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HospitalUnityPoint Health - Meriter Estimated FY2026 net: +$305K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 520089

1Hospital

UnityPoint Health - Meriter

2Location

Madison, WI (Wisconsin’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 53715

Dane County

3Type

Minor teaching · 448 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

5 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.1930

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $470K, likely $383⁠–⁠511K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1930 for UnityPoint Health - Meriter and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $470K estimate 1% of about $47.0M, 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 0.1869 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $383–511K

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: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930 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: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930

Higher than 64% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.2588, to −0.0658. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; CDI 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 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 value0.8288

    Z-score−1.1146

    Part of score−0.1858

  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 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.285

    Z-score−0.7453

    Part of score−0.1242

  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 79% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.851

    Z-score0.7327

    Part of score+0.1221

  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

    Worse than 88% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.628

    Z-score1.3323

    Part of score+0.2221

  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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 88% 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 value0.747

    Z-score1.4303

    Part of score+0.2384

  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 66% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.469

    Z-score−0.4771

    Part of score−0.0795

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 900.82880.9623−1.1146−0.1858Better than 89% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.2850.559−0.7453−0.1242Better than 75% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.8510.4890.7327+0.1221Worse than 79% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.6280.7951.3323+0.2221Worse than 88% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.7470.3461.4303+0.2384Worse than 88% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.4690.641−0.4771−0.0795Better than 66% 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.

(−1.1146PSI 90−0.7453CLABSI+0.7327CAUTI+1.3323SSI+1.4303CDI−0.4771MRSA)÷6measures=0.1930Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make 0.1931; CMS reports 0.1930. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.1869 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1930, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.1146 divided by 6 = −0.1858PSI 90−0.1858 CLABSI: z‑score −0.7453 divided by 6 = −0.1242CLABSI−0.1242 CAUTI: z‑score 0.7327 divided by 6 = +0.1221CAUTI+0.1221 SSI: z‑score 1.3323 divided by 6 = +0.2221SSI+0.2221 CDI: z‑score 1.4303 divided by 6 = +0.2384CDI+0.2384 MRSA: z‑score −0.4771 divided by 6 = −0.0795MRSA−0.0795 Total HAC Score: 0.1930Score0.1930 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.1146 divided by 6 = −0.1858PSI 90−0.1858 CLABSI: z‑score −0.7453 divided by 6 = −0.1242CLABSI−0.1242 CAUTI: z‑score 0.7327 divided by 6 = +0.1221CAUTI+0.1221 SSI: z‑score 1.3323 divided by 6 = +0.2221SSI+0.2221 CDI: z‑score 1.4303 divided by 6 = +0.2384CDI+0.2384 MRSA: z‑score −0.4771 divided by 6 = −0.0795MRSA−0.0795 Total HAC Score: 0.1930Score0.1930 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−1.1146−0.1858−0.1858
CLABSI−0.7453−0.1242−0.3100
CAUTI0.7327+0.1221−0.1879
SSI1.3323+0.22210.0342
CDI1.4303+0.23840.2726
MRSA−0.4771−0.07950.1931
Total HAC Score0.1930
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, 0.1869 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.1869 higher, the cut would have been about $470K 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 $470K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $470K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $470K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $470Kat 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: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930

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−$470,046
This hospital0.1930$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$470,046

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.

($45,252,162payment+$1,447,078teaching, MA stays−$108,355readmissions+$413,727value-based)×1%the cut=$470,046at stake

$470,046at stake÷3,456traditional Medicare stays=$136per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $470K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$108K and +$414K.

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 $34,953,240
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,934,662
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $1,447,078
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,450,210
Outliers: unusually costly stays $2,411,074
Capital: buildings and equipment $3,106,900
Uncompensated care $1,396,076
Total, before the three programs $46,699,240
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9969 − 1) −$108,355
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0118 − 1) +$413,727
After these two $47,004,612
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $470,046 $0
Net of the three programs likely $264⁠–⁠334K +$305,372

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)$34,953,240
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,934,662
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$1,447,078
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,450,210
Outliers: unusually costly stays$2,411,074
Capital: buildings and equipment$3,106,900
Uncompensated care$1,396,076
Total, before the three programs$46,699,240
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9969 − 1))−$108,355
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0118 − 1))+$413,727
After these two$47,004,612
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $470,046)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $264–334K)+$305,372

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 Score0.1930same
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 0.1930 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 $470K 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 0.9887
CLABSIup to 0.766
CAUTIup to 1.314
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 1.003

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 0.8288 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.285 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.851 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.628 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.747 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.469 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.1930 among its measured results: +0.2384.
  • PSI 90 −0.1858
  • CLABSI −0.1242
  • CAUTI +0.1221
  • SSI +0.2221
  • CDI +0.2384
  • MRSA −0.0795

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 90−1.1146−0.1858same
CLABSI−0.7453−0.1242same
CAUTI0.7327+0.1221same
SSI1.3323+0.2221same
CDI1.4303+0.2384same
MRSA−0.4771−0.0795same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/520089/

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 1 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.3000, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.3600, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.2263, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2583, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.4378, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3953, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3028, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0536, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1052, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1930, higher than 64% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.3000, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2016: score 6.2500, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.3600, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.2263, higher than 35% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.2583, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.4378, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.3953, higher than 25% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.3028, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.0536, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.1052, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1930, higher than 64% 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
FY20157.300081.5%cut
FY20166.250064.4%not cut
FY20175.360049.1%not cut
FY2018−0.226335.3%not cut
FY2019−0.258333.3%not cut
FY2020−0.437822.8%not cut
FY2021−0.395325.2%not cut
FY2022−0.302831.0%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.053648.8%not cut
FY20250.105260.0%not cut
FY20260.193064.5%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. 2 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.28 → 0.20 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.278CLABSI, 2018: 0.238CLABSI, 2019: 0.394CLABSI, 2021: 0.770CLABSI, 2022: 0.161CLABSI, 2023: 0.388CLABSI, 2024: 0.204 CAUTI 0.31 → 0.70 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.311CAUTI, 2018: 0.630CAUTI, 2019: 0.712CAUTI, 2021: 0.885CAUTI, 2022: 0.175CAUTI, 2023: 1.041CAUTI, 2024: 0.698 SSI, colon 0.51 → 1.43 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.509SSI, colon, 2018: 0.573SSI, colon, 2019: 0.352SSI, colon, 2021: 1.164SSI, colon, 2022: 1.927SSI, colon, 2023: 2.080SSI, colon, 2024: 1.434 SSI, hysterectomy 2.02 → 1.65 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.015SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.075SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.770SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.647 MRSA 0.37 → 0.50 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.372MRSA, 2018: 0.298MRSA, 2019: 0.232MRSA, 2021: 0.000MRSA, 2022: 0.000MRSA, 2023: 0.427MRSA, 2024: 0.502 C. diff 0.68 → 0.79 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.680C. diff, 2018: 0.536C. diff, 2019: 0.511C. diff, 2021: 0.606C. diff, 2022: 0.536C. diff, 2023: 0.704C. diff, 2024: 0.786 CLABSI 0.28 → 0.20 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.278CLABSI, 2018: 0.238CLABSI, 2019: 0.394CLABSI, 2021: 0.770CLABSI, 2022: 0.161CLABSI, 2023: 0.388CLABSI, 2024: 0.204 CAUTI 0.31 → 0.70 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.311CAUTI, 2018: 0.630CAUTI, 2019: 0.712CAUTI, 2021: 0.885CAUTI, 2022: 0.175CAUTI, 2023: 1.041CAUTI, 2024: 0.698 SSI, colon 0.51 → 1.43 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.509SSI, colon, 2018: 0.573SSI, colon, 2019: 0.352SSI, colon, 2021: 1.164SSI, colon, 2022: 1.927SSI, colon, 2023: 2.080SSI, colon, 2024: 1.434 SSI, hysterectomy 2.02 → 1.65 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 2.015SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 3.075SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.770SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.647 MRSA 0.37 → 0.50 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.372MRSA, 2018: 0.298MRSA, 2019: 0.232MRSA, 2021: 0.000MRSA, 2022: 0.000MRSA, 2023: 0.427MRSA, 2024: 0.502 C. diff 0.68 → 0.79 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.680C. diff, 2018: 0.536C. diff, 2019: 0.511C. diff, 2021: 0.606C. diff, 2022: 0.536C. diff, 2023: 0.704C. diff, 2024: 0.786

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
20170.2780.3110.5090.3720.680
20180.2380.6300.5732.0150.2980.536
20190.3940.7120.3523.0750.2320.511
20210.7700.8851.1640.0000.0000.606
20220.1610.1751.9270.0000.0000.536
20230.3881.0412.0800.7700.4270.704
20240.2040.6981.4341.6470.5020.786

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 Wisconsin, its score is higher than 55% of the other 61 scored there.

In Madison, WI area, its score is higher than 75% of the other 4 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 0% (Madison, WI area) to 26% (Nonprofit).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Midwest region: CMS cut 174 of 683 (25%); middle score −0.0268Midwest region 683 hospitals25% cut Wisconsin: CMS cut 16 of 62 (26%); middle score 0.0996Wisconsin 62 hospitals26% cut Madison, WI area: CMS cut 0 of 5 (0%); middle score −0.2995Madison, WI area 5 hospitals0% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% 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: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Midwest region: CMS cut 174 of 683 (25%); middle score −0.0268Midwest region683 hospitals25% cut Wisconsin: CMS cut 16 of 62 (26%); middle score 0.0996Wisconsin62 hospitals26% cut Madison, WI area: CMS cut 0 of 5 (0%); middle score −0.2995Madison, WI area5 hospitals0% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% 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: 0.1930 This hospital 0.1930

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%−0.045364%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026863%
Wisconsin621626%0.099655%
Madison, WI area500%−0.299575%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056767%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038467%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013463%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057466%
This hospital0.1930
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 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is less than a mile away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Janesville, Janesville: score 0.4894, cut, 35 miles87. The Monroe Clinic, Monroe: score −0.7513, not cut, 34 miles76. SSM Health St Clare Hospital - Baraboo, Baraboo: score 0.9284, cut, 33 miles65. Mercy Health System Corp, Janesville: score 0.2230, not cut, 32 miles54. Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson: score 0.2036, not cut, 30 miles43. Sauk Prairie Hospital, Prairie Du Sac: score 0.2996, not cut, 25 miles32. University of WI Hospitals & Clinics Authority, Madison: score 0.3436, not cut, 2 miles21. SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison, Madison: score −0.3199, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: UnityPoint Health - Meriter

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Madison, Madison, WIunder 1−0.3199not cut
University of WI Hospitals & Clinics Authority, Madison, WI20.3436not cut
Sauk Prairie Hospital, Prairie Du Sac, WI250.2996not cut
Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson, WI300.2036not cut
Mercy Health System Corp, Janesville, WI320.2230not cut
SSM Health St Clare Hospital - Baraboo, Baraboo, WI330.9284cut
The Monroe Clinic, Monroe, WI34−0.7513not cut
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Janesville, Janesville, WI350.4894cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - MadisonMadison, WIunder 1−0.3199No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2University of WI Hospitals & Clinics AuthorityMadison, WI20.3436No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
3Sauk Prairie HospitalPrairie Du Sac, WI250.2996No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 3 measures
4Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson, WI300.2036No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 3 measures
5Mercy Health System CorpJanesville, WI320.2230No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6SSM Health St Clare Hospital - BarabooBaraboo, WI330.92841% cut$74KAbove the national median on 3 of 3 measures
7The Monroe ClinicMonroe, WI34−0.7513No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
8SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville, WI350.48941% cut$93KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures

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Paid & Penalized. UnityPoint Health - Meriter, Madison, WI: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/520089/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.