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HospitalSampson Regional Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: −$118K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 340024

1Hospital

Sampson Regional Medical Center

2Location

Clinton, NC (North Carolina’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 28328

Sampson County

3Type

Major teaching · 116 beds · Government · Rural · Medicare-dependent 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

0.4316

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$86K estimate
Likely $61⁠–⁠96K; about $173 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$86K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.4316 for Sampson Regional Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $8.6M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays: about $173 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $61–96K

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: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316 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: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316

Higher than 77% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 4 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21No
  8. 22Cut
  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 0.0411. 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

    Better than 50% 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 value0.9604

    Z-score−0.1962

    Part of score−0.0327

  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 52% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.516

    Z-score−0.0748

    Part of score−0.0125

  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

    Worse than 60% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.943

    Z-score0.1589

    Part of score+0.0265

  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 92% 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 value0.864

    Z-score1.8833

    Part of score+0.3139

  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 96% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.990

    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 900.96040.9623−0.1962−0.0327Better than 50% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.0000.559−1.4065−0.2344Better than 86% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.5160.489−0.0748−0.0125Worse than 52% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.9430.7950.1589+0.0265Worse than 60% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.8640.3461.8833+0.3139Worse than 92% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.9900.6412.2251+0.3708Worse than 96% 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.

(−0.1962PSI 90−1.4065CLABSI−0.0748CAUTI+0.1589SSI+1.8833CDI+2.2251MRSA)÷6measures=0.4316Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0524 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.4316, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1962 divided by 6 = −0.0327PSI 90−0.0327 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score −0.0748 divided by 6 = −0.0125CAUTI−0.0125 SSI: z‑score 0.1589 divided by 6 = +0.0265SSI+0.0265 CDI: z‑score 1.8833 divided by 6 = +0.3139CDI+0.3139 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.4316Score0.4316 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1962 divided by 6 = −0.0327PSI 90−0.0327 CLABSI: z‑score −1.4065 divided by 6 = −0.2344CLABSI−0.2344 CAUTI: z‑score −0.0748 divided by 6 = −0.0125CAUTI−0.0125 SSI: z‑score 0.1589 divided by 6 = +0.0265SSI+0.0265 CDI: z‑score 1.8833 divided by 6 = +0.3139CDI+0.3139 MRSA: z‑score 2.2251 divided by 6 = +0.3708MRSA+0.3708 Total HAC Score: 0.4316Score0.4316 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−0.1962−0.0327−0.0327
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344−0.2671
CAUTI−0.0748−0.0125−0.2796
SSI0.1589+0.0265−0.2531
CDI1.8833+0.31390.0608
MRSA2.2251+0.37080.4316
Total HAC Score0.4316
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, and of the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage stays; 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, 0.0524 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $86K 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 $86K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $86K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $86K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $86Kat 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: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316

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−$85,858
This hospital0.4316−$85,858
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$85,858

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, and the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ 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.

($7,482,496payment+$1,135,256teaching, MA stays−$42,198readmissions+$10,281value-based)×1%the cut=$85,858HAC cut

$85,858HAC cut÷496traditional Medicare stays=$173per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $86K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$42K and +$10K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays, and for teaching on Medicare Advantage stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $4,262,415
Teaching (indirect medical education) $684,800
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,135,256
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $127,872
Low-volume adjustment $820,483
Capital: buildings and equipment $422,244
Uncompensated care $1,164,682
Total, before the three programs $8,617,752
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9901 − 1) −$42,198
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0024 − 1) +$10,281
After these two $8,585,835
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $61⁠–⁠96K −$85,858
Net of the three programs likely −$125K to −$82K −$117,775

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, outlier 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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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$4,262,415
Teaching (indirect medical education)$684,800
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,135,256
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$127,872
Low-volume adjustment$820,483
Capital: buildings and equipment$422,244
Uncompensated care$1,164,682
Total, before the three programs$8,617,752
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9901 − 1))−$42,198
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0024 − 1))+$10,281
After these two$8,585,835
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $61–96K)−$85,858
Net of the three programs (likely −$125K to −$82K)−$117,775

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 Score0.4316same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$86Ksame

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 0.4316 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 $86K, 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 900.9152 or lower
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTI0.385 or lower
SSI0.759 or lower
CDI0.782 or lower
MRSA1.611 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 0.9604 · 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 0.516 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.943 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.864 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.990 · 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 0.4316 among its measured results: +0.3708.
  • PSI 90 −0.0327
  • CLABSI −0.2344
  • CAUTI −0.0125
  • SSI +0.0265
  • CDI +0.3139
  • 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 90−0.1962−0.0327same
CLABSI−1.4065−0.2344same
CAUTI−0.0748−0.0125same
SSI0.1589+0.0265same
CDI1.8833+0.3139same
MRSA2.2251+0.3708same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340024/

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 4 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.3500, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.2500, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 2.6375, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.5980, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0532, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.5309, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score −0.3348, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.5255, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.3497, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6788, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.4316, higher than 77% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.3500, higher than 32% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.2500, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 2.6375, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.5980, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0532, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.5309, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2021: score −0.3348, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.5255, higher than 84% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.3497, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.6788, higher than 87% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.4316, higher than 77% 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
FY20154.350032.1%not cut
FY20161.25000.5%not cut
FY20172.637512.4%not cut
FY2018−0.598017.0%not cut
FY2019−0.053248.1%not cut
FY20200.530984.1%cut
FY2021−0.334828.9%not cut
FY20220.525584.3%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.349773.8%not cut
FY20250.678887.6%cut
FY20260.431677.2%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 2 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CAUTI 1.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 1.003CAUTI, 2018: 1.070CAUTI, 2019: 0.622CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.585CAUTI, 2023: 1.053CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.91 → 1.10 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.910C. diff, 2018: 0.000C. diff, 2019: 1.471C. diff, 2021: 0.394C. diff, 2022: 1.030C. diff, 2023: 0.603C. diff, 2024: 1.102 CAUTI 1.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 1.003CAUTI, 2018: 1.070CAUTI, 2019: 0.622CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.585CAUTI, 2023: 1.053CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.91 → 1.10 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.910C. diff, 2018: 0.000C. diff, 2019: 1.471C. diff, 2021: 0.394C. diff, 2022: 1.030C. diff, 2023: 0.603C. diff, 2024: 1.102

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 yearCAUTIC. diff
20171.0030.910
20181.0700.000
20190.6221.471
20210.0000.394
20220.5851.030
20231.0530.603
20240.0001.102

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 North Carolina, its score is higher than 76% of the other 78 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 22% (South region) to 35% (Government).
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 North Carolina: CMS cut 20 of 79 (25%); middle score 0.0502North Carolina 79 hospitals25% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% 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: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316 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 North Carolina: CMS cut 20 of 79 (25%); middle score 0.0502North Carolina79 hospitals25% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% 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: 0.4316 This hospital 0.4316

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%−0.045377%
South region1,17426322%−0.105679%
North Carolina792025%0.050276%
Major teaching42413632%0.178070%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073279%
Government40114035%0.160267%
Rural61919632%0.022970%
This hospital0.4316
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 5 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 21 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville: score 0.9299, cut, 51 miles87. Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton: score −0.1212, not cut, 47 miles76. UNC Lenoir Health Care, Kinston: score 0.3792, not cut, 46 miles65. Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville: score 0.8061, cut, 34 miles54. UNC Health Care Wayne, Goldsboro: score 0.5234, cut, 34 miles43. Johnston Health, Smithfield: score 0.3447, not cut, 33 miles32. Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital, Dunn: score 0.6104, cut, 23 miles21. Vidant Duplin Hospital, Kenansville: score 0.7830, cut, 21 miles1This hospital: Sampson Regional Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Vidant Duplin Hospital, Kenansville, NC210.7830cut
Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital, Dunn, NC230.6104cut
Johnston Health, Smithfield, NC330.3447not cut
UNC Health Care Wayne, Goldsboro, NC340.5234cut
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, Fayetteville, NC340.8061cut
UNC Lenoir Health Care, Kinston, NC460.3792not cut
Southeastern Regional Medical Center, Lumberton, NC47−0.1212not cut
Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Whiteville, NC510.9299cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Vidant Duplin HospitalKenansville, NC210.78301% cut$76KAbove the national median on 2 of 4 measures
2Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC230.61041% cut$186KAbove the national median on 4 of 5 measures
3Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC330.3447No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC340.52341% cut$299KAbove the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, NC340.80611% cut$1.0MAbove the national median on 6 of 6 measures
6UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC460.3792No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7Southeastern Regional Medical CenterLumberton, NC47−0.1212No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Columbus Regional Healthcare SystemWhiteville, NC510.92991% cut$102KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Sampson Regional Medical Center, Clinton, NC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340024/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.