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HospitalMerit Health Central Estimated FY2026 net: +$34K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 250072

1Hospital

Merit Health Central

2Location

Jackson, MS (Mississippi’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 39204

Hinds County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 451 beds · For-profit · Urban

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

−0.4157

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $81K, likely $61⁠–⁠101K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.4157 for Merit Health Central and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $81K estimate 1% of about $8.1M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.7956 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $61–101K

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.

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: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157 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: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157

Higher than 25% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 2 of 11 years

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

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 5 of the 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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4132, to −0.8289. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 5 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; CAUTI 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 67% 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 value0.9193

    Z-score−0.4832

    Part of score−0.0966

  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

    Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4065

    Part of score−0.2813

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.346

    Z-score1.9259

    Part of score+0.3852

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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 91% 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 value0.000

    Z-score−1.4622

    Part of score−0.2924

  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 73% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.385

    Z-score−0.6527

    Part of score−0.1305

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 900.91930.9623−0.4832−0.0966Better than 67% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.0000.559−1.4065−0.2813Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.3460.4891.9259+0.3852Worse than 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDI0.0000.346−1.4622−0.2924Better than 91% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.3850.641−0.6527−0.1305Better than 73% 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 5; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.4832PSI 90−1.4065CLABSI+1.9259CAUTI−1.4622CDI−0.6527MRSA)÷5measures=−0.4157Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.4157; CMS reports −0.4157. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.7956 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.4157, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4832 divided by 5 = −0.0966PSI 90−0.0966 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 5 = −0.2813CLABSI−0.2813 CAUTI: z‑score 1.9259 divided by 5 = +0.3852CAUTI+0.3852 CDI: z‑score −1.4622 divided by 5 = −0.2924CDI−0.2924 MRSA: z‑score −0.6527 divided by 5 = −0.1305MRSA−0.1305 Total HAC Score: −0.4157Score−0.4157 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4832 divided by 5 = −0.0966PSI 90−0.0966 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 5 = −0.2813CLABSI−0.2813 CAUTI: z‑score 1.9259 divided by 5 = +0.3852CAUTI+0.3852 CDI: z‑score −1.4622 divided by 5 = −0.2924CDI−0.2924 MRSA: z‑score −0.6527 divided by 5 = −0.1305MRSA−0.1305 Total HAC Score: −0.4157Score−0.4157 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−0.4832−0.0966−0.0966
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2813−0.3779
CAUTI1.9259+0.38520.0073
CDI−1.4622−0.2924−0.2851
MRSA−0.6527−0.1305−0.4156
Total HAC Score−0.4157
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, 0.7956 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.7956 higher, the cut would have been about $81K 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 $81K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $81K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $81K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $81Kat 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: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157

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−$80,705
This hospital−0.4157$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$80,705

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.

($8,036,952payment−$2,191readmissions+$35,735value-based)×1%the cut=$80,705at stake

$80,705at stake÷367traditional Medicare stays=$220per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $81K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$2K and +$36K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $3,130,525
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $394,540
Outliers: unusually costly stays $164,196
Capital: buildings and equipment $321,438
Uncompensated care $4,026,253
Total, before the three programs $8,036,952
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9993 − 1) −$2,191
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0114 − 1) +$35,735
After these two $8,070,496
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $80,705 $0
Net of the three programs likely $27⁠–⁠39K +$33,544

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)$3,130,525
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$394,540
Outliers: unusually costly stays$164,196
Capital: buildings and equipment$321,438
Uncompensated care$4,026,253
Total, before the three programs$8,036,952
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9993 − 1))−$2,191
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0114 − 1))+$35,735
After these two$8,070,496
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $80,705)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $27–39K)+$33,544

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 Score−0.4157same
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 −0.4157 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 $81K 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 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 5 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 0.9193 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1396

CMS 0.000 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0464

CMS 1.346 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0482

CMS 0.000 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0774

CMS 0.385 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0418

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.4157 among its measured results: +0.3852.
  • PSI 90 −0.0966
  • CLABSI −0.2813
  • CAUTI +0.3852
  • CDI −0.2924
  • MRSA −0.1305

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 5, 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 90−0.4832−0.0966same
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2813same
CAUTI1.9259+0.3852same
CDI−1.4622−0.2924same
MRSA−0.6527−0.1305same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250072/

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 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 2 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.3000, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.5700, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1637, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7996, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.8842, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.2123, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3868, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0301, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0810, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.4157, higher than 25% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.3000, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.5700, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1637, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7996, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.8842, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.2123, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3868, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0301, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0810, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.4157, higher than 25% 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
FY20154.300031.3%not cut
FY20166.250064.4%not cut
FY20175.570053.4%not cut
FY2018−0.163739.3%not cut
FY20190.799691.2%cut
FY20200.884293.9%cut
FY20210.212368.4%not cut
FY2022−0.386825.6%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.030155.5%not cut
FY2025−0.081046.6%not cut
FY2026−0.415725.2%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. 5 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 2.06 → 0.48 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.062CLABSI, 2018: 1.413CLABSI, 2019: 0.655CLABSI, 2021: 0.788CLABSI, 2022: 0.476 CAUTI 1.65 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.647CAUTI, 2018: 0.953CAUTI, 2019: 0.896CAUTI, 2021: 1.007CAUTI, 2022: 1.205CAUTI, 2023: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.82 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.818SSI, colon, 2018: 1.795SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 1.51 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.511MRSA, 2018: 1.256MRSA, 2019: 0.865MRSA, 2021: 2.143MRSA, 2022: 1.874MRSA, 2023: 0.812MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.35 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.353C. diff, 2018: 0.494C. diff, 2019: 0.092C. diff, 2021: 0.056C. diff, 2022: 0.000C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.000 CLABSI 2.06 → 0.48 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 2.062CLABSI, 2018: 1.413CLABSI, 2019: 0.655CLABSI, 2021: 0.788CLABSI, 2022: 0.476 CAUTI 1.65 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.647CAUTI, 2018: 0.953CAUTI, 2019: 0.896CAUTI, 2021: 1.007CAUTI, 2022: 1.205CAUTI, 2023: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.82 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.818SSI, colon, 2018: 1.795SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 1.51 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.511MRSA, 2018: 1.256MRSA, 2019: 0.865MRSA, 2021: 2.143MRSA, 2022: 1.874MRSA, 2023: 0.812MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.35 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.353C. diff, 2018: 0.494C. diff, 2019: 0.092C. diff, 2021: 0.056C. diff, 2022: 0.000C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.000

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
20172.0621.6470.8181.5110.353
20181.4130.9531.7951.2560.494
20190.6550.8960.0000.8650.092
20210.7881.0072.1430.056
20220.4761.2051.8740.000
20230.0000.8120.000
20240.0000.000

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 Mississippi, its score is higher than 28% of the other 49 scored there.

In Jackson, MS area, its score is higher than 25% of the other 8 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 15% (For-profit) to 36% (Mississippi).
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 Mississippi: CMS cut 18 of 50 (36%); middle score 0.1923Mississippi 50 hospitals36% cut Jackson, MS area: CMS cut 3 of 9 (33%); middle score 0.1369Jackson, MS area 9 hospitals33% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% 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: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157 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 Mississippi: CMS cut 18 of 50 (36%); middle score 0.1923Mississippi50 hospitals36% cut Jackson, MS area: CMS cut 3 of 9 (33%); middle score 0.1369Jackson, MS area9 hospitals33% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% 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: −0.4157 This hospital −0.4157

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%−0.045325%
South region1,17426322%−0.105628%
Mississippi501836%0.192328%
Jackson, MS area9333%0.136925%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105330%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038418%
For-profit6519815%−0.259039%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057424%
This hospital−0.4157
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 mi25 mi8. Merit Health River Region, Vicksburg: score −0.3332, not cut, 34 miles87. Merit Health Madison, Canton: score −0.8557, not cut, 23 miles76. Crossgates River Oaks Hospital, Brandon: score 0.1138, not cut, 13 miles65. Merit Health River Oaks, Flowood: score 0.1369, not cut, 9 miles54. Merit Health Women's Hospital, Flowood: score −0.9731, not cut, 9 miles43. St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson: score 0.2219, not cut, 6 miles32. University of Mississippi Med Center, Jackson: score 0.6118, cut, 5 miles21. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson: score 1.0526, cut, 5 miles1This hospital: Merit Health Central

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS51.0526cut
University of Mississippi Med Center, Jackson, MS50.6118cut
St Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson, MS60.2219not cut
Merit Health Women's Hospital, Flowood, MS9−0.9731not cut
Merit Health River Oaks, Flowood, MS90.1369not cut
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital, Brandon, MS130.1138not cut
Merit Health Madison, Canton, MS23−0.8557not cut
Merit Health River Region, Vicksburg, MS34−0.3332not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Mississippi Baptist Medical CenterJackson, MS51.05261% cut$859KAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
2University of Mississippi Med CenterJackson, MS50.61181% cut$1.4MAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3St Dominic-Jackson Memorial HospitalJackson, MS60.2219No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Merit Health Women's HospitalFlowood, MS9−0.9731No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
5Merit Health River OaksFlowood, MS90.1369No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Crossgates River Oaks HospitalBrandon, MS130.1138No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 3 measures
7Merit Health MadisonCanton, MS23−0.8557No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 4 measures
8Merit Health River RegionVicksburg, MS34−0.3332No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Merit Health Central, Jackson, MS: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250072/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.