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HospitalAurora Lakeland Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: +$142K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 520102

1Hospital

Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

2Location

Elkhorn, WI (Wisconsin’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 53121

Walworth County

3Type

Minor teaching · 99 beds · Nonprofit · Rural · Medicare-dependent hospital

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

0.2604

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $106K, likely $76⁠–⁠119K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.2604 for Aurora Lakeland Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $106K estimate 1% of about $10.6M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year plus the teaching payments Medicare makes on its Medicare Advantage patients’ stays. Its score was 0.1195 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $76–119K

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: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604 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: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604

Higher than 68% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 5 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.3246, to −0.0642. 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

    Better than 75% 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 value0.8891

    Z-score−0.6937

    Part of score−0.1156

  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 57% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.482

    Z-score−0.2883

    Part of score−0.0481

  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 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.297

    Z-score1.8078

    Part of score+0.3013

  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 92% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.886

    Z-score1.7743

    Part of score+0.2957

  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 70% 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 value0.486

    Z-score0.4197

    Part of score+0.0700

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Better than 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4573

    Part of score−0.2429

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

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.88910.9623−0.6937−0.1156Better than 75% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.4820.559−0.2883−0.0481Better than 57% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.2970.4891.8078+0.3013Worse than 92% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.8860.7951.7743+0.2957Worse than 92% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.4860.3460.4197+0.0700Worse than 70% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.0000.641−1.4573−0.2429Better than 87% of the other 2,067 hospitals

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 6; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.6937PSI 90−0.2883CLABSI+1.8078CAUTI+1.7743SSI+0.4197CDI−1.4573MRSA)÷6measures=0.2604Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1195 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.2604, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.6937 divided by 6 = −0.1156PSI 90−0.1156 CLABSI: z‑score −0.2883 divided by 6 = −0.0481CLABSI−0.0481 CAUTI: z‑score 1.8078 divided by 6 = +0.3013CAUTI+0.3013 SSI: z‑score 1.7743 divided by 6 = +0.2957SSI+0.2957 CDI: z‑score 0.4197 divided by 6 = +0.0700CDI+0.0700 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.2604Score0.2604 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.6937 divided by 6 = −0.1156PSI 90−0.1156 CLABSI: z‑score −0.2883 divided by 6 = −0.0481CLABSI−0.0481 CAUTI: z‑score 1.8078 divided by 6 = +0.3013CAUTI+0.3013 SSI: z‑score 1.7743 divided by 6 = +0.2957SSI+0.2957 CDI: z‑score 0.4197 divided by 6 = +0.0700CDI+0.0700 MRSA: z‑score −1.4573 divided by 6 = −0.2429MRSA−0.2429 Total HAC Score: 0.2604Score0.2604 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.6

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 90−0.6937−0.1156−0.1156
CLABSI−0.2883−0.0481−0.1637
CAUTI1.8078+0.30130.1376
SSI1.7743+0.29570.4333
CDI0.4197+0.07000.5033
MRSA−1.4573−0.24290.2604
Total HAC Score0.2604
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, 0.1195 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.1195 higher, the cut would have been about $106K 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 $106K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $106K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $106K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $106Kat 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: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604

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−$105,775
This hospital0.2604$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$105,775

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.

($10,375,705payment+$59,311teaching, MA stays−$2,692readmissions+$145,170value-based)×1%the cut=$105,775at stake

$105,775at stake÷885traditional Medicare stays=$120per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $106K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$3K and +$145K.

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 $8,133,683
Medicare-dependent hospital add-on $841,108
Base payment the base $8,974,791
Teaching (indirect medical education) $112,570
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $59,311
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $108,341
Outliers: unusually costly stays $7,971
Capital: buildings and equipment $639,826
Uncompensated care $532,206
Total, before the three programs $10,435,016
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9997 − 1) −$2,692
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0162 − 1) +$145,170
After these two $10,577,494
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $105,775 $0
Net of the three programs likely $99⁠–⁠151K +$142,478

Not paid to this hospital: 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$8,133,683
Medicare-dependent hospital add-on$841,108
Base payment (the base)$8,974,791
Teaching (indirect medical education)$112,570
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$59,311
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$108,341
Outliers: unusually costly stays$7,971
Capital: buildings and equipment$639,826
Uncompensated care$532,206
Total, before the three programs$10,435,016
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9997 − 1))−$2,692
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0162 − 1))+$145,170
After these two$10,577,494
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $105,775)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $99–151K)+$142,478

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 Score0.2604same
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 0.2604 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 $106K 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 0.9911
CLABSIup to 0.789
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.670
MRSAup to 0.341

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 0.8891 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.482 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.297 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.886 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.486 · 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 0.2604 among its measured results: +0.3013.
  • PSI 90 −0.1156
  • CLABSI −0.0481
  • CAUTI +0.3013
  • SSI +0.2957
  • CDI +0.0700
  • MRSA −0.2429

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 6, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 90−0.6937−0.1156same
CLABSI−0.2883−0.0481same
CAUTI1.8078+0.3013same
SSI1.7743+0.2957same
CDI0.4197+0.0700same
MRSA−1.4573−0.2429same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/520102/

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 3 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 5 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.4500, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.7500, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6750, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0983, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1996, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6847, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.9254, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.9552, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.0691, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6932, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.2604, higher than 68% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.4500, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.7500, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6750, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.0983, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.1996, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.6847, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.9254, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.9552, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.0691, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.6932, higher than 88% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.2604, higher than 68% 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
FY20154.450033.7%not cut
FY20164.750033.4%not cut
FY20175.675055.7%not cut
FY2018−0.098343.7%not cut
FY2019−0.199637.6%not cut
FY20200.684788.6%cut
FY20210.925494.7%cut
FY20220.955294.6%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20241.069194.0%cut
FY20250.693288.1%cut
FY20260.260468.3%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 3 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 2.55 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2022: 2.547CLABSI, 2023: 0.949CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 1.00 → 0.99 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.967CAUTI, 2019: 1.885CAUTI, 2021: 2.823CAUTI, 2022: 1.374CAUTI, 2023: 1.531CAUTI, 2024: 0.993 C. diff 0.47 → 0.56 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.470C. diff, 2018: 0.665C. diff, 2019: 0.549C. diff, 2021: 0.219C. diff, 2022: 0.921C. diff, 2023: 0.405C. diff, 2024: 0.559 CLABSI 2.55 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2022: 2.547CLABSI, 2023: 0.949CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 1.00 → 0.99 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.000CAUTI, 2018: 0.967CAUTI, 2019: 1.885CAUTI, 2021: 2.823CAUTI, 2022: 1.374CAUTI, 2023: 1.531CAUTI, 2024: 0.993 C. diff 0.47 → 0.56 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.470C. diff, 2018: 0.665C. diff, 2019: 0.549C. diff, 2021: 0.219C. diff, 2022: 0.921C. diff, 2023: 0.405C. diff, 2024: 0.559

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 yearCLABSICAUTIC. diff
20171.0000.470
20180.9670.665
20191.8850.549
20212.8230.219
20222.5471.3740.921
20230.9491.5310.405
20240.0000.9930.559

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 65% of the other 61 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 32% (Rural).
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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit 1,830 hospitals26% cut 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: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604 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 Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Nonprofit: CMS cut 478 of 1,830 (26%); middle score −0.0134Nonprofit1,830 hospitals26% cut 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: 0.2604 This hospital 0.2604

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%−0.045368%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026866%
Wisconsin621626%0.099665%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056771%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115467%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013467%
Rural61919632%0.022962%
This hospital0.2604
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 11 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc: score −0.4288, not cut, 30 miles87. Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha: score −0.4077, not cut, 27 miles76. Beloit Health System, Beloit: score −0.3002, not cut, 27 miles65. Mercy Health System Corp, Janesville: score 0.2230, not cut, 27 miles54. Northwestern Medicine McHenry, McHenry: score −0.5521, not cut, 26 miles43. Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson: score 0.2036, not cut, 25 miles32. SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Janesville, Janesville: score 0.4894, cut, 24 miles21. Aurora Memorial Hospital Burlington, Burlington: score 0.6344, cut, 11 miles1This hospital: Aurora Lakeland Medical Center

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Aurora Memorial Hospital Burlington, Burlington, WI110.6344cut
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - Janesville, Janesville, WI240.4894cut
Fort Memorial Hospital, Fort Atkinson, WI250.2036not cut
Northwestern Medicine McHenry, McHenry, IL26−0.5521not cut
Mercy Health System Corp, Janesville, WI270.2230not cut
Beloit Health System, Beloit, WI27−0.3002not cut
Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI27−0.4077not cut
Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc, WI30−0.4288not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington, WI110.63441% cut$90KAbove the national median on 3 of 5 measures
2SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville, WI240.48941% cut$93KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures
3Fort Memorial HospitalFort Atkinson, WI250.2036No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 3 measures
4Northwestern Medicine McHenryMcHenry, IL26−0.5521No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
5Mercy Health System CorpJanesville, WI270.2230No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Beloit Health SystemBeloit, WI27−0.3002No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
7Waukesha Memorial HospitalWaukesha, WI27−0.4077No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8Oconomowoc Memorial HospitalOconomowoc, WI30−0.4288No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 4 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Aurora Lakeland Medical Center, Elkhorn, WI: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/520102/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.