,380
Total, before the three programs $226,065,858
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9960 − 1) −$613,797
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0002 − 1) +$35,032
After these two $225,487,093
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $2,254,871 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$634K to −$500K −$578,765

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, low-income-patient payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

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)$153,449,367
Teaching (indirect medical education)$34,974,180
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$18,743,001
Outliers: unusually costly stays$4,667,930
Capital: buildings and equipment$14,231,380
Total, before the three programs$226,065,858
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9960 − 1))−$613,797
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0002 − 1))+$35,032
After these two$225,487,093
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $2,254,871)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$634K to −$500K)−$578,765

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 Score0.2976same
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 0.2976 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 $2.3M 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 1.1511
CLABSIup to 0.963
CAUTIup to 0.820
SSIup to 1.178
CDIup to 0.728
MRSAup to 0.783

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 1.0811 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.752 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.617 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.893 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.602 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.549 · 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 0.2976 among its measured results: +0.1448.
  • PSI 90 +0.1078
  • CLABSI +0.0563
  • CAUTI +0.0281
  • SSI +0.0122
  • CDI +0.1448
  • MRSA −0.0517

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 900.6466+0.1078same
CLABSI0.3380+0.0563same
CAUTI0.1687+0.0281same
SSI0.0732+0.0122same
CDI0.8688+0.1448same
MRSA−0.3099−0.0517same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/220171/

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 7.4000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.5000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.9600, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.0363, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.18, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0585, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0810, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0628, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.5012, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0897, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.2976, higher than 70% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.4000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.5000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2017: score 6.9600, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.0363, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.18, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0585, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0810, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0628, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.5012, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0897, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.2976, higher than 70% 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
FY20157.400083.3%cut
FY20167.500083.9%cut
FY20176.960082.1%cut
FY20180.036355.8%not cut
FY2019−0.1839.0%not cut
FY2020−0.058547.5%not cut
FY20210.081059.1%not cut
FY20220.062858.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.501219.7%not cut
FY2025−0.089745.8%not cut
FY20260.297670.2%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. 4 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.94 → 0.58 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.937CLABSI, 2018: 1.228CLABSI, 2019: 1.080CLABSI, 2021: 0.632CLABSI, 2022: 1.066CLABSI, 2023: 0.941CLABSI, 2024: 0.577 CAUTI 0.75 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.752CAUTI, 2018: 1.084CAUTI, 2019: 0.881CAUTI, 2021: 0.503CAUTI, 2022: 0.274CAUTI, 2023: 0.662CAUTI, 2024: 0.571 SSI, colon 0.35 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.352SSI, colon, 2018: 1.136SSI, colon, 2019: 0.529SSI, colon, 2021: 0.614SSI, colon, 2022: 0.255SSI, colon, 2023: 0.878SSI, colon, 2024: 0.710 SSI, hysterectomy 1.46 → 2.13 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.460SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.202SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.130 MRSA 0.51 → 0.46 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.509MRSA, 2018: 0.341MRSA, 2019: 0.394MRSA, 2021: 0.777MRSA, 2022: 0.363MRSA, 2023: 0.620MRSA, 2024: 0.457 C. diff 1.16 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.161C. diff, 2018: 0.847C. diff, 2019: 0.417C. diff, 2021: 0.538C. diff, 2022: 0.623C. diff, 2023: 0.638C. diff, 2024: 0.571 CLABSI 0.94 → 0.58 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.937CLABSI, 2018: 1.228CLABSI, 2019: 1.080CLABSI, 2021: 0.632CLABSI, 2022: 1.066CLABSI, 2023: 0.941CLABSI, 2024: 0.577 CAUTI 0.75 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.752CAUTI, 2018: 1.084CAUTI, 2019: 0.881CAUTI, 2021: 0.503CAUTI, 2022: 0.274CAUTI, 2023: 0.662CAUTI, 2024: 0.571 SSI, colon 0.35 → 0.71 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.352SSI, colon, 2018: 1.136SSI, colon, 2019: 0.529SSI, colon, 2021: 0.614SSI, colon, 2022: 0.255SSI, colon, 2023: 0.878SSI, colon, 2024: 0.710 SSI, hysterectomy 1.46 → 2.13 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 1.460SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.202SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 2.130 MRSA 0.51 → 0.46 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.509MRSA, 2018: 0.341MRSA, 2019: 0.394MRSA, 2021: 0.777MRSA, 2022: 0.363MRSA, 2023: 0.620MRSA, 2024: 0.457 C. diff 1.16 → 0.57 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.161C. diff, 2018: 0.847C. diff, 2019: 0.417C. diff, 2021: 0.538C. diff, 2022: 0.623C. diff, 2023: 0.638C. diff, 2024: 0.571

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
20170.9370.7520.3521.4600.5091.161
20181.2281.0841.1361.2020.3410.847
20191.0800.8810.5292.1300.3940.417
20210.6320.5030.6140.7770.538
20221.0660.2740.2550.3630.623
20230.9410.6620.8780.6200.638
20240.5770.5710.7100.4570.571

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 50% of the other 51 scored there.

In Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area, its score is higher than 57% 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 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 Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area: CMS cut 5 of 15 (33%); middle score 0.2495Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area15 hospitals33% 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: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976 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 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: 0.2976 This hospital 0.2976

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%−0.045370%
Northeast region43612428%0.047866%
Massachusetts522038%0.273550%
Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA area15533%0.249557%
Major teaching42413632%0.178060%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038473%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013469%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057472%
This hospital0.2976
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 5 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston: score 0.1843, not cut, 12 miles87. Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston: score 1.0946, cut, 12 miles76. Boston Medical Center-Brighton, Brighton: score −0.2950, not cut, 11 miles65. Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge: score 0.6458, cut, 10 miles54. Emerson Hospital -, W Concord: score −0.5169, not cut, 10 miles43. Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge: score 0.3468, not cut, 10 miles32. Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose: score −0.1710, not cut, 8 miles21. Winchester Hospital, Winchester: score −0.3854, not cut, 5 miles1This hospital: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA5−0.3854not cut
Melrosewakefield Healthcare, Melrose, MA8−0.1710not cut
Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA100.3468not cut
Emerson Hospital -, W Concord, MA10−0.5169not cut
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA100.6458cut
Boston Medical Center-Brighton, Brighton, MA11−0.2950not cut
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -, Boston, MA121.0946cut
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA120.1843not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Winchester HospitalWinchester, MA5−0.3854No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
2Melrosewakefield HealthcareMelrose, MA8−0.1710No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA100.3468No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
4Emerson Hospital -W Concord, MA10−0.5169No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Cambridge Health AllianceCambridge, MA100.64581% cut$339KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
6Boston Medical Center-BrightonBrighton, MA11−0.2950No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary -Boston, MA121.09461% cut$109KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures
8Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA120.1843No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Burlington, MA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/220171/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.