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HospitalAscension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. Estimated FY2026 net: −$27K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 170122

1Hospital

Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.

2Location

Wichita, KS (Kansas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 67214

Sedgwick County

3Type

Minor teaching · 1,412 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

4Care Compare stars

2 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.
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5Total HAC Score

−0.0504

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $1.4M, likely $1.1⁠–⁠1.5M estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.0504 for Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc. and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $1.4M estimate 1% of about $137M, 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 0.4303 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $1.1–1.5M

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: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504 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: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504

Higher than 49% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 3 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17Cut
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  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 SSI down to the national median (0.795) would lower the score the most: by 0.1633, to −0.2137. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; SSI 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 72% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    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 value0.9025

    Z-score−0.6005

    Part of score−0.1001

  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

    Worse than 68% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.770

    Z-score0.3798

    Part of score+0.0633

  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 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.150

    Z-score−0.9570

    Part of score−0.1595

  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.

    added the most

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Worse than 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value1.367

    Z-score0.8852

    Part of score+0.1475

  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 66% of the other 2,766 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    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 value0.236

    Z-score−0.5484

    Part of score−0.0914

  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

    Worse than 74% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS footnote 29: This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

    CMS value0.955

    Z-score0.5386

    Part of score+0.0898

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 900.90250.9623−0.6005−0.1001Better than 72% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.7700.5590.3798+0.0633Worse than 68% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.1500.489−0.9570−0.1595Better than 82% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.3670.7950.8852+0.1475Worse than 81% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.2360.346−0.5484−0.0914Better than 66% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.9550.6410.5386+0.0898Worse than 74% 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.

(−0.6005PSI 90+0.3798CLABSI−0.9570CAUTI+0.8852SSI−0.5484CDI+0.5386MRSA)÷6measures=−0.0504Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.0504; CMS reports −0.0504. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.4303 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.0504, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.6005 divided by 6 = −0.1001PSI 90−0.1001 CLABSI: z‑score 0.3798 divided by 6 = +0.0633CLABSI+0.0633 CAUTI: z‑score −0.9570 divided by 6 = −0.1595CAUTI−0.1595 SSI: z‑score 0.8852 divided by 6 = +0.1475SSI+0.1475 CDI: z‑score −0.5484 divided by 6 = −0.0914CDI−0.0914 MRSA: z‑score 0.5386 divided by 6 = +0.0898MRSA+0.0898 Total HAC Score: −0.0504Score−0.0504 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.6005 divided by 6 = −0.1001PSI 90−0.1001 CLABSI: z‑score 0.3798 divided by 6 = +0.0633CLABSI+0.0633 CAUTI: z‑score −0.9570 divided by 6 = −0.1595CAUTI−0.1595 SSI: z‑score 0.8852 divided by 6 = +0.1475SSI+0.1475 CDI: z‑score −0.5484 divided by 6 = −0.0914CDI−0.0914 MRSA: z‑score 0.5386 divided by 6 = +0.0898MRSA+0.0898 Total HAC Score: −0.0504Score−0.0504 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.2−0.10.00.10.20.30.4

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 90−0.6005−0.1001−0.1001
CLABSI0.3798+0.0633−0.0368
CAUTI−0.9570−0.1595−0.1963
SSI0.8852+0.1475−0.0488
CDI−0.5484−0.0914−0.1402
MRSA0.5386+0.0898−0.0504
Total HAC Score−0.0504
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, 0.4303 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.4303 higher, the cut would have been about $1.4M 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 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4M at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $1.4Mat 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: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504

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−$1,365,305
This hospital−0.0504$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$1,365,305

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.

($128,941,531payment+$7,615,556teaching, MA stays−$26,627readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$1,365,305at stake

$1,365,305at stake÷6,632traditional Medicare stays=$206per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $1.4M by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$27K and $0.

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 the base $88,755,510
Teaching (indirect medical education) $9,988,545
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $7,615,556
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $4,459,077
Outliers: unusually costly stays $4,053,464
Capital: buildings and equipment $8,094,404
Uncompensated care $13,590,531
Total, before the three programs $136,557,087
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9997 − 1) −$26,627
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $136,530,460
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $1,365,305 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$29K to −$23K −$26,627

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, 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)$88,755,510
Teaching (indirect medical education)$9,988,545
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$7,615,556
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$4,459,077
Outliers: unusually costly stays$4,053,464
Capital: buildings and equipment$8,094,404
Uncompensated care$13,590,531
Total, before the three programs$136,557,087
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9997 − 1))−$26,627
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$136,530,460
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $1,365,305)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$29K to −$23K)−$26,627

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−0.0504same
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 −0.0504 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 $1.4M 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 1.2716
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIup to 1.219
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIup to 0.901
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 0.9025 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.770 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.150 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.367 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.236 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.955 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. SSI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.0504 among its measured results: +0.1475.
  • PSI 90 −0.1001
  • CLABSI +0.0633
  • CAUTI −0.1595
  • SSI +0.1475
  • CDI −0.0914
  • MRSA +0.0898

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 90−0.6005−0.1001same
CLABSI0.3798+0.0633same
CAUTI−0.9570−0.1595same
SSI0.8852+0.1475same
CDI−0.5484−0.0914same
MRSA0.5386+0.0898same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/170122/

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 2 years in a row.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 3 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.6000, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.5000, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.2100, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2018: score −0.1395, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2179, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2945, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.4645, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.4608, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.0621, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0722, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0504, higher than 49% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 4.6000, higher than 34% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.5000, higher than 68% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 7.2100, higher than 86% of scores; cutFY2018: score −0.1395, higher than 40% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.2179, higher than 67% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.2945, higher than 72% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.4645, higher than 81% of scores; cutFY2022: score 0.4608, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2024: score 0.0621, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0722, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.0504, higher than 49% 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
FY20154.600034.7%not cut
FY20166.500068.6%not cut
FY20177.210086.2%cut
FY2018−0.139540.8%not cut
FY20190.217967.6%not cut
FY20200.294572.4%not cut
FY20210.464581.0%cut
FY20220.460882.2%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.062157.7%not cut
FY20250.072257.7%not cut
FY2026−0.050449.4%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 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 1.17 → 0.47 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.174CLABSI, 2018: 0.954CLABSI, 2019: 1.002CLABSI, 2021: 0.780CLABSI, 2022: 1.060CLABSI, 2023: 0.825CLABSI, 2024: 0.470 CAUTI 0.73 → 0.13 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.732CAUTI, 2018: 0.920CAUTI, 2019: 0.881CAUTI, 2021: 0.459CAUTI, 2022: 0.501CAUTI, 2023: 0.156CAUTI, 2024: 0.125 SSI, colon 0.82 → 1.22 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.820SSI, colon, 2018: 0.457SSI, colon, 2019: 1.163SSI, colon, 2021: 2.331SSI, colon, 2022: 0.769SSI, colon, 2023: 1.139SSI, colon, 2024: 1.221 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.699SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 0.90 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.899MRSA, 2018: 0.697MRSA, 2019: 0.734MRSA, 2021: 1.930MRSA, 2022: 1.390MRSA, 2023: 1.071MRSA, 2024: 0.642 C. diff 1.04 → 0.23 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.041C. diff, 2018: 0.713C. diff, 2019: 0.629C. diff, 2021: 0.643C. diff, 2022: 0.693C. diff, 2023: 0.238C. diff, 2024: 0.225 CLABSI 1.17 → 0.47 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 1.174CLABSI, 2018: 0.954CLABSI, 2019: 1.002CLABSI, 2021: 0.780CLABSI, 2022: 1.060CLABSI, 2023: 0.825CLABSI, 2024: 0.470 CAUTI 0.73 → 0.13 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.732CAUTI, 2018: 0.920CAUTI, 2019: 0.881CAUTI, 2021: 0.459CAUTI, 2022: 0.501CAUTI, 2023: 0.156CAUTI, 2024: 0.125 SSI, colon 0.82 → 1.22 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.820SSI, colon, 2018: 0.457SSI, colon, 2019: 1.163SSI, colon, 2021: 2.331SSI, colon, 2022: 0.769SSI, colon, 2023: 1.139SSI, colon, 2024: 1.221 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.699SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000 MRSA 0.90 → 0.64 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.899MRSA, 2018: 0.697MRSA, 2019: 0.734MRSA, 2021: 1.930MRSA, 2022: 1.390MRSA, 2023: 1.071MRSA, 2024: 0.642 C. diff 1.04 → 0.23 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 1.041C. diff, 2018: 0.713C. diff, 2019: 0.629C. diff, 2021: 0.643C. diff, 2022: 0.693C. diff, 2023: 0.238C. diff, 2024: 0.225

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, colonSSI, hysterectomyMRSAC. diff
20171.1740.7320.8200.0000.8991.041
20180.9540.9200.4570.6990.6970.713
20191.0020.8811.1630.0000.7340.629
20210.7800.4592.3311.9300.643
20221.0600.5010.7691.3900.693
20230.8250.1561.1391.0710.238
20240.4700.1251.2210.6420.225

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 Kansas, its score is higher than 69% of the other 43 scored there.

In Wichita, KS area, its score is higher than 66% of the other 9 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 4 of the 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 10% (Wichita, KS area) to 29% (500 beds and up).
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 Kansas: CMS cut 10 of 44 (23%); middle score −0.1856Kansas 44 hospitals23% cut Wichita, KS area: CMS cut 1 of 10 (10%); middle score −0.4607Wichita, KS area 10 hospitals10% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up 365 hospitals29% 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: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504 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 Kansas: CMS cut 10 of 44 (23%); middle score −0.1856Kansas44 hospitals23% cut Wichita, KS area: CMS cut 1 of 10 (10%); middle score −0.4607Wichita, KS area10 hospitals10% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 500 beds and up: CMS cut 105 of 365 (29%); middle score 0.1323500 beds and up365 hospitals29% 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: −0.0504 This hospital −0.0504

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%−0.045349%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026848%
Kansas441023%−0.185669%
Wichita, KS area10110%−0.460766%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056750%
500 beds and up36510529%0.132336%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013447%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057450%
This hospital−0.0504
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 none of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 2 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. NMC Health, Newton: score −0.7685, not cut, 22 miles87. Kansas Medical Center LLC, Andover: score −0.3806, not cut, 10 miles76. Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc, Wichita: score 0.1808, not cut, 10 miles65. Rock Regional Hospital, LLC, Derby: score −0.8695, not cut, 9 miles54. Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita: score 0.3418, not cut, 7 miles43. Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC, Wichita: score −1.3140, not cut, 6 miles32. Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center, Wichita: score −0.8513, not cut, 6 miles21. Wesley Medical Center, Wichita: score −0.5407, not cut, 2 miles1This hospital: Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, KS2−0.5407not cut
Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center, Wichita, KS6−0.8513not cut
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLC, Wichita, KS6−1.3140not cut
Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita, KS70.3418not cut
Rock Regional Hospital, LLC, Derby, KS9−0.8695not cut
Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, Inc, Wichita, KS100.1808not cut
Kansas Medical Center LLC, Andover, KS10−0.3806not cut
NMC Health, Newton, KS22−0.7685not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Wesley Medical CenterWichita, KS2−0.5407No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Kansas Surgery & Recovery CenterWichita, KS6−0.8513No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
3Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital, LLCWichita, KS6−1.3140No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
4Kansas Heart HospitalWichita, KS70.3418No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 4 measures
5Rock Regional Hospital, LLCDerby, KS9−0.8695No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 2 measures
6Via Christi Hospital Wichita St Teresa, IncWichita, KS100.1808No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 4 measures
7Kansas Medical Center LLCAndover, KS10−0.3806No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
8NMC HealthNewton, KS22−0.7685No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures

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This measure was calculated using partial performance period data due to a CMS-approved exception.

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Paid & Penalized. Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc., Wichita, KS: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/170122/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.