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HospitalExeter Hospital Inc Estimated FY2026 net: +$88K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 300023

1Hospital

Exeter Hospital Inc

2Location

Exeter, NH (New Hampshire’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 03833

Rockingham County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 100 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Medicare-dependent hospital · 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

−0.2266

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $290K, likely $208⁠–⁠326K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.2266 for Exeter Hospital Inc and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $290K estimate 1% of about $29.0M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.6065 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $208–326K

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: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266 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: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266

Higher than 37% 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. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19Cut
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4210, to −0.6476. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; 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

    Worse than 65% 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 value0.9990

    Z-score0.0734

    Part of score+0.0122

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 97% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.870

    Z-score2.3863

    Part of score+0.3977

  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 82% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.278

    Z-score−0.9803

    Part of score−0.1634

  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 55% 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 value0.384

    Z-score0.0247

    Part of score+0.0041

  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 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4573

    Part of score−0.2429

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 900.99900.96230.0734+0.0122Worse than 65% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.0000.559−1.4065−0.2344Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.8700.4892.3863+0.3977Worse than 97% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.2780.795−0.9803−0.1634Better than 82% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3840.3460.0247+0.0041Worse than 55% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.0000.641−1.4573−0.2429Better than 87% 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.

(0.0734PSI 90−1.4065CLABSI+2.3863CAUTI−0.9803SSI+0.0247CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=−0.2266Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.2266; CMS reports −0.2266. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.6065 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.2266, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0734 divided by 6 = +0.0122PSI 90+0.0122 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score −0.9803 divided by 6 = −0.1634SSI−0.1634 CDI: z‑score 0.0247 divided by 6 = +0.0041CDI+0.0041 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: −0.2266Score−0.2266 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.0734 divided by 6 = +0.0122PSI 90+0.0122 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score −0.9803 divided by 6 = −0.1634SSI−0.1634 CDI: z‑score 0.0247 divided by 6 = +0.0041CDI+0.0041 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: −0.2266Score−0.2266 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −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 900.0734+0.01220.0122
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344−0.2222
CAUTI2.3863+0.39770.1755
SSI−0.9803−0.16340.0121
CDI0.0247+0.00410.0162
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429−0.2267
Total HAC Score−0.2266
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, 0.6065 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.6065 higher, the cut would have been about $290K 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 $290K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $290K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $290K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $290Kat 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: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266

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−$290,491
This hospital−0.2266$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$290,491

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.

($28,961,328payment−$32,376readmissions+$120,119value-based)×1%the cut=$290,491at stake

$290,491at stake÷1,965traditional Medicare stays=$148per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $290K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$32K and +$120K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates $20,370,719
Medicare-dependent hospital add-on $6,609,586
Base payment the base $26,980,305
Outliers: unusually costly stays $388,266
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,592,757
Total, before the three programs $28,961,328
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9988 − 1) −$32,376
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0045 − 1) +$120,119
After these two $29,049,071
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $290,491 $0
Net of the three programs likely $61⁠–⁠93K +$87,743

Not paid to this hospital: teaching payments, 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$20,370,719
Medicare-dependent hospital add-on$6,609,586
Base payment (the base)$26,980,305
Outliers: unusually costly stays$388,266
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,592,757
Total, before the three programs$28,961,328
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9988 − 1))−$32,376
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0045 − 1))+$120,119
After these two$29,049,071
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $290,491)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $61–93K)+$87,743

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−0.2266same
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 −0.2266 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 $290K 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
CLABSIup to 1.566
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAup to 1.739

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 0.9990 · 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 1.870 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.278 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.384 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.000 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.2266 among its measured results: +0.3977.
  • PSI 90 +0.0122
  • CLABSI −0.2344
  • CAUTI +0.3977
  • SSI −0.1634
  • CDI +0.0041
  • MRSA −0.2429

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 900.0734+0.0122same
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344same
CAUTI2.3863+0.3977same
SSI−0.9803−0.1634same
CDI0.0247+0.0041same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/300023/

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 2.9500, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.0000, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.8300, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7918, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.7359, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.1457, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0513, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0662, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3180, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5445, higher than 18% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.2266, higher than 37% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.9500, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.0000, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.8300, higher than 80% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.7918, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.7359, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.1457, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0513, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.0662, higher than 59% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.3180, higher than 30% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.5445, higher than 18% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.2266, higher than 37% 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
FY20152.950011.5%not cut
FY20165.000038.0%not cut
FY20176.830080.4%cut
FY20180.791890.4%cut
FY20190.735989.7%cut
FY20200.145763.8%not cut
FY20210.051356.5%not cut
FY20220.066259.1%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.318030.7%not cut
FY2025−0.544518.1%not cut
FY2026−0.226637.0%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 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.63 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.632CLABSI, 2018: 1.627CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.000CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 2.03 → 2.62 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.030CAUTI, 2018: 2.229CAUTI, 2019: 2.377CAUTI, 2021: 1.248CAUTI, 2022: 0.480CAUTI, 2023: 1.090CAUTI, 2024: 2.621 SSI, colon 0.45 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.454SSI, colon, 2018: 0.858SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 1.017SSI, colon, 2022: 0.400SSI, colon, 2023: 0.375SSI, colon, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 0.84 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2021: 0.840MRSA, 2022: 0.637MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.78 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.778C. diff, 2018: 0.511C. diff, 2019: 0.568C. diff, 2021: 0.246C. diff, 2022: 0.097C. diff, 2023: 0.378C. diff, 2024: 0.391 CLABSI 0.63 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.632CLABSI, 2018: 1.627CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.000CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 0.000CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 2.03 → 2.62 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.030CAUTI, 2018: 2.229CAUTI, 2019: 2.377CAUTI, 2021: 1.248CAUTI, 2022: 0.480CAUTI, 2023: 1.090CAUTI, 2024: 2.621 SSI, colon 0.45 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.454SSI, colon, 2018: 0.858SSI, colon, 2019: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 1.017SSI, colon, 2022: 0.400SSI, colon, 2023: 0.375SSI, colon, 2024: 0.000 MRSA 0.84 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2021: 0.840MRSA, 2022: 0.637MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.78 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.778C. diff, 2018: 0.511C. diff, 2019: 0.568C. diff, 2021: 0.246C. diff, 2022: 0.097C. diff, 2023: 0.378C. diff, 2024: 0.391

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
20170.6322.0300.4540.778
20181.6272.2290.8580.511
20190.0002.3770.0000.568
20210.0001.2481.0170.8400.246
20220.0000.4800.4000.6370.097
20230.0001.0900.3750.0000.378
20240.0002.6210.0000.0000.391

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 New Hampshire, its score is higher than 33% of the other 12 scored there.

In Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area, its score is higher than 50% of the other 4 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is at or below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 0% (Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area) to 38% (New Hampshire).
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 New Hampshire: CMS cut 5 of 13 (38%); middle score −0.0970New Hampshire 13 hospitals38% cut Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area: CMS cut 0 of 5 (0%); middle score −0.2266Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area5 hospitals0% 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 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: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266 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 New Hampshire: CMS cut 5 of 13 (38%); middle score −0.0970New Hampshire13 hospitals38% cut Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area: CMS cut 0 of 5 (0%); middle score −0.2266Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area5 hospitals0% 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 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: −0.2266 This hospital −0.2266

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%−0.045337%
Northeast region43612428%0.047830%
New Hampshire13538%−0.097033%
Rockingham County-Strafford County, NH area500%−0.226650%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105342%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073238%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013433%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057437%
This hospital−0.2266
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 9 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester: score −0.0970, not cut, 22 miles87. Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence: score −0.2448, not cut, 22 miles76. Holy Family Hospital, Methuen: score −0.0166, not cut, 21 miles65. Parkland Medical Center, Derry: score −0.1871, not cut, 21 miles54. York Hospital, York: score 1.0678, cut, 18 miles43. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover: score −0.3456, not cut, 16 miles32. Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport: score 0.2495, not cut, 12 miles21. Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth: score −0.6976, not cut, 9 miles1This hospital: Exeter Hospital Inc

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, NH9−0.6976not cut
Anna Jaques Hospital, Newburyport, MA120.2495not cut
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH16−0.3456not cut
York Hospital, York, ME181.0678cut
Parkland Medical Center, Derry, NH21−0.1871not cut
Holy Family Hospital, Methuen, MA21−0.0166not cut
Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital, Lawrence, MA22−0.2448not cut
Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NH22−0.0970not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Portsmouth Regional HospitalPortsmouth, NH9−0.6976No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Anna Jaques HospitalNewburyport, MA120.2495No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH16−0.3456No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
4York HospitalYork, ME181.06781% cut$92KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
5Parkland Medical CenterDerry, NH21−0.1871No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
6Holy Family HospitalMethuen, MA21−0.0166No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Merrimack Health Lawrence HospitalLawrence, MA22−0.2448No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Frisbie Memorial HospitalRochester, NH22−0.0970No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Exeter Hospital Inc, Exeter, NH: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/300023/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.