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HospitalMerit Health Natchez Estimated FY2026 net: −$155K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 250084

1Hospital

Merit Health Natchez

2Location

Natchez, MS (Mississippi’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 39120

Adams County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 179 beds · For-profit · Rural · Sole community hospital

4Care Compare stars

2 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

0.7414

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$90K estimate
Likely $70⁠–⁠110K; about $155 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$90K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.7414 for Merit Health Natchez and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $9.0M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $155 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $70–110K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414 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: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414

Higher than 88% 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. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25Cut
  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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.3905, to 0.3509. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; MRSA 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 86% 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 value1.1552

    Z-score1.1641

    Part of score+0.1940

  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−0.2344

  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 91% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.289

    Z-score1.7885

    Part of score+0.2981

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Better than 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.691

    Z-score−0.2728

    Part of score−0.0455

  5. CDI (what it counts)

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

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 83% 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 value0.623

    Z-score0.9501

    Part of score+0.1584

  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.

    added the most

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 99% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value2.918

    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 901.15520.96231.1641+0.1940Worse than 86% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.0000.559−1.4065−0.2344Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.2890.4891.7885+0.2981Worse than 91% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.6910.795−0.2728−0.0455Better than 57% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6230.3460.9501+0.1584Worse than 83% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA2.9180.6412.2251+0.3708Worse than 99% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(1.1641PSI 90−1.4065CLABSI+1.7885CAUTI−0.2728SSI+0.9501CDI+2.2251MRSA)÷6measures=0.7414Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3622 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.7414, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.1641 divided by 6 = +0.1940PSI 90+0.1940 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score 1.7885 divided by 6 = +0.2981CAUTI+0.2981 SSI: z‑score −0.2728 divided by 6 = −0.0455SSI−0.0455 CDI: z‑score 0.9501 divided by 6 = +0.1584CDI+0.1584 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.7414Score0.7414 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.1641 divided by 6 = +0.1940PSI 90+0.1940 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score 1.7885 divided by 6 = +0.2981CAUTI+0.2981 SSI: z‑score −0.2728 divided by 6 = −0.0455SSI−0.0455 CDI: z‑score 0.9501 divided by 6 = +0.1584CDI+0.1584 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.7414Score0.7414 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 901.1641+0.19400.1940
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344−0.0404
CAUTI1.7885+0.29810.2577
SSI−0.2728−0.04550.2122
CDI0.9501+0.15840.3706
MRSA2.2251+0.37080.7414
Total HAC Score0.7414
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, 0.3622 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $90K 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 $90K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $90K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $90K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $90Kat 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: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414

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−$90,033
This hospital0.7414−$90,033
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$90,033

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.

($9,068,373payment−$11,681readmissions−$53,406value-based)×1%the cut=$90,033HAC cut

$90,033HAC cut÷581traditional Medicare stays=$155per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $90K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$12K and −$53K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $5,309,674
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $159,290
Outliers: unusually costly stays $117,609
Sole community hospital rate difference $2,164,533
Low-volume adjustment $895,317
Capital: buildings and equipment $421,950
Total, before the three programs $9,068,373
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9978 − 1) −$11,681
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9899 − 1) −$53,406
After these two $9,003,286
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $70⁠–⁠110K −$90,033
Net of the three programs likely −$180K to −$124K −$155,120

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$5,309,674
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$159,290
Outliers: unusually costly stays$117,609
Sole community hospital rate difference$2,164,533
Low-volume adjustment$895,317
Capital: buildings and equipment$421,950
Total, before the three programs$9,068,373
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9978 − 1))−$11,681
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9899 − 1))−$53,406
After these two$9,003,286
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $70–110K)−$90,033
Net of the three programs (likely −$180K to −$124K)−$155,120

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 Score0.7414same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$90Ksame

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 0.7414 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 $90K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

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

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 900.8438 or lower
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTI0.387 or lower
SSInot possible with this measure alone
CDI0.061 or lower
MRSA0.722 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 1.1552 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.000 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.289 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.691 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.623 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 2.918 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. MRSA added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.7414 among its measured results: +0.3708.
  • PSI 90 +0.1940
  • CLABSI −0.2344
  • CAUTI +0.2981
  • SSI −0.0455
  • CDI +0.1584
  • MRSA +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 901.1641+0.1940same
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344same
CAUTI1.7885+0.2981same
SSI−0.2728−0.0455same
CDI0.9501+0.1584same
MRSA2.2251+0.3708same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250084/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.2750, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.9375, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3364, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.4507, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2267, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5447, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2022: score −0.1731, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2151, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6793, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7414, higher than 88% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.2750, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.9375, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3364, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.4507, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2267, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.5447, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2022: score −0.1731, higher than 39% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2151, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6793, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.7414, higher than 88% 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
FY20154.275030.4%not cut
FY20166.250064.4%not cut
FY20173.937524.9%not cut
FY2018−0.336429.0%not cut
FY2019−0.450723.3%not cut
FY20200.226769.2%not cut
FY20210.544784.5%cut
FY2022−0.173139.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.215167.0%not cut
FY20250.679387.7%cut
FY20260.741488.2%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. 1 of its 3 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.678CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.93 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2018: 0.932SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.853 C. diff 0.00 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.373C. diff, 2019: 0.206C. diff, 2021: 0.275C. diff, 2022: 0.000C. diff, 2023: 0.929C. diff, 2024: 0.314 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.678CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.93 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2018: 0.932SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000SSI, colon, 2024: 0.853 C. diff 0.00 → 0.31 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.000C. diff, 2018: 0.373C. diff, 2019: 0.206C. diff, 2021: 0.275C. diff, 2022: 0.000C. diff, 2023: 0.929C. diff, 2024: 0.314

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 yearCAUTISSI, colonC. diff
20170.0000.000
20180.6780.9320.373
20190.0000.206
20210.0000.0000.275
20220.000
20230.0000.929
20240.8530.314

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 77% 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 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit 651 hospitals15% 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: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414 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 Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut For-profit: CMS cut 98 of 651 (15%); middle score −0.2590For-profit651 hospitals15% 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: 0.7414 This hospital 0.7414

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%−0.045388%
South region1,17426322%−0.105688%
Mississippi501836%0.192377%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105386%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073291%
For-profit6519815%−0.259093%
Rural61919632%0.022981%
This hospital0.7414
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 4 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 47 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary: score −0.5503, not cut, 62 miles87. Beacham Memorial Hospital, Magnolia: score 2.1717, cut, 61 miles76. Southwest MS Regional Medical Center, McComb: score 0.3263, not cut, 57 miles65. Citizens Medical Center, Columbia: score 1.0969, cut, 56 miles54. King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven, Brookhaven: score −0.4853, not cut, 55 miles43. Avoyelles Hospital, Marksville: score 1.0201, cut, 48 miles32. Franklin Medical Center, Winnsboro: score −0.7720, not cut, 47 miles21. Lasalle General Hospital, Jena: score 1.2869, cut, 47 miles1This hospital: Merit Health Natchez

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Lasalle General Hospital, Jena, LA471.2869cut
Franklin Medical Center, Winnsboro, LA47−0.7720not cut
Avoyelles Hospital, Marksville, LA481.0201cut
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven, Brookhaven, MS55−0.4853not cut
Citizens Medical Center, Columbia, LA561.0969cut
Southwest MS Regional Medical Center, McComb, MS570.3263not cut
Beacham Memorial Hospital, Magnolia, MS612.1717cut
Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary, LA62−0.5503not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Lasalle General HospitalJena, LA471.28691% cut$13KAbove the national median on 2 of 2 measures
2Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro, LA47−0.7720No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
3Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA481.02011% cut$23KAbove the national median on 4 of 4 measures
4King's Daughters Medical Center-BrookhavenBrookhaven, MS55−0.4853No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 5 measures
5Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA561.09691% cut$21KAbove the national median on 2 of 2 measures
6Southwest MS Regional Medical CenterMcComb, MS570.3263No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7Beacham Memorial HospitalMagnolia, MS612.17171% cut$5KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 measures
8Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA62−0.5503No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Merit Health Natchez, Natchez, MS: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/250084/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.