Metro area

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

CMS cut 4 of the 11 hospitals in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 36.4%, against 24.9% nationally.

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 11 with a payment decision

2Share cut

36.4%

+11.5 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

12th of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

−0.1704

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 11 scored (64%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$2.2M estimate

0.7% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $1.7–2.5M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$76

The nation: $47

36% cut

Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR: 4 cut of 11 with a payment decision.

Cut
Not cut
Not subject (Maryland) or no score

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

Show table

Hospital	City	Total HAC Score	Payment reduction
Arkansas Heart Hospital-Encore	Bryant	−0.3278	No
Arkansas Heart Hospital, LLC	Little Rock	0.8514	Yes
Arkansas Surgical Hospital	No Little Rock	−1.3638	No
Baptist Health Medical Center North Little Rock	North Little Rock	−0.1074	No
Baptist Health Medical Center- Conway	Conway	0.6847	Yes
Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock	Little Rock	−0.1704	No
CHI-St Vincent Infirmary	Little Rock	−0.3402	No
Conway Regional Medical Center, Inc	Conway	0.6640	Yes
Saline Memorial Hospital	Benton	−0.9512	No
St Vincent Medical Center/North	Sherwood	−0.1938	No
Unity Health - Jacksonville	Jacksonville	N/A	No
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	Little Rock	0.4933	Yes

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 36.4% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.1704, and nationally −0.0453.

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

Show table

Score from	to	Here	Nation
−1.6	−1.4	0	40
−1.4	−1.2	1	17
−1.2	−1.0	0	51
−1.0	−0.8	1	126
−0.8	−0.6	0	204
−0.6	−0.4	0	290
−0.4	−0.2	2	357
−0.2	0.0	3	407
0.0	0.2	0	343
0.2	0.4	0	333
0.4	0.6	1	237
0.6	0.8	2	173
0.8	1.0	1	116
1.0	1.2	0	91
1.2	1.4	0	30
1.4	1.6	0	21
1.6	1.8	0	10
1.8	2.0	0	3
2.0	2.2	0	13
2.2	2.4	0	24

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on MRSA (78% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CAUTI (27%).

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

Show table

Measure	Hospitals with a value	Half
PSI 90	11	36%
CLABSI	10	40%
CAUTI	11	27%
SSI	7	57%
CDI	11	36%
MRSA	9	78%

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, year by year

Every hospital in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR’s share cut was above the nation’s in 8 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 8 of its 11 hospitals have been cut at least once.

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.

Show table

Fiscal year	Hospitals with a decision	Cut	Share cut	Nation
FY2015	9	2	22.2%	21.9%
FY2016	9	0	0.0%	23.4%
FY2017	9	1	11.1%	24.0%
FY2018	9	2	22.2%	23.6%
FY2019	10	3	30.0%	25.0%
FY2020	10	4	40.0%	25.0%
FY2021	10	3	30.0%	24.9%
FY2022	10	4	40.0%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	11	3	27.3%	24.9%
FY2025	11	3	27.3%	24.8%
FY2026	11	4	36.4%	24.9%

Every hospital in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Sorted by state, then name. Sort by any column or search by name, city or CCN.

Name, city or CCN contains

Sort by

Every hospital in CMS’s file in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, with its Total HAC Score and payment reduction decision as CMS reports them

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Back to the national picture

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/30780/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.