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HospitalNortheastern Health System Estimated FY2026 net: −$205K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 370089

1Hospital

Northeastern Health System

2Location

Tahlequah, OK (Oklahoma’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 74465

Cherokee County

3Type

Minor teaching · 98 beds · Government · Rural · Sole community 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

0.3147

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $167K, likely $120⁠–⁠188K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.3147 for Northeastern Health System and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $167K estimate 1% of about $16.7M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.0652 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $120–188K

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: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147 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: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147

Higher than 71% 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 0.4210, to −0.1063. Try it in the what-if

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

    Worse than 89% 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 value1.1822

    Z-score1.3525

    Part of score+0.2254

  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 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value1.371

    Z-score1.7739

    Part of score+0.2957

  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 95% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.573

    Z-score2.3863

    Part of score+0.3977

  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 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4565

    Part of score−0.2428

  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 73% 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 value0.194

    Z-score−0.7110

    Part of score−0.1185

  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 901.18220.96231.3525+0.2254Worse than 89% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI1.3710.5591.7739+0.2957Worse than 92% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.5730.4892.3863+0.3977Worse than 95% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.0000.795−1.4565−0.2428Better than 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.1940.346−0.7110−0.1185Better than 73% 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.

(1.3525PSI 90+1.7739CLABSI+2.3863CAUTI−1.4565SSI−0.7110CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=0.3147Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0652 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.3147, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.3525 divided by 6 = +0.2254PSI 90+0.2254 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7739 divided by 6 = +0.2957CLABSI+0.2957 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score −0.7110 divided by 6 = −0.1185CDI−0.1185 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.3147Score0.3147 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.3525 divided by 6 = +0.2254PSI 90+0.2254 CLABSI: z‑score 1.7739 divided by 6 = +0.2957CLABSI+0.2957 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 6 = −0.2428SSI−0.2428 CDI: z‑score −0.7110 divided by 6 = −0.1185CDI−0.1185 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.3147Score0.3147 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.81.0

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 901.3525+0.22540.2254
CLABSI1.7739+0.29570.5211
CAUTI2.3863+0.39770.9188
SSI−1.4565−0.24280.6760
CDI−0.7110−0.11850.5575
MRSA−1.4573−0.24290.3146
Total HAC Score0.3147
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, 0.0652 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.0652 higher, the cut would have been about $167K 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 $167K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $167K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $167K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $167Kat 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: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147

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−$167,181
This hospital0.3147$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$167,181

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($16,923,069payment−$85,300readmissions−$119,642value-based)×1%the cut=$167,181at stake

$167,181at stake÷1,081traditional Medicare stays=$155per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $167K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$85K and −$120K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $12,731,372
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $381,941
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,827,843
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,010,059
Uncompensated care $971,854
Total, before the three programs $16,923,069
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9933 − 1) −$85,300
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9906 − 1) −$119,642
After these two $16,718,127
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $167,181 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$217K to −$142K −$204,942

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)$12,731,372
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$381,941
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,827,843
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,010,059
Uncompensated care$971,854
Total, before the three programs$16,923,069
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9933 − 1))−$85,300
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9906 − 1))−$119,642
After these two$16,718,127
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $167,181)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$217K to −$142K)−$204,942

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 Score0.3147same
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 0.3147 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 $167K 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 1.2375
CLABSIup to 1.537
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIup to 0.225
CDIup to 0.293
MRSAup to 0.185

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 1.1822 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 1.371 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.573 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.000 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.194 · 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 0.3147 among its measured results: +0.3977.
  • PSI 90 +0.2254
  • CLABSI +0.2957
  • CAUTI +0.3977
  • SSI −0.2428
  • CDI −0.1185
  • 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 901.3525+0.2254same
CLABSI1.7739+0.2957same
CAUTI2.3863+0.3977same
SSI−1.4565−0.2428same
CDI−0.7110−0.1185same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/370089/

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 2.9750, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.9625, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1143, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7286, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.4527, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3038, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2122, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.4234, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0864, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.3147, higher than 71% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.9750, higher than 11% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.9625, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1143, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7286, higher than 89% of scores; cutFY2020: score 0.4527, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3038, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.2122, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.4234, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0864, higher than 58% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.3147, higher than 71% 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
FY20152.975011.9%not cut
FY20163.500016.7%not cut
FY20173.962525.0%not cut
FY20180.114361.4%not cut
FY20190.728689.5%cut
FY20200.452781.0%cut
FY20210.303873.3%not cut
FY20220.212269.9%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.423423.7%not cut
FY20250.086458.7%not cut
FY20260.314771.4%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. 1 of its 4 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.97 → 1.75 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.966CLABSI, 2018: 2.061CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 2.464CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 1.037CLABSI, 2024: 1.745 CAUTI 2.10 → 2.63 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.100CAUTI, 2018: 2.584CAUTI, 2019: 0.652CAUTI, 2021: 0.633CAUTI, 2022: 0.674CAUTI, 2023: 0.560CAUTI, 2024: 2.628 SSI, colon 1.80 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2019: 1.800SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000 C. diff 0.27 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.270C. diff, 2018: 0.140C. diff, 2019: 0.173C. diff, 2021: 0.000C. diff, 2022: 0.164C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.391 CLABSI 0.97 → 1.75 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.966CLABSI, 2018: 2.061CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 2.464CLABSI, 2022: 0.000CLABSI, 2023: 1.037CLABSI, 2024: 1.745 CAUTI 2.10 → 2.63 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 2.100CAUTI, 2018: 2.584CAUTI, 2019: 0.652CAUTI, 2021: 0.633CAUTI, 2022: 0.674CAUTI, 2023: 0.560CAUTI, 2024: 2.628 SSI, colon 1.80 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2019: 1.800SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000 C. diff 0.27 → 0.39 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.270C. diff, 2018: 0.140C. diff, 2019: 0.173C. diff, 2021: 0.000C. diff, 2022: 0.164C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.391

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, colonC. diff
20170.9662.1000.270
20182.0612.5840.140
20190.0000.6521.8000.173
20212.4640.6330.0000.000
20220.0000.6740.0000.164
20231.0370.5600.000
20241.7452.6280.391

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 Oklahoma, its score is higher than 76% of the other 67 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) 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 Oklahoma: CMS cut 15 of 68 (22%); middle score −0.1556Oklahoma 68 hospitals22% 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 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: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147 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 Oklahoma: CMS cut 15 of 68 (22%); middle score −0.1556Oklahoma68 hospitals22% 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 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: 0.3147 This hospital 0.3147

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%−0.045371%
South region1,17426322%−0.105674%
Oklahoma681522%−0.155676%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056775%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115469%
Government40114035%0.160259%
Rural61919632%0.022965%
This hospital0.3147
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 3 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Hillcrest Hospital Claremore, Claremore: score −0.8371, not cut, 46 miles87. Hillcrest Hospital Pryor, Pryor: score 0.4226, cut, 34 miles76. Sequoyah County-City of Sallisaw Hospital Authorit, Sallisaw: score 2.1931, cut, 32 miles65. Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Siloam Springs: score −0.1715, not cut, 31 miles54. Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Muskogee: score 0.0729, not cut, 28 miles43. Wagoner Community Hospital, Wagoner: score −0.7885, not cut, 25 miles32. Memorial Hospital, Stilwell: score −0.0170, not cut, 19 miles21. Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital, Tahlequah: score 1.1211, cut, less than a mile1This hospital: Northeastern Health System

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian Hospital, Tahlequah, OKunder 11.1211cut
Memorial Hospital, Stilwell, OK19−0.0170not cut
Wagoner Community Hospital, Wagoner, OK25−0.7885not cut
Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Muskogee, OK280.0729not cut
Siloam Springs Regional Hospital, Siloam Springs, AR31−0.1715not cut
Sequoyah County-City of Sallisaw Hospital Authorit, Sallisaw, OK322.1931cut
Hillcrest Hospital Pryor, Pryor, OK340.4226cut
Hillcrest Hospital Claremore, Claremore, OK46−0.8371not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Cherokee Nation W W Hastings Indian HospitalTahlequah, OKunder 11.12111% cut$89KAbove the national median on 5 of 5 measures
2Memorial HospitalStilwell, OK19−0.0170No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
3Wagoner Community HospitalWagoner, OK25−0.7885No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
4Saint Francis Hospital MuskogeeMuskogee, OK280.0729No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Siloam Springs Regional HospitalSiloam Springs, AR31−0.1715No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 3 measures
6Sequoyah County-City of Sallisaw Hospital AuthoritSallisaw, OK322.19311% cut$11KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 measures
7Hillcrest Hospital PryorPryor, OK340.42261% cut$18KAbove the national median on 2 of 2 measures
8Hillcrest Hospital ClaremoreClaremore, OK46−0.8371No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 3 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Northeastern Health System, Tahlequah, OK: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/370089/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.