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HospitalArtesia General Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$50K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 320030

1Hospital

Artesia General Hospital

2Location

Artesia, NM (New Mexico’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 88210

Eddy County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 49 beds · Nonprofit · Rural · Sole community hospital

4Care Compare stars

Not Available

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
CMS footnote 16: There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
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5Total HAC Score

1.4756

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$28K estimate
Likely $20⁠–⁠32K; about $146 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$28K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 1.4756 for Artesia General Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $2.8M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $146 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $20–32K

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: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756 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: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756

Higher than 97% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

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

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 2 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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.9177, to 0.5579. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 2 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; CDI added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 87% 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 value1.1658

    Z-score1.2382

    Part of score+0.6191

  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

    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

  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

    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

  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 12: This measure does not apply to this hospital 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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse 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 value0.820

    Z-score1.7129

    Part of score+0.8565

  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

    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

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 901.16580.96231.2382+0.6191Worse than 87% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDI0.8200.3461.7129+0.8565Worse than 91% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

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 2; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(1.2382PSI 90+1.7129CDI)÷2measures=1.4756Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 1.0964 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 1.4756, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.2382 divided by 2 = +0.6191PSI 90+0.6191 CDI: z‑score 1.7129 divided by 2 = +0.8565CDI+0.8565 Total HAC Score: 1.4756Score1.4756 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.51.01.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.2382 divided by 2 = +0.6191PSI 90+0.6191 CDI: z‑score 1.7129 divided by 2 = +0.8565CDI+0.8565 Total HAC Score: 1.4756Score1.4756 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.51.01.5

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 901.2382+0.61910.6191
CDI1.7129+0.85651.4756
Total HAC Score1.4756
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, 1.0964 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $28K 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 $28K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $28K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $28K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $28Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756

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−$28,215
This hospital1.4756−$28,215
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$28,215

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.

($2,843,290payment−$21,812readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$28,215HAC cut

$28,215HAC cut÷193traditional Medicare stays=$146per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $28K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$22K and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $1,665,029
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $38,795
Outliers: unusually costly stays $101,117
Sole community hospital rate difference $319,366
Low-volume adjustment $568,658
Capital: buildings and equipment $150,325
Total, before the three programs $2,843,290
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9869 − 1) −$21,812
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $2,821,478
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $20⁠–⁠32K −$28,215
Net of the three programs likely −$53K to −$35K −$50,027

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)$1,665,029
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$38,795
Outliers: unusually costly stays$101,117
Sole community hospital rate difference$319,366
Low-volume adjustment$568,658
Capital: buildings and equipment$150,325
Total, before the three programs$2,843,290
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9869 − 1))−$21,812
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$2,821,478
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $20–32K)−$28,215
Net of the three programs (likely −$53K to −$35K)−$50,027

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 Score1.4756same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$28Ksame

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 1.4756 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 $28K, 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 900.8516 or lower
CDI0.253 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 2 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 1.1658 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.3491

CMS 0.820 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1936

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 1.4756 among its measured results: +0.8565.
  • PSI 90 +0.6191
  • CDI +0.8565

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 2, 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 901.2382+0.6191same
CDI1.7129+0.8565same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/320030/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 8.0000, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 2.1500, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3436, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0639, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −1.2638, higher than 1% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −1.0508, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 1.3206, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.1933, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.9196, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 1.4756, higher than 97% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 8.0000, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 2.1500, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3436, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0639, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −1.2638, higher than 1% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −1.0508, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 1.3206, higher than 98% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.1933, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.9196, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 1.4756, higher than 97% 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
FY20158.000088.5%cut
FY20164.000022.1%not cut
FY20172.15008.9%not cut
FY2018−0.343628.5%not cut
FY2019−0.063947.3%not cut
FY2020−1.26381.6%not cut
FY2021−1.05083.8%not cut
FY20221.320698.1%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.193365.7%not cut
FY2025−0.91965.6%not cut
FY20261.475697.9%cut

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 Mexico, its score is higher than 88% of the other 25 scored there.

Figure 7. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 25% (All hospitals) to 42% (New Mexico).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region 593 hospitals26% cut New Mexico: CMS cut 11 of 26 (42%); middle score 0.0516New Mexico 26 hospitals42% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% 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: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut West region: CMS cut 157 of 593 (26%); middle score −0.0302West region593 hospitals26% cut New Mexico: CMS cut 11 of 26 (42%); middle score 0.0516New Mexico26 hospitals42% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% 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: 1.4756 This hospital 1.4756

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%−0.045397%
West region59315726%−0.030297%
New Mexico261142%0.051688%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105397%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115494%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013498%
Rural61919632%0.022996%
This hospital1.4756
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 8. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 30 miles away.
25 mi50 mi100 mi8. Plains Regional Medical Center, Clovis: score 0.4927, cut, 128 miles87. Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County Ho, Andrews: score 0.0542, not cut, 114 miles76. Roosevelt General Hospital, Portales: score 0.0301, not cut, 109 miles65. CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico, Alamogordo: score −0.7135, not cut, 88 miles54. Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital, Hobbs: score 0.0083, not cut, 72 miles43. Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Roswell: score −0.7555, not cut, 40 miles32. Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell, Roswell: score −0.9834, not cut, 40 miles21. Carlsbad Medical Center, Carlsbad: score 0.9106, cut, 30 miles1This hospital: Artesia General Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Carlsbad Medical Center, Carlsbad, NM300.9106cut
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell, Roswell, NM40−0.9834not cut
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, Roswell, NM40−0.7555not cut
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital, Hobbs, NM720.0083not cut
CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico, Alamogordo, NM88−0.7135not cut
Roosevelt General Hospital, Portales, NM1090.0301not cut
Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County Ho, Andrews, TX1140.0542not cut
Plains Regional Medical Center, Clovis, NM1280.4927cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM300.91061% cut$75KAbove the national median on 4 of 4 measures
2Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM40−0.9834No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
3Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM40−0.7555No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
4Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM720.0083No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 3 measures
5CHRISTUS Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM88−0.7135No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM1090.0301No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
7Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County HoAndrews, TX1140.0542No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
8Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM1280.49271% cut$96KAbove the national median on 2 of 4 measures

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Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.
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Results are not available for this reporting period.
12
This measure does not apply to this hospital for this reporting period.

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Paid & Penalized. Artesia General Hospital, Artesia, NM: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/320030/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.