Hospital record · FY2026CCN 330175
1Hospital
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center
3Type
Not a teaching hospital · 181 beds · Nonprofit · Rural · Sole community hospital
4Care Compare stars
3 of 5 stars
5Total HAC Score
−0.1787
6Payment reduction
No cut
$0
from this program
For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.1787 for Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.
A cut would have taken about $135K estimate 1% of about $13.5M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.5586 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.
Likely range $97–152K
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.
Higher than 40% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).
Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Never cut in 11 years
- 15No
- 16No
- 17No
- 18No
- 19No
- 20No
- 21No
- 22No
- 23—
- 24No
- 25No
- 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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.2929, to −0.4716. Try it in the what-if
- This hospital
- National median
- Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
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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
Better 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 value0.9245
Z-score−0.4469
Part of score−0.0745
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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
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CAUTI (what it counts)
Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
CMS value0.000
Z-score−1.3186
Part of score−0.2198
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added the most
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 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CMS value1.821
Z-score1.6629
Part of score+0.2772
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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
Better than 72% 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 value0.197
Z-score−0.6994
Part of score−0.1166
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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 85% of the other 2,067 hospitals
CMS value1.241
Z-score1.1363
Part of score+0.1894
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 | 0.9245 | 0.9623 | −0.4469 | −0.0745 | Better than 65% of the other 2,808 hospitals |
| CLABSI | 0.000 | 0.559 | −1.4065 | −0.2344 | Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals |
| CAUTI | 0.000 | 0.489 | −1.3186 | −0.2198 | Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals |
| SSI | 1.821 | 0.795 | 1.6629 | +0.2772 | Worse than 91% of the other 2,269 hospitals |
| CDI | 0.197 | 0.346 | −0.6994 | −0.1166 | Better than 72% of the other 2,766 hospitals |
| MRSA | 1.241 | 0.641 | 1.1363 | +0.1894 | Worse than 85% 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.
(−0.4469PSI 90−1.4065CLABSI−1.3186CAUTI+1.6629SSI−0.6994CDI+1.1363MRSA)÷6measures=−0.1787Total HAC Score
Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.1787; CMS reports −0.1787. The small difference is rounding.
This hospital’s score is 0.5586 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)
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 | −0.4469 | −0.0745 | −0.0745 |
| CLABSI | −1.4065 | −0.2344 | −0.3089 |
| CAUTI | −1.3186 | −0.2198 | −0.5287 |
| SSI | 1.6629 | +0.2772 | −0.2515 |
| CDI | −0.6994 | −0.1166 | −0.3681 |
| MRSA | 1.1363 | +0.1894 | −0.1787 |
| Total HAC Score | −0.1787 | ||
| 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.
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 | −$135,488 |
| This hospital | −0.1787 | $0 |
| CMS’s highest score | 2.3133 | −$135,488 |
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.
($13,585,132payment−$57,371readmissions+$21,017value-based)×1%the cut=$135,488at stake
$135,488at stake÷880traditional Medicare stays=$154per traditional Medicare stay
Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate
| What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays | ||
|---|---|---|
| DRG payments at the federal rates the base | $9,891,636 | |
| Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) | $254,512 | |
| Outliers: unusually costly stays | $18,893 | |
| Low-volume adjustment | $2,414,398 | |
| Capital: buildings and equipment | $766,586 | |
| Uncompensated care | $239,107 | |
| Total, before the three programs | $13,585,132 | |
| The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last | ||
| Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9942 − 1) | −$57,371 | |
| Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0021 − 1) | +$21,017 | |
| After these two | $13,548,778 | |
| HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $135,488 | $0 | |
| Net of the three programs likely −$39K to −$25K | −$36,354 | |
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.
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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| Line | Amount (whole dollars) |
|---|---|
| DRG payments at the federal rates (the base) | $9,891,636 |
| Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) | $254,512 |
| Outliers: unusually costly stays | $18,893 |
| Low-volume adjustment | $2,414,398 |
| Capital: buildings and equipment | $766,586 |
| Uncompensated care | $239,107 |
| Total, before the three programs | $13,585,132 |
| Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9942 − 1)) | −$57,371 |
| Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0021 − 1)) | +$21,017 |
| After these two | $13,548,778 |
| HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $135,488) | $0 |
| Net of the three programs (likely −$39K to −$25K) | −$36,354 |
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 | −0.1787 | same |
| Payment reduction decision | No | same |
| Payment cut | 0% | same |
| Estimated HAC cut estimate | $0 | 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 −0.1787 and a payment reduction decision of No.
Estimate: a changed measure’s z‑score is this site’s recompute, which can differ slightly from CMS’s. How this site estimates
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.
Bring all to the national median lowers each measure above its national median to that median and leaves the measures CMS assigned as they are.
How much cushion?
Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $135K 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.
| Measure | Highest value that keeps No |
|---|---|
| PSI 90 | any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same |
| CLABSI | up to 1.442 |
| CAUTI | up to 1.388 |
| SSI | any value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same |
| CDI | any value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same |
| MRSA | any value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same |
Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.
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 | −0.4469 | −0.0745 | same |
| CLABSI | −1.4065 | −0.2344 | same |
| CAUTI | −1.3186 | −0.2198 | same |
| SSI | 1.6629 | +0.2772 | same |
| CDI | −0.6994 | −0.1166 | same |
| MRSA | 1.1363 | +0.1894 | same |
Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/330175/
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.
● 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 | 5.4250 | 49.7% | not cut |
| FY2016 | 4.2500 | 27.2% | not cut |
| FY2017 | 5.2100 | 46.2% | not cut |
| FY2018 | 0.1698 | 64.7% | not cut |
| FY2019 | 0.0195 | 53.7% | not cut |
| FY2020 | −0.8190 | 10.3% | not cut |
| FY2021 | −1.1280 | 2.5% | not cut |
| FY2022 | −0.4976 | 20.1% | not cut |
| FY2023 | no decision | ||
| FY2024 | 0.3558 | 74.1% | not cut |
| FY2025 | −0.0390 | 49.3% | not cut |
| FY2026 | −0.1787 | 40.5% | 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.
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 | CAUTI | C. diff |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.934 | 0.839 |
| 2018 | 0.000 | 0.405 |
| 2019 | 0.000 | 0.352 |
| 2021 | 0.615 | 1.041 |
| 2022 | 0.580 | 0.994 |
| 2023 | 0.000 | 0.407 |
| 2024 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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 31% of the other 125 scored there.
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 |
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| All hospitals | 2,886 | 718 | 25% | −0.0453 | 40% |
| Northeast region | 436 | 124 | 28% | 0.0478 | 34% |
| New York | 126 | 45 | 36% | 0.1614 | 31% |
| Not teaching | 1,563 | 389 | 25% | −0.1053 | 45% |
| 100 to 299 beds | 1,193 | 275 | 23% | −0.0732 | 42% |
| Nonprofit | 1,830 | 478 | 26% | −0.0134 | 37% |
| Rural | 619 | 196 | 32% | 0.0229 | 39% |
| This hospital | −0.1787 | ||||
| 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.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.
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| Hospital | Miles | Score | Decision |
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| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, Ithaca, NY | 20 | 0.1481 | not cut |
| Auburn Community Hospital, Auburn, NY | 30 | 0.1973 | not cut |
| Crouse Hospital, Syracuse, NY | 30 | 0.0646 | not cut |
| University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY | 30 | 0.9548 | cut |
| St Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, NY | 31 | 0.0377 | not cut |
| Chenango Memorial Hospital, Norwich, NY | 34 | 0.7656 | cut |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc, Binghamton, NY | 38 | 1.2927 | cut |
| United Health Services Hospitals, Inc, Binghamton, NY | 39 | 0.8529 | cut |
Arrow keys step through the measures.
| # | Hospital | Miles | Score | Decision | Est. cut ($, modeled) | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cayuga Medical Center at IthacaIthaca, NY | 20 | 0.1481 | No cut | $0 | Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures |
| 2 | Auburn Community HospitalAuburn, NY | 30 | 0.1973 | No cut | $0 | Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures |
| 3 | Crouse HospitalSyracuse, NY | 30 | 0.0646 | No cut | $0 | Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures |
| 4 | University Hospital S U N Y Health Science CenterSyracuse, NY | 30 | 0.9548 | 1% cut | $1.7M | Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures |
| 5 | St Joseph's Hospital Health CenterSyracuse, NY | 31 | 0.0377 | No cut | $0 | Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures |
| 6 | Chenango Memorial HospitalNorwich, NY | 34 | 0.7656 | 1% cut | $56K | Above the national median on 3 of 3 measures |
| 7 | Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, IncBinghamton, NY | 38 | 1.2927 | 1% cut | $369K | Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures |
| 8 | United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton, NY | 39 | 0.8529 | 1% cut | $817K | Above the national median on 6 of 6 measures |
A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.
Cite this page
Paid & Penalized. Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center, Cortland, NY: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/330175/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.