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New Mexico

CMS cut 11 of the 26 hospitals in New Mexico with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 42.3%, against 24.9% nationally.

New Mexico · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

Of 26 with a payment decision

2Share cut

42.3%

+17.4 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

8th of 50

Share cut, highest first, among the states and DC

4Median score

0.0516

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

Of 26 scored (38%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$3.1M estimate

from 10 of its 11 cut hospitals1.0% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $2.5–3.5M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$106

The nation: $47

42% 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 New Mexico’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. New Mexico: 11 cut of 26 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
Artesia General Hospital	Artesia	1.4756	Yes
Carlsbad Medical Center	Carlsbad	0.9106	Yes
CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico	Alamogordo	−0.7135	No
CHRISTUS St Vincent Regional Medical Center	Santa Fe	0.4718	Yes
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital	Hobbs	0.0083	No
Crownpoint Healthcare Facility	Crownpoint	2.1717	Yes
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center	Roswell	−0.7555	No
Gallup Indian Medical Center	Gallup	0.2326	No
Los Alamos Medical Center	Los Alamos	0.7480	Yes
Lovelace Medical Center	Albuquerque	−0.0393	No
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell	Roswell	−0.9834	No
Lovelace Westside Hospital	Albuquerque	−0.1625	No
Lovelace Women's Hospital	Albuquerque	−0.2492	No
Memorial Medical Center	Las Cruces	−0.3092	No
Mountain View Regional Medical Center	Las Cruces	−0.4498	No
Northern Navajo Medical Center	Shiprock	−0.4924	No
Plains Regional Medical Center	Clovis	0.4927	Yes
Presbyterian Espanola Hospital	Espanola	0.5488	Yes
Presbyterian Hospital	Albuquerque	0.8675	Yes
Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center	Santa Fe	−0.3531	No
Roosevelt General Hospital	Portales	0.0301	No
San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc	Farmington	0.0730	No
Santa Fe PHS Indian Hospital	Santa Fe	2.2433	Yes
Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLC	Las Cruces	−0.2481	No
UNM Hospital	Albuquerque	1.0058	Yes
Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center	Zuni	2.1717	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. 42.3% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is 0.0516, 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	1	126
−0.8	−0.6	2	204
−0.6	−0.4	2	290
−0.4	−0.2	4	357
−0.2	0.0	2	407
0.0	0.2	3	343
0.2	0.4	1	333
0.4	0.6	3	237
0.6	0.8	1	173
0.8	1.0	2	116
1.0	1.2	1	91
1.2	1.4	0	30
1.4	1.6	1	21
1.6	1.8	0	10
1.8	2.0	0	3
2.0	2.2	2	13
2.2	2.4	1	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 CDI (68% of its hospitals above the national median); best on MRSA (30%).

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	23	57%
CLABSI	12	50%
CAUTI	17	53%
SSI	17	41%
CDI	22	68%
MRSA	10	30%

New Mexico, year by year

Every hospital in New Mexico 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 New Mexico’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 4. New Mexico’s share cut was above the nation’s in 7 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 29 of its 34 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	32	11	34.4%	21.9%
FY2016	29	6	20.7%	23.4%
FY2017	29	7	24.1%	24.0%
FY2018	31	6	19.4%	23.6%
FY2019	31	6	19.4%	25.0%
FY2020	31	5	16.1%	25.0%
FY2021	32	9	28.1%	24.9%
FY2022	30	13	43.3%	25.0%
FY2023	0	0
FY2024	27	16	59.3%	24.9%
FY2025	25	9	36.0%	24.8%
FY2026	26	11	42.3%	24.9%

Its metro areas

Hospitals CMS cut, of those with a payment decision, and the middle score, by place.

Place	With a decision	Hospitals cut	Share cut	Median score	Est. cut ($, modeled)
Albuquerque, NM	5	2	40.0%	−0.0393	$2.2M
Farmington, NM	2	0	0.0%	−0.2097	$0
Las Cruces, NM	3	0	0.0%	−0.3092	$0
Santa Fe, NM	2	1	50.0%	0.0593	$607K
Outside any metro area	14	8	57.1%	0.5208	$325Kfrom 7 of its 8 cut hospitals

Every hospital in New Mexico

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

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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. New Mexico: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/state/nm/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.