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HospitalUniversity Health System, Inc Estimated FY2026 net: −$262K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 440015

1Hospital

University Health System, Inc

2Location

Knoxville, TN (Tennessee’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 37920

Knox County

3Type

Major teaching · 655 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.3062

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $1.4M, likely $1.2⁠–⁠1.6M estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.3062 for University Health System, Inc and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $1.4M estimate 1% of about $143M, 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 0.0737 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $1.2–1.6M

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: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062 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: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062

Higher than 70% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25Cut
  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 PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.4490, to −0.1428. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 4; PSI 90 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.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 96% 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 value1.4398

    Z-score2.5111

    Part of score+0.4185

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Better than 67% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.387

    Z-score−0.5087

    Part of score−0.0848

  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 56% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.554

    Z-score0.0168

    Part of score+0.0028

  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 79% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.335

    Z-score−0.8826

    Part of score−0.1471

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 55% 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 value0.385

    Z-score0.0286

    Part of score+0.0048

  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 77% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.019

    Z-score0.6723

    Part of score+0.1121

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 901.43980.96232.5111+0.4185Worse than 96% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.3870.559−0.5087−0.0848Better than 67% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.5540.4890.0168+0.0028Worse than 56% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.3350.795−0.8826−0.1471Better than 79% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3850.3460.0286+0.0048Worse than 55% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.0190.6410.6723+0.1121Worse than 77% 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.

(2.5111PSI 90−0.5087CLABSI+0.0168CAUTI−0.8826SSI+0.0286CDI+0.6723MRSA)÷6measures=0.3062Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.3063; CMS reports 0.3062. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.0737 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.3062, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score −0.5087 divided by 6 = −0.0848CLABSI−0.0848 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0168 divided by 6 = +0.0028CAUTI+0.0028 SSI: z‑score −0.8826 divided by 6 = −0.1471SSI−0.1471 CDI: z‑score 0.0286 divided by 6 = +0.0048CDI+0.0048 MRSA: z‑score 0.6723 divided by 6 = +0.1121MRSA+0.1121 Total HAC Score: 0.3062Score0.3062 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 2.5111 divided by 6 = +0.4185PSI 90+0.4185 CLABSI: z‑score −0.5087 divided by 6 = −0.0848CLABSI−0.0848 CAUTI: z‑score 0.0168 divided by 6 = +0.0028CAUTI+0.0028 SSI: z‑score −0.8826 divided by 6 = −0.1471SSI−0.1471 CDI: z‑score 0.0286 divided by 6 = +0.0048CDI+0.0048 MRSA: z‑score 0.6723 divided by 6 = +0.1121MRSA+0.1121 Total HAC Score: 0.3062Score0.3062 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.4

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 902.5111+0.41850.4185
CLABSI−0.5087−0.08480.3337
CAUTI0.0168+0.00280.3365
SSI−0.8826−0.14710.1894
CDI0.0286+0.00480.1942
MRSA0.6723+0.11210.3063
Total HAC Score0.3062
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, 0.0737 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.0737 higher, the cut would have been about $1.4M 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 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4Mat 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: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062

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−$1,431,651
This hospital0.3062$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,431,651

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.

($124,674,904payment+$18,751,884teaching, MA stays−$101,356readmissions−$160,309value-based)×1%the cut=$1,431,651at stake

$1,431,651at stake÷6,626traditional Medicare stays=$216per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $1.4M by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$101K and −$160K.

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 $84,463,258
Teaching (indirect medical education) $13,687,271
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $18,751,884
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $3,625,163
Outliers: unusually costly stays $3,767,061
Capital: buildings and equipment $7,716,722
Uncompensated care $11,415,429
Total, before the three programs $143,426,788
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9988 − 1) −$101,356
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9981 − 1) −$160,309
After these two $143,165,123
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $1,431,651 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$286K to −$226K −$261,665

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)$84,463,258
Teaching (indirect medical education)$13,687,271
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$18,751,884
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$3,625,163
Outliers: unusually costly stays$3,767,061
Capital: buildings and equipment$7,716,722
Uncompensated care$11,415,429
Total, before the three programs$143,426,788
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9988 − 1))−$101,356
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9981 − 1))−$160,309
After these two$143,165,123
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $1,431,651)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$286K to −$226K)−$261,665

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 Score0.3062same
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 0.3062 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 $1.4M 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
CLABSIup to 0.575
CAUTIup to 0.735
SSIup to 0.590
CDIup to 0.498
MRSAup to 1.228

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 1.4398 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.387 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.554 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.335 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.385 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.019 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.3062 among its measured results: +0.4185.
  • PSI 90 +0.4185
  • CLABSI −0.0848
  • CAUTI +0.0028
  • SSI −0.1471
  • CDI +0.0048
  • MRSA +0.1121

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 902.5111+0.4185same
CLABSI−0.5087−0.0848same
CAUTI0.0168+0.0028same
SSI−0.8826−0.1471same
CDI0.0286+0.0048same
MRSA0.6723+0.1121same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/440015/

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 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.0750, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.6400, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0587, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0575, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2120, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.1460, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1935, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2892, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3787, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.3062, higher than 70% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.0750, higher than 79% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 5.6400, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0587, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0575, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2120, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.1460, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1935, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2892, higher than 70% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3787, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.3062, higher than 70% 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
FY20157.075079.5%cut
FY20167.000076.6%cut
FY20175.640055.2%not cut
FY2018−0.058746.2%not cut
FY2019−0.057547.9%not cut
FY2020−0.212036.2%not cut
FY2021−0.146040.9%not cut
FY2022−0.193537.7%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.289270.8%not cut
FY20250.378775.8%cut
FY20260.306270.7%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 0.17 → 0.41 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.173CLABSI, 2018: 0.747CLABSI, 2019: 0.368CLABSI, 2021: 0.578CLABSI, 2022: 0.696CLABSI, 2023: 0.362CLABSI, 2024: 0.414 CAUTI 0.56 → 0.42 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.556CAUTI, 2018: 0.548CAUTI, 2019: 0.630CAUTI, 2021: 0.518CAUTI, 2022: 0.942CAUTI, 2023: 0.711CAUTI, 2024: 0.423 SSI, colon 0.99 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.991SSI, colon, 2018: 1.098SSI, colon, 2019: 1.427SSI, colon, 2021: 0.407SSI, colon, 2022: 0.291SSI, colon, 2023: 0.205SSI, colon, 2024: 0.409 SSI, hysterectomy 0.29 → 1.11 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.295SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.902SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.446SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.088SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.690SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.111 MRSA 0.54 → 0.69 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.535MRSA, 2018: 1.032MRSA, 2019: 0.496MRSA, 2021: 1.168MRSA, 2022: 1.097MRSA, 2023: 1.360MRSA, 2024: 0.686 C. diff 0.98 → 0.28 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.984C. diff, 2018: 0.776C. diff, 2019: 0.579C. diff, 2021: 0.483C. diff, 2022: 0.761C. diff, 2023: 0.480C. diff, 2024: 0.280 CLABSI 0.17 → 0.41 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.173CLABSI, 2018: 0.747CLABSI, 2019: 0.368CLABSI, 2021: 0.578CLABSI, 2022: 0.696CLABSI, 2023: 0.362CLABSI, 2024: 0.414 CAUTI 0.56 → 0.42 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.556CAUTI, 2018: 0.548CAUTI, 2019: 0.630CAUTI, 2021: 0.518CAUTI, 2022: 0.942CAUTI, 2023: 0.711CAUTI, 2024: 0.423 SSI, colon 0.99 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.991SSI, colon, 2018: 1.098SSI, colon, 2019: 1.427SSI, colon, 2021: 0.407SSI, colon, 2022: 0.291SSI, colon, 2023: 0.205SSI, colon, 2024: 0.409 SSI, hysterectomy 0.29 → 1.11 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.295SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.902SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.446SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.088SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.690SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.111 MRSA 0.54 → 0.69 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.535MRSA, 2018: 1.032MRSA, 2019: 0.496MRSA, 2021: 1.168MRSA, 2022: 1.097MRSA, 2023: 1.360MRSA, 2024: 0.686 C. diff 0.98 → 0.28 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.984C. diff, 2018: 0.776C. diff, 2019: 0.579C. diff, 2021: 0.483C. diff, 2022: 0.761C. diff, 2023: 0.480C. diff, 2024: 0.280

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
20170.1730.5560.9910.2950.5350.984
20180.7470.5481.0980.9021.0320.776
20190.3680.6301.4270.4460.4960.579
20210.5780.5180.4071.0881.1680.483
20220.6960.9420.2910.6901.0970.761
20230.3620.7110.2050.0001.3600.480
20240.4140.4230.4091.1110.6860.280

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 Tennessee, its score is higher than 79% of the other 72 scored there.

In Knoxville, TN area, its score is higher than 100% of the other 8 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 0% (Knoxville, TN area) to 32% (Major teaching).
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 Tennessee: CMS cut 14 of 73 (19%); middle score −0.2186Tennessee 73 hospitals19% cut Knoxville, TN area: CMS cut 0 of 9 (0%); middle score −0.2545Knoxville, TN area 9 hospitals0% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching 424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% 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: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062 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 Tennessee: CMS cut 14 of 73 (19%); middle score −0.2186Tennessee73 hospitals19% cut Knoxville, TN area: CMS cut 0 of 9 (0%); middle score −0.2545Knoxville, TN area9 hospitals0% cut Major teaching: CMS cut 136 of 424 (32%); middle score 0.1780Major teaching424 hospitals32% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% 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: 0.3062 This hospital 0.3062

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%−0.045370%
South region1,17426322%−0.105673%
Tennessee731419%−0.218679%
Knoxville, TN area900%−0.2545100%
Major teaching42413632%0.178060%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132365%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013469%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057472%
This hospital0.3062
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 about a mile away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City: score −0.3378, not cut, 27 miles87. Leconte Medical Center, Sevierville: score −0.3076, not cut, 24 miles76. Fort Loudoun Medical Center, Lenoir City: score −0.1683, not cut, 20 miles65. Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge: score −0.3364, not cut, 17 miles54. Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville: score 0.0208, not cut, 13 miles43. Physicians Regional Medical Center, Powell: score −0.8488, not cut, 9 miles32. Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville: score −0.5214, not cut, 7 miles21. Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville: score −0.6629, not cut, about a mile1This hospital: University Health System, Inc

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, Knoxville, TN1−0.6629not cut
Parkwest Medical Center, Knoxville, TN7−0.5214not cut
Physicians Regional Medical Center, Powell, TN9−0.8488not cut
Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, TN130.0208not cut
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, TN17−0.3364not cut
Fort Loudoun Medical Center, Lenoir City, TN20−0.1683not cut
Leconte Medical Center, Sevierville, TN24−0.3076not cut
Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Jefferson City, TN27−0.3378not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Fort Sanders Regional Medical CenterKnoxville, TN1−0.6629No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Parkwest Medical CenterKnoxville, TN7−0.5214No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Physicians Regional Medical CenterPowell, TN9−0.8488No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
4Blount Memorial HospitalMaryville, TN130.0208No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Methodist Medical Center of Oak RidgeOak Ridge, TN17−0.3364No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City, TN20−0.1683No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
7Leconte Medical CenterSevierville, TN24−0.3076No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Tennova Healthcare-Jefferson Memorial HospitalJefferson City, TN27−0.3378No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures

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Paid & Penalized. University Health System, Inc, Knoxville, TN: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/440015/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.