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HospitalLower Bucks Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$17K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 390070

1Hospital

Lower Bucks Hospital

2Location

Bristol, PA (Pennsylvania’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 19007

Bucks County

3Type

Major teaching · 128 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

4Care Compare stars

3 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

−0.9388

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $98K, likely $74⁠–⁠123K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.9388 for Lower Bucks Hospital and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $98K estimate 1% of about $9.8M, 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 1.3187 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $74–123K

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: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388 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: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388

Higher than 4% 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. 15Cut
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 3 of the 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.

None of the measures CMS scored it on is above the national median, so no single measure at the median would lower its score.

Figure 1. Of its 3 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 0.
  • 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 65% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.9251

    Z-score−0.4422

    Part of score−0.1474

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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

    Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.3186

    Part of score−0.4395

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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 84% 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 value0.105

    Z-score−1.0556

    Part of score−0.3519

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

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 900.92510.9623−0.4422−0.1474Better than 65% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTI0.0000.489−1.3186−0.4395Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDI0.1050.346−1.0556−0.3519Better than 84% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

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 3; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.4422PSI 90−1.3186CAUTI−1.0556CDI)÷3measures=−0.9388Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.9388; CMS reports −0.9388. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 1.3187 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.9388, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4422 divided by 3 = −0.1474PSI 90−0.1474 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 3 = −0.4395CAUTI−0.4395 CDI: z‑score −1.0556 divided by 3 = −0.3519CDI−0.3519 Total HAC Score: −0.9388Score−0.9388 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.0−0.50.00.5 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.4422 divided by 3 = −0.1474PSI 90−0.1474 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 3 = −0.4395CAUTI−0.4395 CDI: z‑score −1.0556 divided by 3 = −0.3519CDI−0.3519 Total HAC Score: −0.9388Score−0.9388 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.0−0.50.00.5

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 90−0.4422−0.1474−0.1474
CAUTI−1.3186−0.4395−0.5869
CDI−1.0556−0.3519−0.9388
Total HAC Score−0.9388
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, 1.3187 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 1.3187 higher, the cut would have been about $98K 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 $98K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $98K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $98K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $98Kat 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: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388

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−$97,635
This hospital−0.9388$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$97,635

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.

($8,310,123payment+$1,469,898teaching, MA stays−$12,182readmissions−$4,343value-based)×1%the cut=$97,635at stake

$97,635at stake÷588traditional Medicare stays=$166per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $98K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$12K and −$4K.

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 $5,801,005
Teaching (indirect medical education) $964,939
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,469,898
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $258,783
Outliers: unusually costly stays $13,110
Capital: buildings and equipment $693,801
Uncompensated care $578,485
Total, before the three programs $9,780,021
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9979 − 1) −$12,182
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9993 − 1) −$4,343
After these two $9,763,496
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $97,635 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$19K to −$13K −$16,525

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)$5,801,005
Teaching (indirect medical education)$964,939
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,469,898
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$258,783
Outliers: unusually costly stays$13,110
Capital: buildings and equipment$693,801
Uncompensated care$578,485
Total, before the three programs$9,780,021
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9979 − 1))−$12,182
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9993 − 1))−$4,343
After these two$9,763,496
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $97,635)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$19K to −$13K)−$16,525

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.

The what-if needs JavaScript. Without it, the values below stay as they are.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score−0.9388same
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 −0.9388 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 $98K 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 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 3 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 0.9251 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.2327

CMS 0.000 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0804

CMS 0.105 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1291

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Figure 5. Each bar is one measure’s part of this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.9388: its z‑score divided by 3, the number of measures scored.
  • PSI 90 −0.1474
  • CAUTI −0.4395
  • CDI −0.3519

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 3, 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 90−0.4422−0.1474same
CAUTI−1.3186−0.4395same
CDI−1.0556−0.3519same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390070/

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.

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 8.3250, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.8700, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0400, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.5575, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.8355, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.5169, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.4871, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.0793, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −1.0282, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.9388, higher than 4% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 8.3250, higher than 91% of scores; cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.8700, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0400, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.5575, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.8355, higher than 10% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.5169, higher than 19% of scores; not cutFY2022: score 0.4871, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2024: score −0.0793, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −1.0282, higher than 3% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.9388, higher than 4% 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
FY20158.325091.9%cut
FY20166.000056.2%not cut
FY20173.870023.8%not cut
FY2018−0.040047.7%not cut
FY2019−0.557519.1%not cut
FY2020−0.835510.0%not cut
FY2021−0.516919.1%not cut
FY20220.487183.1%cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.079346.7%not cut
FY2025−1.02823.8%not cut
FY2026−0.93884.8%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 2 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CAUTI 0.00 → 0.87 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.867CAUTI, 2021: 0.871 C. diff 1.17 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.173C. diff, 2018: 0.755C. diff, 2019: 1.275C. diff, 2021: 0.571C. diff, 2022: 0.242C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.199 CAUTI 0.00 → 0.87 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CAUTI, 2017: 0.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.867CAUTI, 2021: 0.871 C. diff 1.17 → 0.20 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.173C. diff, 2018: 0.755C. diff, 2019: 1.275C. diff, 2021: 0.571C. diff, 2022: 0.242C. diff, 2023: 0.000C. diff, 2024: 0.199

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
20170.0001.173
20180.8670.755
20191.275
20210.8710.571
20220.242
20230.000
20240.199

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 Pennsylvania, its score is higher than 0% of the other 129 scored there.

In Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area, its score is higher than 0% of the other 19 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 15% (Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area) to 32% (Major teaching).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut Pennsylvania: CMS cut 36 of 130 (28%); middle score 0.1104Pennsylvania 130 hospitals28% cut Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area: CMS cut 3 of 20 (15%); middle score 0.0360Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area20 hospitals15% 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 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: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut Pennsylvania: CMS cut 36 of 130 (28%); middle score 0.1104Pennsylvania130 hospitals28% cut Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area: CMS cut 3 of 20 (15%); middle score 0.0360Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area20 hospitals15% 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 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: −0.9388 This hospital −0.9388

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%−0.04534%
Northeast region43612428%0.04782%
Pennsylvania1303628%0.11040%
Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA area20315%0.03600%
Major teaching42413632%0.17801%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.07324%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.01342%
Urban2,24151023%−0.05744%
This hospital−0.9388
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 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Meadowbrook: score −0.2500, not cut, 11 miles87. Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton: score 0.2805, not cut, 11 miles76. Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia: score −0.1744, not cut, 10 miles65. Virtua Mount Holly Hospital, Mount Holly: score −0.2206, not cut, 9 miles54. Jefferson Health- Northeast, Philadelphia: score 0.1356, not cut, 8 miles43. St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne: score 0.2826, not cut, 6 miles32. Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, Bensalem: score −0.4810, not cut, 5 miles21. Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro: score 0.3684, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Lower Bucks Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro, NJ40.3684not cut
Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital, Bensalem, PA5−0.4810not cut
St Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA60.2826not cut
Jefferson Health- Northeast, Philadelphia, PA80.1356not cut
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ9−0.2206not cut
Nazareth Hospital, Philadelphia, PA10−0.1744not cut
Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ110.2805not cut
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center, Meadowbrook, PA11−0.2500not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Virtua Willingboro HospitalWillingboro, NJ40.3684No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
2Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty HospitalBensalem, PA5−0.4810No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
3St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne, PA60.2826No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
4Jefferson Health- NortheastPhiladelphia, PA80.1356No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
5Virtua Mount Holly HospitalMount Holly, NJ9−0.2206No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA10−0.1744No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7Capital Health Regional Medical CenterTrenton, NJ110.2805No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterMeadowbrook, PA11−0.2500No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, PA: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/390070/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.