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HospitalWayne General Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$11K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 250077

1Hospital

Wayne General Hospital

2Location

Waynesboro, MS (Mississippi’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 39367

Wayne County

3Type

Minor teaching · 80 beds · Government · Rural · Sole community hospital

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

1.2130

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$31K estimate
Likely $22⁠–⁠35K; about $95 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$31K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 1.2130 for Wayne General Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $3.1M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays: about $95 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $22–35K

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 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: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130 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: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130

Higher than 96% 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. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  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 0.3630, to 0.8500. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 3 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; 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 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 value0.9796

    Z-score−0.0619

    Part of score−0.0103

  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 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.498

    Z-score2.0686

    Part of score+0.3448

  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 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.3186

    Part of score−0.2198

  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

    CMS assigned this measure its worst possible score under the program’s rules; it is not a measured result. CMS’s footnote gives the reason.

    CMS footnote 11: There were discrepancies in the data collection process.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-score2.1717

    Part of score+0.3620

  5. CDI (what it counts)

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

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    CMS assigned this measure its worst possible score under the program’s rules; it is not a measured result. CMS’s footnote gives the reason.

    CMS footnote 11: There were discrepancies in the data collection process.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-score2.1931

    Part of score+0.3655

  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

    CMS assigned this measure its worst possible score under the program’s rules; it is not a measured result. CMS’s footnote gives the reason.

    CMS footnote 11: There were discrepancies in the data collection process.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-score2.2251

    Part of score+0.3708

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 900.97960.9623−0.0619−0.0103Worse than 58% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.4980.5592.0686+0.3448Worse than 94% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.0000.489−1.3186−0.2198Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSIno value published0.7952.1717+0.3620
CDIno value published0.3462.1931+0.3655
MRSAno value published0.6412.2251+0.3708

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.

(−0.0619PSI 90+2.0686CLABSI−1.3186CAUTI+2.1717SSI+2.1931CDI+2.2251MRSA)÷6measures=1.2130Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.8338 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 1.2130, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.0619 divided by 6 = −0.0103PSI 90−0.0103 CLABSI: z‑score 2.0686 divided by 6 = +0.3448CLABSI+0.3448 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 6 = +0.3655CDI+0.3655 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 1.2130Score1.2130 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.0619 divided by 6 = −0.0103PSI 90−0.0103 CLABSI: z‑score 2.0686 divided by 6 = +0.3448CLABSI+0.3448 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score 2.1717 divided by 6 = +0.3620SSI+0.3620 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 6 = +0.3655CDI+0.3655 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 1.2130Score1.2130 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.01.2

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 90−0.0619−0.0103−0.0103
CLABSI2.0686+0.34480.3345
CAUTI−1.3186−0.21980.1147
SSI2.1717+0.36200.4767
CDI2.1931+0.36550.8422
MRSA2.2251+0.37081.2130
Total HAC Score1.2130
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, 0.8338 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $31K 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 $31K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $31K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $31K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $31Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130

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−$31,245
This hospital1.2130−$31,245
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$31,245

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.

($3,095,725payment+$8,038teaching, MA stays−$8,937readmissions+$29,670value-based)×1%the cut=$31,245HAC cut

$31,245HAC cut÷330traditional Medicare stays=$95per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $31K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$9K and +$30K.

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 $2,291,520
Teaching (indirect medical education) $16,339
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $8,038
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $68,746
Outliers: unusually costly stays $12,901
Low-volume adjustment $529,321
Capital: buildings and equipment $176,898
Total, before the three programs $3,103,763
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9961 − 1) −$8,937
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0129 − 1) +$29,670
After these two $3,124,496
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $22⁠–⁠35K −$31,245
Net of the three programs likely −$11K to −$7K −$10,512

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, a sole community hospital rate difference, 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)$2,291,520
Teaching (indirect medical education)$16,339
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$8,038
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$68,746
Outliers: unusually costly stays$12,901
Low-volume adjustment$529,321
Capital: buildings and equipment$176,898
Total, before the three programs$3,103,763
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9961 − 1))−$8,937
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0129 − 1))+$29,670
After these two$3,124,496
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $22–35K)−$31,245
Net of the three programs (likely −$11K to −$7K)−$10,512

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 Score1.2130same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$31Ksame

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 1.2130 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 $31K, 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 NoNote
PSI 90not possible with this measure alone
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTInot possible with this measure alone
SSICMS assigned this measure’s score, so there is no submitted value to solve for.
CDICMS assigned this measure’s score, so there is no submitted value to solve for.
MRSACMS assigned this measure’s score, so there is no submitted value to solve for.

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 0.9796 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.498 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.000 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS assigned this measure’s score; CMS’s footnote in the table above gives the reason. Enter a value to see the score had it been submitted.

median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS assigned this measure’s score; CMS’s footnote in the table above gives the reason. Enter a value to see the score had it been submitted.

median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

CMS assigned this measure’s score; CMS’s footnote in the table above gives the reason. Enter a value to see the score had it been submitted.

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 1.2130 among its measured results: +0.3448.
  • PSI 90 −0.0103
  • CLABSI +0.3448
  • CAUTI −0.2198
  • SSI (assigned by CMS) +0.3620
  • CDI (assigned by CMS) +0.3655
  • MRSA (assigned by CMS) +0.3708

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 90−0.0619−0.0103same
CLABSI2.0686+0.3448same
CAUTI−1.3186−0.2198same
SSI, assigned2.1717+0.3620same
CDI, assigned2.1931+0.3655same
MRSA, assigned2.2251+0.3708same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250077/

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 2 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.7500, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.0000, higher than 4% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 1.4500, higher than 1% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1341, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.6046, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −1.1636, higher than 2% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2912, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1446, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 1.0493, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2025: score −0.2395, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 1.2130, higher than 96% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.7500, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.0000, higher than 4% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 1.4500, higher than 1% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.1341, higher than 41% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.6046, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −1.1636, higher than 2% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.2912, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.1446, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 1.0493, higher than 93% of scores; cutFY2025: score −0.2395, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 1.2130, higher than 96% 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
FY20152.750010.7%not cut
FY20162.00004.1%not cut
FY20171.45001.8%not cut
FY2018−0.134141.2%not cut
FY2019−0.604617.6%not cut
FY2020−1.16362.8%not cut
FY2021−0.291231.5%not cut
FY20220.144666.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20241.049393.7%cut
FY2025−0.239535.3%not cut
FY20261.213096.7%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. 0 of its 2 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.36 → 0.53 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.360C. diff, 2018: 0.000C. diff, 2019: 0.703C. diff, 2021: 0.997C. diff, 2022: 1.423C. diff, 2023: 0.764C. diff, 2024: 0.532 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.36 → 0.53 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.360C. diff, 2018: 0.000C. diff, 2019: 0.703C. diff, 2021: 0.997C. diff, 2022: 1.423C. diff, 2023: 0.764C. diff, 2024: 0.532

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 yearCAUTIC. diff
20170.360
20180.000
20190.703
20210.997
20221.423
20230.0000.764
20240.0000.532

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 93% of the other 49 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) 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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Rural: CMS cut 196 of 619 (32%); middle score 0.0229Rural 619 hospitals32% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130 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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Rural: CMS cut 196 of 619 (32%); middle score 0.0229Rural619 hospitals32% 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: 1.2130 This hospital 1.2130

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%−0.045396%
South region1,17426322%−0.105696%
Mississippi501836%0.192393%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056798%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115492%
Government40114035%0.160292%
Rural61919632%0.022993%
This hospital1.2130
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 30 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. George Regional Health System, Lucedale: score −0.8383, not cut, 52 miles87. Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg: score 0.1793, not cut, 49 miles76. Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian: score 0.9050, cut, 48 miles65. Ochsner Rush Hospital, Meridian: score −0.2519, not cut, 48 miles54. Anderson Regional Medical Center South Campus, Meridian: score −1.4622, not cut, 48 miles43. Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg: score 0.4714, cut, 47 miles32. Alliance Health Center, Meridian: score −1.4597, not cut, 42 miles21. South Central Reg Med Ctr, Laurel: score 0.7563, cut, 30 miles1This hospital: Wayne General Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
South Central Reg Med Ctr, Laurel, MS300.7563cut
Alliance Health Center, Meridian, MS42−1.4597not cut
Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS470.4714cut
Anderson Regional Medical Center South Campus, Meridian, MS48−1.4622not cut
Ochsner Rush Hospital, Meridian, MS48−0.2519not cut
Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian, MS480.9050cut
Merit Health Wesley, Hattiesburg, MS490.1793not cut
George Regional Health System, Lucedale, MS52−0.8383not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1South Central Reg Med CtrLaurel, MS300.75631% cut$153KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2Alliance Health CenterMeridian, MS42−1.4597No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
3Forrest General HospitalHattiesburg, MS470.47141% cut$974KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
4Anderson Regional Medical Center South CampusMeridian, MS48−1.4622No cutno estimateAbove the national median on 0 of 1 measures
5Ochsner Rush HospitalMeridian, MS48−0.2519No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Anderson Regional Medical CenterMeridian, MS480.90501% cut$308KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
7Merit Health WesleyHattiesburg, MS490.1793No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8George Regional Health SystemLucedale, MS52−0.8383No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Wayne General Hospital, Waynesboro, MS: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250077/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.