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HospitalNovant Health Matthews Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: +$128K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 340171

1Hospital

Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

2Location

Matthews, NC (North Carolina’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 28106

Mecklenburg County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 102 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

5 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

0.0596

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $252K, likely $192⁠–⁠317K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.0596 for Novant Health Matthews Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $252K estimate 1% of about $25.2M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.3203 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $192–317K

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.

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: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596 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: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596

Higher than 56% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 2 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  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 CLABSI down to the national median (0.559) would lower the score the most: by 0.1848, to −0.1252. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; CLABSI 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 68% 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 value0.9136

    Z-score−0.5227

    Part of score−0.0871

  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.

    added the most

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Worse than 84% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.037

    Z-score0.9991

    Part of score+0.1665

  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 69% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.684

    Z-score0.3302

    Part of score+0.0550

  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 51% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.774

    Z-score−0.1306

    Part of score−0.0218

  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

    Better than 75% 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 value0.179

    Z-score−0.7691

    Part of score−0.1282

  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

    Worse than 71% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.913

    Z-score0.4508

    Part of score+0.0751

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 900.91360.9623−0.5227−0.0871Better than 68% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.0370.5590.9991+0.1665Worse than 84% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.6840.4890.3302+0.0550Worse than 69% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.7740.795−0.1306−0.0218Better than 51% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.1790.346−0.7691−0.1282Better than 75% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.9130.6410.4508+0.0751Worse than 71% 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.

(−0.5227PSI 90+0.9991CLABSI+0.3302CAUTI−0.1306SSI−0.7691CDI+0.4508MRSA)÷6measures=0.0596Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.3203 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.0596, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.5227 divided by 6 = −0.0871PSI 90−0.0871 CLABSI: z‑score 0.9991 divided by 6 = +0.1665CLABSI+0.1665 CAUTI: z‑score 0.3302 divided by 6 = +0.0550CAUTI+0.0550 SSI: z‑score −0.1306 divided by 6 = −0.0218SSI−0.0218 CDI: z‑score −0.7691 divided by 6 = −0.1282CDI−0.1282 MRSA: z‑score 0.4508 divided by 6 = +0.0751MRSA+0.0751 Total HAC Score: 0.0596Score0.0596 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.5227 divided by 6 = −0.0871PSI 90−0.0871 CLABSI: z‑score 0.9991 divided by 6 = +0.1665CLABSI+0.1665 CAUTI: z‑score 0.3302 divided by 6 = +0.0550CAUTI+0.0550 SSI: z‑score −0.1306 divided by 6 = −0.0218SSI−0.0218 CDI: z‑score −0.7691 divided by 6 = −0.1282CDI−0.1282 MRSA: z‑score 0.4508 divided by 6 = +0.0751MRSA+0.0751 Total HAC Score: 0.0596Score0.0596 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.5227−0.0871−0.0871
CLABSI0.9991+0.16650.0794
CAUTI0.3302+0.05500.1344
SSI−0.1306−0.02180.1126
CDI−0.7691−0.1282−0.0156
MRSA0.4508+0.07510.0595
Total HAC Score0.0596
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, 0.3203 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.3203 higher, the cut would have been about $252K 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 $252K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $252K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $252K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $252Kat 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: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596

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−$252,435
This hospital0.0596$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$252,435

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.

($25,115,535payment−$67,706readmissions+$195,690value-based)×1%the cut=$252,435at stake

$252,435at stake÷2,171traditional Medicare stays=$116per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $252K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$68K and +$196K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $20,517,060
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $156,340
Outliers: unusually costly stays $236,562
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,644,815
Uncompensated care $2,560,758
Total, before the three programs $25,115,535
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9967 − 1) −$67,706
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0095 − 1) +$195,690
After these two $25,243,519
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $252,435 $0
Net of the three programs likely $103⁠–⁠150K +$127,984

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

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)$20,517,060
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$156,340
Outliers: unusually costly stays$236,562
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,644,815
Uncompensated care$2,560,758
Total, before the three programs$25,115,535
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9967 − 1))−$67,706
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0095 − 1))+$195,690
After these two$25,243,519
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $252,435)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $103–150K)+$127,984

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 Score0.0596same
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 0.0596 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 $252K 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 90up to 1.1882
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.479
SSIup to 1.893
CDIup to 0.674
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

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 0.9136 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.037 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.684 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.774 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.179 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.913 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CLABSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.0596 among its measured results: +0.1665.
  • PSI 90 −0.0871
  • CLABSI +0.1665
  • CAUTI +0.0550
  • SSI −0.0218
  • CDI −0.1282
  • MRSA +0.0751

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 90−0.5227−0.0871same
CLABSI0.9991+0.1665same
CAUTI0.3302+0.0550same
SSI−0.1306−0.0218same
CDI−0.7691−0.1282same
MRSA0.4508+0.0751same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340171/

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 2 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.6250, higher than 9% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.9100, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.8187, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0171, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.4563, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6212, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.6302, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.5390, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.2088, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0596, higher than 56% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.6250, higher than 9% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 5.2500, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 6.9100, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2018: score 0.8187, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.0171, higher than 53% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.4563, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6212, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.6302, higher than 14% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.5390, higher than 17% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.2088, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.0596, higher than 56% 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
FY20152.62509.6%not cut
FY20165.250045.0%not cut
FY20176.910081.4%cut
FY20180.818791.0%cut
FY20190.017153.5%not cut
FY2020−0.456322.1%not cut
FY2021−0.621214.8%not cut
FY2022−0.630214.4%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.539017.5%not cut
FY2025−0.208837.3%not cut
FY20260.059656.6%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. 3 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.12 → 0.49 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.121CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.860CLABSI, 2022: 0.756CLABSI, 2023: 1.447CLABSI, 2024: 0.486 CAUTI 0.31 → 0.40 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.309CAUTI, 2018: 0.813CAUTI, 2019: 0.824CAUTI, 2021: 2.541CAUTI, 2022: 0.314CAUTI, 2023: 0.903CAUTI, 2024: 0.396 SSI, colon 1.94 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.941SSI, colon, 2018: 0.540SSI, colon, 2019: 1.313SSI, colon, 2021: 0.905SSI, colon, 2022: 0.924SSI, colon, 2023: 0.929SSI, colon, 2024: 0.522 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.42 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.346SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.188SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.694SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.552SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.597SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.419 MRSA 0.69 → 1.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.685MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 0.869MRSA, 2022: 0.870MRSA, 2023: 0.449MRSA, 2024: 1.392 C. diff 0.43 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.429C. diff, 2018: 0.531C. diff, 2019: 0.230C. diff, 2021: 0.282C. diff, 2022: 0.160C. diff, 2023: 0.156C. diff, 2024: 0.204 CLABSI 1.12 → 0.49 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.121CLABSI, 2018: 0.000CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.860CLABSI, 2022: 0.756CLABSI, 2023: 1.447CLABSI, 2024: 0.486 CAUTI 0.31 → 0.40 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.309CAUTI, 2018: 0.813CAUTI, 2019: 0.824CAUTI, 2021: 2.541CAUTI, 2022: 0.314CAUTI, 2023: 0.903CAUTI, 2024: 0.396 SSI, colon 1.94 → 0.52 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.941SSI, colon, 2018: 0.540SSI, colon, 2019: 1.313SSI, colon, 2021: 0.905SSI, colon, 2022: 0.924SSI, colon, 2023: 0.929SSI, colon, 2024: 0.522 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 1.42 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.346SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.188SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.694SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.552SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.597SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.419 MRSA 0.69 → 1.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.685MRSA, 2018: 0.000MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 0.869MRSA, 2022: 0.870MRSA, 2023: 0.449MRSA, 2024: 1.392 C. diff 0.43 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.429C. diff, 2018: 0.531C. diff, 2019: 0.230C. diff, 2021: 0.282C. diff, 2022: 0.160C. diff, 2023: 0.156C. diff, 2024: 0.204

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, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20171.1210.3091.9410.0000.6850.429
20180.0000.8130.5402.3460.0000.531
20190.0000.8241.3131.1880.0000.230
20210.8602.5410.9051.6940.8690.282
20220.7560.3140.9240.5520.8700.160
20231.4470.9030.9290.5970.4490.156
20240.4860.3960.5221.4191.3920.204

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 51% of the other 78 scored there.

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, its score is higher than 77% of the other 18 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 5% (Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area) to 26% (Nonprofit).
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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 19 (5%); middle score −0.1602Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area19 hospitals5% 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: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area: CMS cut 1 of 19 (5%); middle score −0.1602Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area19 hospitals5% 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: 0.0596 This hospital 0.0596

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%−0.045356%
South region1,17426322%−0.105660%
North Carolina792025%0.050251%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area1915%−0.160277%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105360%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073258%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013454%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057457%
This hospital0.0596
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 none of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 8 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Huntersville: score −0.1442, not cut, 21 miles87. Atrium Health Union, Monroe: score 0.0437, not cut, 15 miles76. Atrium Health University City, Charlotte: score 0.1904, not cut, 13 miles65. Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.3199, not cut, 9 miles54. Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte: score 0.0606, not cut, 9 miles43. Atrium Health Pineville, Charlotte: score −0.0724, not cut, 9 miles32. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.2387, not cut, 9 miles21. Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.5715, not cut, 8 miles1This hospital: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte, NC8−0.5715not cut
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte, NC9−0.2387not cut
Atrium Health Pineville, Charlotte, NC9−0.0724not cut
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte, NC90.0606not cut
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center, Charlotte, NC9−0.3199not cut
Atrium Health University City, Charlotte, NC130.1904not cut
Atrium Health Union, Monroe, NC150.0437not cut
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Huntersville, NC21−0.1442not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC8−0.5715No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures
2Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC9−0.2387No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Atrium Health PinevilleCharlotte, NC9−0.0724No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte, NC90.0606No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Novant Health Ballantyne Medical CenterCharlotte, NC9−0.3199No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
6Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC130.1904No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
7Atrium Health UnionMonroe, NC150.0437No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Novant Health Huntersville Medical CenterHuntersville, NC21−0.1442No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, Matthews, NC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340171/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.