Hospital record · FY2026CCN 330094

1Hospital

Columbia Memorial Hospital

2Location

Hudson, NY (New York’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 12534

Columbia County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 124 beds · Nonprofit · Rural · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

1 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
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5Total HAC Score

1.6329

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut

CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$167K estimate

Likely $127⁠–⁠210K; about $153 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$167K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 1.6329 for Columbia Memorial Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $16.7M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $153 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $127–210K

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.

Higher than 98% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 10 of 11 years

15Cut
16Cut
17No
18Cut
19Cut
20Cut
21Cut
22Cut
23—
24Cut
25Cut
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 PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.4490, to 1.1839. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 6; PSI 90 added the most to its score.

This hospital
National median
Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap

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.
added the most
Patient safety and adverse events composite
Worse than 99% 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 value2.1978

Z-score2.5111

Part of score+0.4185
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
Worse than 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals

CMS value0.868

Z-score0.6071

Part of score+0.1012
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 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals

CMS value1.317

Z-score1.8560

Part of score+0.3093
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
Worse than 70% of the other 2,269 hospitals

CMS value1.111

Z-score0.4467

Part of score+0.0745
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 96% 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 value1.091

Z-score2.1931

Part of score+0.3655
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
Worse than 94% of the other 2,067 hospitals

CMS value1.742

Z-score2.1833

Part of score+0.3639

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

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Measure	CMS value	National median	Z-score	Part of the score	Among hospitals
PSI 90	2.1978	0.9623	2.5111	+0.4185	Worse than 99% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI	0.868	0.559	0.6071	+0.1012	Worse than 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI	1.317	0.489	1.8560	+0.3093	Worse than 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI	1.111	0.795	0.4467	+0.0745	Worse than 70% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI	1.091	0.346	2.1931	+0.3655	Worse than 96% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA	1.742	0.641	2.1833	+0.3639	Worse than 94% 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.

(2.5111PSI 90+0.6071CLABSI+1.8560CAUTI+0.4467SSI+2.1931CDI+2.1833MRSA)÷6measures=1.6329Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 1.2537 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 1.6329, above CMS’s line.

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

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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Running total
PSI 90	2.5111	+0.4185	0.4185
CLABSI	0.6071	+0.1012	0.5197
CAUTI	1.8560	+0.3093	0.8290
SSI	0.4467	+0.0745	0.9035
CDI	2.1931	+0.3655	1.2690
MRSA	2.1833	+0.3639	1.6329
Total HAC Score			1.6329
CMS’s line		0.3792	0.3799

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, 1.2537 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $167K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.

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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Score	Total HAC Score	Estimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.3792	0.3792	$0
Any score from 0.3799	0.3799	−$166,927
This hospital	1.6329	−$166,927
CMS’s highest score	2.3133	−$166,927

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.

($16,721,771payment−$29,102readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$166,927HAC cut

$166,927HAC cut÷1,089traditional Medicare stays=$153per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $167K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$29K and $0.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base	$13,228,282
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)	$485,875
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$548,180
Low-volume adjustment	$731,675
Capital: buildings and equipment	$1,126,135
Uncompensated care	$601,624
Total, before the three programs	$16,721,771
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9978 − 1)	−$29,102
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment	$0
After these two	$16,692,669
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $127⁠–⁠210K	−$166,927
Net of the three programs likely −$230K to −$158K	−$196,029

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, and a sole community hospital rate difference.

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.

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Line	Amount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)	$13,228,282
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)	$485,875
Outliers: unusually costly stays	$548,180
Low-volume adjustment	$731,675
Capital: buildings and equipment	$1,126,135
Uncompensated care	$601,624
Total, before the three programs	$16,721,771
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9978 − 1))	−$29,102
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)	$0
After these two	$16,692,669
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $127–210K)	−$166,927
Net of the three programs (likely −$230K to −$158K)	−$196,029

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 reports	Hypothetical
Total HAC Score	1.6329	same
Payment reduction decision	Yes	same
Payment cut	1%	same
Estimated HAC cut estimate	$167K	same

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 1.6329 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 $167K, 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.

Measure	Value that would read No
PSI 90	not possible with this measure alone
CLABSI	not possible with this measure alone
CAUTI	not possible with this measure alone
SSI	not possible with this measure alone
CDI	not possible with this measure alone
MRSA	not possible with this measure alone

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.

Patient safety and adverse events composite PSI 90

PSI 90 value

CMS 2.1978 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

Central line–associated bloodstream infections CLABSI

CLABSI value

CMS 0.868 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections CAUTI

CAUTI value

CMS 1.317 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy SSI

SSI value

CMS 1.111 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections CDI

CDI value

CMS 1.091 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

MRSA bloodstream infections MRSA

MRSA value

CMS 1.742 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 1.6329 among its measured results: +0.4185.

PSI 90 +0.4185
CLABSI +0.1012
CAUTI +0.3093
SSI +0.0745
CDI +0.3655
MRSA +0.3639

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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Measure	Z-score	Part of the score	Hypothetical
PSI 90	2.5111	+0.4185	same
CLABSI	0.6071	+0.1012	same
CAUTI	1.8560	+0.3093	same
SSI	0.4467	+0.0745	same
CDI	2.1931	+0.3655	same
MRSA	2.1833	+0.3639	same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/330094/

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 5 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 10 of the 11 years it made a decision.

● 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 year	Total HAC Score	Higher than this share of scores	Payment reduction
FY2015	8.3750	92.9%	cut
FY2016	7.7500	86.8%	cut
FY2017	6.4500	73.6%	not cut
FY2018	0.5291	82.9%	cut
FY2019	0.897	92.9%	cut
FY2020	1.4825	98.9%	cut
FY2021	1.5313	99.1%	cut
FY2022	0.9042	93.5%	cut
FY2023			no decision
FY2024	2.0959	98.4%	cut
FY2025	2.0348	98.8%	cut
FY2026	1.6329	98.2%	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. 4 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.

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 year	CLABSI	CAUTI	SSI, colon	MRSA	C. diff
2017	3.361	1.157	1.797	0.633	1.720
2018	2.303	1.477	2.642	1.252	2.689
2019	0.000	0.607		2.504	1.408
2021	0.000	0.727	1.238	1.634	2.538
2022	2.509	2.193	1.263		2.670
2023	1.096	1.898	0.544		1.312
2024	0.613	0.935	0.664		0.863

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 York, its score is higher than 99% of the other 125 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 23% (100 to 299 beds) to 36% (New York).

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

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Group	With a decision	Hospitals cut	Share cut	Middle score	Hospital higher than
All hospitals	2,886	718	25%	−0.0453	98%
Northeast region	436	124	28%	0.0478	99%
New York	126	45	36%	0.1614	99%
Not teaching	1,563	389	25%	−0.1053	97%
100 to 299 beds	1,193	275	23%	−0.0732	99%
Nonprofit	1,830	478	26%	−0.0134	99%
Rural	619	196	32%	0.0229	96%
This hospital				1.6329
CMS’s line				0.3792	0.3799

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 22 miles away.

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

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Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision
Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck, NY	22	−0.6757	not cut
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus, Kingston, NY	25	0.1246	not cut
Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY	28	0.5060	cut
St Peter's Hospital, Albany, NY	29	0.3580	not cut
Sharon Hospital, Sharon, CT	29	−0.9044	not cut
Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield, MA	31	−0.1864	not cut
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York, Troy, NY	34	0.1814	not cut
Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY	39	−0.1763	not cut

#	Hospital	Miles	Score	Decision	Est. cut ($, modeled)	Measures
1	Northern Dutchess HospitalRhinebeck, NY	22	−0.6757	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2	Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue CampusKingston, NY	25	0.1246	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3	Albany Medical Center HospitalAlbany, NY	28	0.5060	1% cut	$2.3M	Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures
4	St Peter's HospitalAlbany, NY	29	0.3580	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
5	Sharon HospitalSharon, CT	29	−0.9044	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
6	Berkshire Medical CenterPittsfield, MA	31	−0.1864	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7	Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkTroy, NY	34	0.1814	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8	Vassar Brothers Medical CenterPoughkeepsie, NY	39	−0.1763	No cut	$0	Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, NY: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/330094/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.