Metro area

Newark, NJ

CMS cut 2 of the 15 hospitals in Newark, NJ with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 13.3%, against 24.9% nationally.

Newark, NJ · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 15 with a payment decision

2Share cut

13.3%

−11.5 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

32nd of 59

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

4Median score

−0.3448

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 15 scored (87%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$628K estimate

0.2% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $478–789K

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$13

The nation: $47

13% 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 Newark, NJ’s, red where CMS cut.

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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. Newark, NJ: 2 cut of 15 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.

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Hospital	City	Total HAC Score	Payment reduction
Carewell Health Medical Center	East Orange	0.7148	Yes
Chilton Medical Center	Pompton Plains	−0.0550	No
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	−0.6214	No
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	−0.3448	No
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical	Montclair	0.0621	No
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	−0.0043	No
Morristown Medical Center	Morristown	−0.4582	No
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	−0.2395	No
Newton Medical Center	Newton	−0.3656	No
Overlook Medical Center	Summit	−0.4445	No
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway	Rahway	−0.3461	No
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus	Denville	0.5496	Yes
Saint Michael's Medical Center	Newark	−0.4521	No
The University Hospital	Newark	0.2325	No
Trinitas Regional Medical Center	Elizabeth	−0.7689	No

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. 13.3% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is −0.3448, and nationally −0.0453.

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

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Score from	to	Here	Nation
−1.6	−1.4	0	40
−1.4	−1.2	0	17
−1.2	−1.0	0	51
−1.0	−0.8	0	126
−0.8	−0.6	2	204
−0.6	−0.4	3	290
−0.4	−0.2	4	357
−0.2	0.0	1	407
0.0	0.2	2	343
0.2	0.4	1	333
0.4	0.6	1	237
0.6	0.8	1	173
0.8	1.0	0	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 CAUTI (60% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CDI (20%).

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

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Measure	Hospitals with a value	Half
PSI 90	15	33%
CLABSI	15	40%
CAUTI	15	60%
SSI	13	38%
CDI	15	20%
MRSA	15	33%

Newark, NJ, year by year

Every hospital in Newark, NJ 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 Newark, NJ’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. Newark, NJ’s share cut was above the nation’s in 8 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 12 of its 15 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.

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Fiscal year	Hospitals with a decision	Cut	Share cut	Nation
FY2015	15	4	26.7%	21.9%
FY2016	15	5	33.3%	23.4%
FY2017	15	8	53.3%	24.0%
FY2018	15	5	33.3%	23.6%
FY2019	15	7	46.7%	25.0%
FY2020	15	7	46.7%	25.0%
FY2021	15	5	33.3%	24.9%
FY2022	15	5	33.3%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	15	3	20.0%	24.9%
FY2025	15	3	20.0%	24.8%
FY2026	15	2	13.3%	24.9%

Every hospital in Newark, NJ

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Every hospital in CMS’s file in Newark, NJ, with its Total HAC Score and payment reduction decision as CMS reports them

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Paid & Penalized. Newark, NJ: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/35084/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.