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HospitalNovant Health Huntersville Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: +$85K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 340183

1Hospital

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

2Location

Huntersville, NC (North Carolina’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 28078

Mecklenburg County

3Type

Minor teaching · 75 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 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

−0.1442

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $246K, likely $187⁠–⁠309K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.1442 for Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $246K estimate 1% of about $24.6M, 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. Its score was 0.5241 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $187–309K

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.

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: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442 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: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442

Higher than 43% 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. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19Cut
  6. 20Cut
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.2925, to −0.4367. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; CAUTI 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 78% 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 value0.8820

    Z-score−0.7430

    Part of score−0.1238

  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

    Worse than 81% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.982

    Z-score0.8715

    Part of score+0.1453

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 90% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.217

    Z-score1.6150

    Part of score+0.2692

  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 68% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.514

    Z-score−0.5760

    Part of score−0.0960

  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 67% 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 value0.229

    Z-score−0.5755

    Part of score−0.0959

  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

    Better than 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4573

    Part of score−0.2429

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 900.88200.9623−0.7430−0.1238Better than 78% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.9820.5590.8715+0.1453Worse than 81% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.2170.4891.6150+0.2692Worse than 90% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.5140.795−0.5760−0.0960Better than 68% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2290.346−0.5755−0.0959Better than 67% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.0000.641−1.4573−0.2429Better than 87% 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.

(−0.7430PSI 90+0.8715CLABSI+1.6150CAUTI−0.5760SSI−0.5755CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=−0.1442Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.1442; CMS reports −0.1442. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.5241 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.1442, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.7430 divided by 6 = −0.1238PSI 90−0.1238 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8715 divided by 6 = +0.1453CLABSI+0.1453 CAUTI: z‑score 1.6150 divided by 6 = +0.2692CAUTI+0.2692 SSI: z‑score −0.5760 divided by 6 = −0.0960SSI−0.0960 CDI: z‑score −0.5755 divided by 6 = −0.0959CDI−0.0959 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: −0.1442Score−0.1442 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.7430 divided by 6 = −0.1238PSI 90−0.1238 CLABSI: z‑score 0.8715 divided by 6 = +0.1453CLABSI+0.1453 CAUTI: z‑score 1.6150 divided by 6 = +0.2692CAUTI+0.2692 SSI: z‑score −0.5760 divided by 6 = −0.0960SSI−0.0960 CDI: z‑score −0.5755 divided by 6 = −0.0959CDI−0.0959 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: −0.1442Score−0.1442 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.7430−0.1238−0.1238
CLABSI0.8715+0.14530.0215
CAUTI1.6150+0.26920.2907
SSI−0.5760−0.09600.1947
CDI−0.5755−0.09590.0988
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429−0.1441
Total HAC Score−0.1442
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, 0.5241 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.5241 higher, the cut would have been about $246K 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 $246K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $246K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $246K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $246Kat 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: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442

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−$245,592
This hospital−0.1442$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$245,592

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.

($23,432,909payment+$1,041,764teaching, MA stays−$33,655readmissions+$118,162value-based)×1%the cut=$245,592at stake

$245,592at stake÷2,093traditional Medicare stays=$117per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $246K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$34K and +$118K.

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 $18,697,272
Teaching (indirect medical education) $917,849
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,041,764
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $236,520
Outliers: unusually costly stays $54,783
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,551,924
Uncompensated care $1,974,561
Total, before the three programs $24,474,673
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9982 − 1) −$33,655
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0063 − 1) +$118,162
After these two $24,559,180
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $245,592 $0
Net of the three programs likely $68⁠–⁠99K +$84,507

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, 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)$18,697,272
Teaching (indirect medical education)$917,849
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,041,764
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$236,520
Outliers: unusually costly stays$54,783
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,551,924
Uncompensated care$1,974,561
Total, before the three programs$24,474,673
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9982 − 1))−$33,655
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0063 − 1))+$118,162
After these two$24,559,180
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $245,592)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $68–99K)+$84,507

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 Score−0.1442same
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 −0.1442 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 $246K 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 1.3317
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAup to 1.502

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 0.8820 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.982 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.217 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.514 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.229 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.000 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.1442 among its measured results: +0.2692.
  • PSI 90 −0.1238
  • CLABSI +0.1453
  • CAUTI +0.2692
  • SSI −0.0960
  • CDI −0.0959
  • MRSA −0.2429

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 90−0.7430−0.1238same
CLABSI0.8715+0.1453same
CAUTI1.6150+0.2692same
SSI−0.5760−0.0960same
CDI−0.5755−0.0959same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340183/

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 3.6500, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.9800, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1179, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.4314, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.7630, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2021: score −0.2677, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.9154, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.4907, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.3516, higher than 27% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.1442, higher than 43% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 3.6500, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.9800, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1179, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.4314, higher than 78% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.7630, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2021: score −0.2677, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.9154, higher than 5% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.4907, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.3516, higher than 27% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.1442, higher than 43% 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
FY20153.650020.8%not cut
FY20164.000022.1%not cut
FY20175.980062.5%not cut
FY20180.117961.6%not cut
FY20190.431478.9%cut
FY20200.763090.8%cut
FY2021−0.267733.1%not cut
FY2022−0.91545.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.490720.4%not cut
FY2025−0.351627.5%not cut
FY2026−0.144243.0%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. 5 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.97 → 0.65 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.975CLABSI, 2018: 3.274CLABSI, 2019: 0.890CLABSI, 2021: 1.042CLABSI, 2022: 0.393CLABSI, 2023: 1.313CLABSI, 2024: 0.652 CAUTI 1.14 → 1.54 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.136CAUTI, 2018: 1.117CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.847CAUTI, 2022: 0.285CAUTI, 2023: 0.900CAUTI, 2024: 1.543 SSI, colon 0.80 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.801SSI, colon, 2018: 0.483SSI, colon, 2019: 0.222SSI, colon, 2021: 1.078SSI, colon, 2022: 1.152SSI, colon, 2023: 0.548SSI, colon, 2024: 0.286 SSI, hysterectomy 0.69 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.693SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.595SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.758SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000 MRSA 4.20 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 4.202MRSA, 2018: 0.741MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 1.525MRSA, 2022: 0.830MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 1.07 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.071C. diff, 2018: 0.300C. diff, 2019: 0.141C. diff, 2021: 0.084C. diff, 2022: 0.231C. diff, 2023: 0.286C. diff, 2024: 0.174 CLABSI 0.97 → 0.65 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.975CLABSI, 2018: 3.274CLABSI, 2019: 0.890CLABSI, 2021: 1.042CLABSI, 2022: 0.393CLABSI, 2023: 1.313CLABSI, 2024: 0.652 CAUTI 1.14 → 1.54 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.136CAUTI, 2018: 1.117CAUTI, 2019: 0.000CAUTI, 2021: 0.847CAUTI, 2022: 0.285CAUTI, 2023: 0.900CAUTI, 2024: 1.543 SSI, colon 0.80 → 0.29 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.801SSI, colon, 2018: 0.483SSI, colon, 2019: 0.222SSI, colon, 2021: 1.078SSI, colon, 2022: 1.152SSI, colon, 2023: 0.548SSI, colon, 2024: 0.286 SSI, hysterectomy 0.69 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.693SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.595SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.758SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000 MRSA 4.20 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 4.202MRSA, 2018: 0.741MRSA, 2019: 0.000MRSA, 2021: 1.525MRSA, 2022: 0.830MRSA, 2023: 0.000MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 1.07 → 0.17 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.071C. diff, 2018: 0.300C. diff, 2019: 0.141C. diff, 2021: 0.084C. diff, 2022: 0.231C. diff, 2023: 0.286C. diff, 2024: 0.174

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
20170.9751.1360.8010.6934.2021.071
20183.2741.1170.4831.5950.7410.300
20190.8900.0000.2220.7580.0000.141
20211.0420.8471.0780.0001.5250.084
20220.3930.2851.1520.8300.231
20231.3130.9000.5480.0000.286
20240.6521.5430.2860.0000.174

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 35% of the other 78 scored there.

In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, its score is higher than 55% of the other 18 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 1 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 5% (Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area) to 28% (Fewer than 100 beds).
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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% cut 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: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442 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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% cut 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: −0.1442 This hospital −0.1442

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%−0.045343%
South region1,17426322%−0.105647%
North Carolina792025%0.050235%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area1915%−0.160255%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056742%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115447%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013440%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057443%
This hospital−0.1442
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 9 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Atrium Health Lincoln, Lincolnton: score 0.4868, cut, 20 miles87. Caromont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia: score −0.5320, not cut, 18 miles76. Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.5715, not cut, 17 miles65. Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord: score −0.0797, not cut, 15 miles54. Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte: score 0.0606, not cut, 14 miles43. Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte: score −0.2387, not cut, 13 miles32. Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital, Mooresville: score −0.4174, not cut, 12 miles21. Atrium Health University City, Charlotte: score 0.1904, not cut, 9 miles1This hospital: Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Atrium Health University City, Charlotte, NC90.1904not cut
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital, Mooresville, NC12−0.4174not cut
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center, Charlotte, NC13−0.2387not cut
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health, Charlotte, NC140.0606not cut
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, Concord, NC15−0.0797not cut
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center, Charlotte, NC17−0.5715not cut
Caromont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia, NC18−0.5320not cut
Atrium Health Lincoln, Lincolnton, NC200.4868cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Atrium Health University CityCharlotte, NC90.1904No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
2Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC12−0.4174No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC13−0.2387No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
4Carolinas Medical Center/Behav HealthCharlotte, NC140.0606No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Carolinas Medical Center-NortheastConcord, NC15−0.0797No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Novant Health Mint Hill Medical CenterCharlotte, NC17−0.5715No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures
7Caromont Regional Medical CenterGastonia, NC18−0.5320No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Atrium Health LincolnLincolnton, NC200.48681% cut$149KAbove the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center, Huntersville, NC: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/340183/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.