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HospitalNorthwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: +$216K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 140286

1Hospital

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

2Location

Dekalb, IL (Illinois’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 60115

DeKalb County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 98 beds · Nonprofit · Urban

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

−0.3127

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $277K, likely $203⁠–⁠345K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.3127 for Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $277K estimate 1% of about $27.7M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.6926 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $203–345K

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.

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: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127 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: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127

Higher than 31% 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. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20Cut
  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 MRSA down to the national median (0.641) would lower the score the most: by 0.3901, to −0.7028. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; MRSA 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 92% 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 value0.8033

    Z-score−1.2926

    Part of score−0.2154

  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 51% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.548

    Z-score−0.1352

    Part of score−0.0225

  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

    Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.3186

    Part of score−0.2198

  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

    Better than 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.401

    Z-score−0.7696

    Part of score−0.1283

  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

    Better than 68% 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 value0.227

    Z-score−0.5832

    Part of score−0.0972

  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.

    added the most

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Worse than 94% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value1.761

    Z-score2.2230

    Part of score+0.3705

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 900.80330.9623−1.2926−0.2154Better than 92% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5480.559−0.1352−0.0225Better than 51% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.0000.489−1.3186−0.2198Better than 85% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.4010.795−0.7696−0.1283Better than 75% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2270.346−0.5832−0.0972Better than 68% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA1.7610.6412.2230+0.3705Worse than 94% 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.

(−1.2926PSI 90−0.1352CLABSI−1.3186CAUTI−0.7696SSI−0.5832CDI+2.2230MRSA)÷6measures=−0.3127Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.3127; CMS reports −0.3127. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.6926 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.3127, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.2926 divided by 6 = −0.2154PSI 90−0.2154 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1352 divided by 6 = −0.0225CLABSI−0.0225 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score −0.7696 divided by 6 = −0.1283SSI−0.1283 CDI: z‑score −0.5832 divided by 6 = −0.0972CDI−0.0972 MRSA: z‑score 2.2230 divided by 6 = +0.3705MRSA+0.3705 Total HAC Score: −0.3127Score−0.3127 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.8−0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −1.2926 divided by 6 = −0.2154PSI 90−0.2154 CLABSI: z‑score −0.1352 divided by 6 = −0.0225CLABSI−0.0225 CAUTI: z‑score −1.3186 divided by 6 = −0.2198CAUTI−0.2198 SSI: z‑score −0.7696 divided by 6 = −0.1283SSI−0.1283 CDI: z‑score −0.5832 divided by 6 = −0.0972CDI−0.0972 MRSA: z‑score 2.2230 divided by 6 = +0.3705MRSA+0.3705 Total HAC Score: −0.3127Score−0.3127 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.8−0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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 90−1.2926−0.2154−0.2154
CLABSI−0.1352−0.0225−0.2379
CAUTI−1.3186−0.2198−0.4577
SSI−0.7696−0.1283−0.5860
CDI−0.5832−0.0972−0.6832
MRSA2.2230+0.3705−0.3127
Total HAC Score−0.3127
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; 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, 0.6926 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.6926 higher, the cut would have been about $277K 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 $277K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $277K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $277K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $277Kat 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: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127

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−$277,057
This hospital−0.3127$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$277,057

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient 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.

($27,489,417payment−$16,486readmissions+$232,754value-based)×1%the cut=$277,057at stake

$277,057at stake÷2,077traditional Medicare stays=$133per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $277K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$16K and +$233K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $23,551,668
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $310,175
Outliers: unusually costly stays $327,604
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,873,041
Uncompensated care $1,426,929
Total, before the three programs $27,489,417
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9993 − 1) −$16,486
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0099 − 1) +$232,754
After these two $27,705,685
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $277,057 $0
Net of the three programs likely $157⁠–⁠276K +$216,268

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, 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)$23,551,668
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$310,175
Outliers: unusually costly stays$327,604
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,873,041
Uncompensated care$1,426,929
Total, before the three programs$27,489,417
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9993 − 1))−$16,486
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0099 − 1))+$232,754
After these two$27,705,685
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $277,057)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $157–276K)+$216,268

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 Score−0.3127same
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 −0.3127 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 $277K 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 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
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
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

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 0.8033 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.548 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.000 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.401 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.227 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 1.761 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. MRSA added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.3127 among its measured results: +0.3705.
  • PSI 90 −0.2154
  • CLABSI −0.0225
  • CAUTI −0.2198
  • SSI −0.1283
  • CDI −0.0972
  • MRSA +0.3705

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 90−1.2926−0.2154same
CLABSI−0.1352−0.0225same
CAUTI−1.3186−0.2198same
SSI−0.7696−0.1283same
CDI−0.5832−0.0972same
MRSA2.2230+0.3705same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/140286/

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 4.4000, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.2100, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3396, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2415, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4625, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3235, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0671, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.8003, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.3196, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.3127, higher than 31% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.4000, higher than 33% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 4.0000, higher than 22% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.2100, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2018: score −0.3396, higher than 28% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2415, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.4625, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.3235, higher than 74% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0671, higher than 47% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.8003, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.3196, higher than 29% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.3127, higher than 31% 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
FY20154.400033.0%not cut
FY20164.000022.1%not cut
FY20175.210046.2%not cut
FY2018−0.339628.8%not cut
FY20190.241569.1%not cut
FY20200.462581.5%cut
FY20210.323574.1%not cut
FY2022−0.067147.2%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.80038.0%not cut
FY2025−0.319629.4%not cut
FY2026−0.312731.5%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. 4 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.24 → 0.54 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.236CLABSI, 2018: 1.022CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.000CLABSI, 2022: 0.497CLABSI, 2023: 0.555CLABSI, 2024: 0.542 CAUTI 0.26 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.262CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 2.129CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.566CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.56 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.564SSI, colon, 2018: 0.758SSI, colon, 2019: 1.031SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.555SSI, colon, 2024: 0.471 MRSA 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2022: 0.000MRSA, 2023: 3.320MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 1.51 → 0.27 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.515C. diff, 2018: 0.771C. diff, 2019: 0.416C. diff, 2021: 0.238C. diff, 2022: 0.188C. diff, 2023: 0.184C. diff, 2024: 0.269 CLABSI 1.24 → 0.54 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.236CLABSI, 2018: 1.022CLABSI, 2019: 0.000CLABSI, 2021: 0.000CLABSI, 2022: 0.497CLABSI, 2023: 0.555CLABSI, 2024: 0.542 CAUTI 0.26 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.262CAUTI, 2018: 0.000CAUTI, 2019: 2.129CAUTI, 2021: 0.000CAUTI, 2022: 0.566CAUTI, 2023: 0.000CAUTI, 2024: 0.000 SSI, colon 0.56 → 0.47 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.564SSI, colon, 2018: 0.758SSI, colon, 2019: 1.031SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2022: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.555SSI, colon, 2024: 0.471 MRSA 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2022: 0.000MRSA, 2023: 3.320MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 1.51 → 0.27 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.515C. diff, 2018: 0.771C. diff, 2019: 0.416C. diff, 2021: 0.238C. diff, 2022: 0.188C. diff, 2023: 0.184C. diff, 2024: 0.269

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, colonMRSAC. diff
20171.2360.2620.5641.515
20181.0220.0000.7580.771
20190.0002.1291.0310.416
20210.0000.0000.0000.238
20220.4970.5660.0000.0000.188
20230.5550.0000.5553.3200.184
20240.5420.0000.4710.0000.269

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 Illinois, its score is higher than 29% of the other 111 scored there.

In Elgin, IL area, its score is higher than 20% of the other 5 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 17% (Elgin, IL area) to 28% (Fewer than 100 beds).
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 Illinois: CMS cut 31 of 112 (28%); middle score 0.0528Illinois 112 hospitals28% cut Elgin, IL area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score −0.0811Elgin, IL area 6 hospitals17% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% 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 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: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127 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 Illinois: CMS cut 31 of 112 (28%); middle score 0.0528Illinois112 hospitals28% cut Elgin, IL area: CMS cut 1 of 6 (17%); middle score −0.0811Elgin, IL area6 hospitals17% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% 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 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: −0.3127 This hospital −0.3127

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%−0.045331%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026829%
Illinois1123128%0.052829%
Elgin, IL area6117%−0.081120%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105336%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115439%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013428%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057431%
This hospital−0.3127
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 1 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 22 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital, Winfield: score −0.3617, not cut, 31 miles87. UW Health, Rockford: score −0.5013, not cut, 30 miles76. Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford: score −0.0725, not cut, 28 miles65. Copley Memorial Hospital, Aurora: score 0.0807, not cut, 28 miles54. Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin: score −0.2428, not cut, 24 miles43. Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin, Elgin: score 0.1627, not cut, 24 miles32. Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora: score 0.8754, cut, 24 miles21. Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital, Geneva: score −0.5048, not cut, 22 miles1This hospital: Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital, Geneva, IL22−0.5048not cut
Presence Mercy Medical Center, Aurora, IL240.8754cut
Saint Joseph Hospital-Elgin, Elgin, IL240.1627not cut
Advocate Sherman Hospital, Elgin, IL24−0.2428not cut
Copley Memorial Hospital, Aurora, IL280.0807not cut
Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford, IL28−0.0725not cut
UW Health, Rockford, IL30−0.5013not cut
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital, Winfield, IL31−0.3617not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community HospitalGeneva, IL22−0.5048No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
2Presence Mercy Medical CenterAurora, IL240.87541% cut$201KAbove the national median on 5 of 5 measures
3Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin, IL240.1627No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 5 measures
4Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin, IL24−0.2428No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
5Copley Memorial HospitalAurora, IL280.0807No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford, IL28−0.0725No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
7UW HealthRockford, IL30−0.5013No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
8Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL31−0.3617No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, Dekalb, IL: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/140286/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.