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HospitalNKC Health Estimated FY2026 net: −$1.4M×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 260096

1Hospital

NKC Health

2Location

North Kansas City, MO (Missouri’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 64116

Clay County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 451 beds · Government · Urban

4Care Compare stars

4 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

0.5940

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$763K estimate
Likely $621⁠–⁠829K; about $148 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$763K

cut from its FY2026 Medicare inpatient payments, this site estimates estimate

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.5940 for NKC Health and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $76.3M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $148 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $621–829K

Its score was above CMS’s line, so CMS cut its Medicare inpatient payments by 1% 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.

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: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940 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: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940

Higher than 83% 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. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26Cut

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 CAUTI down to the national median (0.489) would lower the score the most: by 0.4210, to 0.1730. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 3; CAUTI 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

    Worse than 90% 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 value1.2104

    Z-score1.5493

    Part of score+0.2582

  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 53% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.520

    Z-score−0.2002

    Part of score−0.0334

  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.

    added the most

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Worse than 96% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.697

    Z-score2.3863

    Part of score+0.3977

  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

    Worse than 65% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.015

    Z-score0.2822

    Part of score+0.0470

  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 55% 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 value0.314

    Z-score−0.2463

    Part of score−0.0410

  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

    Better than 54% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.598

    Z-score−0.2075

    Part of score−0.0346

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 901.21040.96231.5493+0.2582Worse than 90% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5200.559−0.2002−0.0334Better than 53% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.6970.4892.3863+0.3977Worse than 96% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.0150.7950.2822+0.0470Worse than 65% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.3140.346−0.2463−0.0410Better than 55% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.5980.641−0.2075−0.0346Better than 54% 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.

(1.5493PSI 90−0.2002CLABSI+2.3863CAUTI+0.2822SSI−0.2463CDI−0.2075MRSA)÷6measures=0.5940Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.2148 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.5940, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.5493 divided by 6 = +0.2582PSI 90+0.2582 CLABSI: z‑score −0.2002 divided by 6 = −0.0334CLABSI−0.0334 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 0.2822 divided by 6 = +0.0470SSI+0.0470 CDI: z‑score −0.2463 divided by 6 = −0.0410CDI−0.0410 MRSA: z‑score −0.2075 divided by 6 = −0.0346MRSA−0.0346 Total HAC Score: 0.5940Score0.5940 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.5493 divided by 6 = +0.2582PSI 90+0.2582 CLABSI: z‑score −0.2002 divided by 6 = −0.0334CLABSI−0.0334 CAUTI: z‑score 2.3863 divided by 6 = +0.3977CAUTI+0.3977 SSI: z‑score 0.2822 divided by 6 = +0.0470SSI+0.0470 CDI: z‑score −0.2463 divided by 6 = −0.0410CDI−0.0410 MRSA: z‑score −0.2075 divided by 6 = −0.0346MRSA−0.0346 Total HAC Score: 0.5940Score0.5940 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.20.40.60.8

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 901.5493+0.25820.2582
CLABSI−0.2002−0.03340.2248
CAUTI2.3863+0.39770.6225
SSI0.2822+0.04700.6695
CDI−0.2463−0.04100.6285
MRSA−0.2075−0.03460.5939
Total HAC Score0.5940
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, 0.2148 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $763K by this site’s estimate, and at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133, the cut would be the same.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $763K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $763K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $763K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $763Kat 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: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940

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−$762,726
This hospital0.5940−$762,726
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$762,726

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.

($76,910,813payment−$132,076readmissions−$506,098value-based)×1%the cut=$762,726HAC cut

$762,726HAC cut÷5,167traditional Medicare stays=$148per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $763K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$132K and −$506K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $62,893,432
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,167,302
Outliers: unusually costly stays $1,238,372
Capital: buildings and equipment $5,124,967
Uncompensated care $6,486,740
Total, before the three programs $76,910,813
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9979 − 1) −$132,076
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (0.9920 − 1) −$506,098
After these two $76,272,639
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $621⁠–⁠829K −$762,726
Net of the three programs likely −$1.5M to −$1.2M −$1,400,900

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)$62,893,432
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,167,302
Outliers: unusually costly stays$1,238,372
Capital: buildings and equipment$5,124,967
Uncompensated care$6,486,740
Total, before the three programs$76,910,813
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9979 − 1))−$132,076
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (0.9920 − 1))−$506,098
After these two$76,272,639
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $621–829K)−$762,726
Net of the three programs (likely −$1.5M to −$1.2M)−$1,400,900

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 Score0.5940same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$763Ksame

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 0.5940 and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

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.

What would it take?

Getting under CMS’s line would keep about $763K, this site estimates: the whole cut, however far under the score lands.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureValue that would read No
PSI 901.0257 or lower
CLABSInot possible with this measure alone
CAUTI1.002 or lower
SSI0.262 or lower
CDInot possible with this measure alone
MRSAnot possible with this measure alone

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 1.2104 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.520 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.697 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.015 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.314 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.598 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. CAUTI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.5940 among its measured results: +0.3977.
  • PSI 90 +0.2582
  • CLABSI −0.0334
  • CAUTI +0.3977
  • SSI +0.0470
  • CDI −0.0410
  • MRSA −0.0346

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 901.5493+0.2582same
CLABSI−0.2002−0.0334same
CAUTI2.3863+0.3977same
SSI0.2822+0.0470same
CDI−0.2463−0.0410same
MRSA−0.2075−0.0346same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/260096/

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 3.6250, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.4000, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1649, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0503, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0978, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0522, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0753, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1029, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0671, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.5940, higher than 83% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 3.6250, higher than 20% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 3.5000, higher than 16% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.4000, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1649, higher than 64% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.0503, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.0978, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.0522, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0753, higher than 46% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1029, higher than 45% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.0671, higher than 57% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.5940, higher than 83% of scores; 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
FY20153.625020.3%not cut
FY20163.500016.7%not cut
FY20175.400049.8%not cut
FY20180.164964.3%not cut
FY2019−0.050348.4%not cut
FY2020−0.097844.4%not cut
FY2021−0.052248.0%not cut
FY2022−0.075346.4%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.102945.1%not cut
FY20250.067157.2%not cut
FY20260.594083.6%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. 3 of its 6 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.73 → 0.42 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.733CLABSI, 2018: 0.335CLABSI, 2019: 0.519CLABSI, 2021: 0.965CLABSI, 2022: 0.361CLABSI, 2023: 0.621CLABSI, 2024: 0.418 CAUTI 1.31 → 1.70 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.311CAUTI, 2018: 0.464CAUTI, 2019: 0.597CAUTI, 2021: 1.593CAUTI, 2022: 1.753CAUTI, 2023: 1.694CAUTI, 2024: 1.700 SSI, colon 0.61 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.614SSI, colon, 2018: 0.826SSI, colon, 2019: 1.228SSI, colon, 2021: 0.484SSI, colon, 2022: 0.326SSI, colon, 2023: 1.012SSI, colon, 2024: 0.809 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.621SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.402SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.947SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.719 MRSA 0.53 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.525MRSA, 2018: 0.253MRSA, 2019: 0.738MRSA, 2021: 0.406MRSA, 2022: 0.217MRSA, 2023: 0.780MRSA, 2024: 0.407 C. diff 0.71 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.710C. diff, 2018: 0.970C. diff, 2019: 0.367C. diff, 2021: 0.361C. diff, 2022: 0.242C. diff, 2023: 0.216C. diff, 2024: 0.407 CLABSI 0.73 → 0.42 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.733CLABSI, 2018: 0.335CLABSI, 2019: 0.519CLABSI, 2021: 0.965CLABSI, 2022: 0.361CLABSI, 2023: 0.621CLABSI, 2024: 0.418 CAUTI 1.31 → 1.70 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.311CAUTI, 2018: 0.464CAUTI, 2019: 0.597CAUTI, 2021: 1.593CAUTI, 2022: 1.753CAUTI, 2023: 1.694CAUTI, 2024: 1.700 SSI, colon 0.61 → 0.81 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 0.614SSI, colon, 2018: 0.826SSI, colon, 2019: 1.228SSI, colon, 2021: 0.484SSI, colon, 2022: 0.326SSI, colon, 2023: 1.012SSI, colon, 2024: 0.809 SSI, hysterectomy 0.00 → 0.72 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 0.000SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 0.621SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.402SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 2.947SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 0.719 MRSA 0.53 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.525MRSA, 2018: 0.253MRSA, 2019: 0.738MRSA, 2021: 0.406MRSA, 2022: 0.217MRSA, 2023: 0.780MRSA, 2024: 0.407 C. diff 0.71 → 0.41 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.710C. diff, 2018: 0.970C. diff, 2019: 0.367C. diff, 2021: 0.361C. diff, 2022: 0.242C. diff, 2023: 0.216C. diff, 2024: 0.407

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
20170.7331.3110.6140.0000.5250.710
20180.3350.4640.8260.0000.2530.970
20190.5190.5971.2280.0000.7380.367
20210.9651.5930.4840.6210.4060.361
20220.3611.7530.3261.4020.2170.242
20230.6211.6941.0122.9470.7800.216
20240.4181.7000.8090.7190.4070.407

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 Missouri, its score is higher than 96% of the other 61 scored there.

In Kansas City, MO-KS area, its score is higher than 92% of the other 27 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 15% (Missouri) to 35% (Government).
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 Missouri: CMS cut 9 of 62 (15%); middle score 0.0016Missouri 62 hospitals15% cut Kansas City, MO-KS area: CMS cut 6 of 28 (21%); middle score −0.1180Kansas City, MO-KS area 28 hospitals21% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% 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: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940 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 Missouri: CMS cut 9 of 62 (15%); middle score 0.0016Missouri62 hospitals15% cut Kansas City, MO-KS area: CMS cut 6 of 28 (21%); middle score −0.1180Kansas City, MO-KS area28 hospitals21% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% 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: 0.5940 This hospital 0.5940

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%−0.045383%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026883%
Missouri62915%0.001696%
Kansas City, MO-KS area28621%−0.118092%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105382%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038488%
Government40114035%0.160275%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057485%
This hospital0.5940
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 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 5 miles away.
5 mi10 mi8. Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence: score −0.4546, not cut, 13 miles87. Providence Medical Center, Kansas City: score 0.8049, cut, 13 miles76. Liberty Hospital, Liberty: score −0.5430, not cut, 11 miles65. Research Medical Center, Kansas City: score 0.3114, not cut, 10 miles54. Saint Lukes North Hospital, Kansas City: score 0.1635, not cut, 8 miles43. St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City: score 0.1237, not cut, 7 miles32. University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City: score −0.0513, not cut, 7 miles21. Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill, Kansas City: score 0.4370, cut, 5 miles1This hospital: NKC Health

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill, Kansas City, MO50.4370cut
University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS7−0.0513not cut
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO70.1237not cut
Saint Lukes North Hospital, Kansas City, MO80.1635not cut
Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MO100.3114not cut
Liberty Hospital, Liberty, MO11−0.5430not cut
Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, KS130.8049cut
Centerpoint Medical Center, Independence, MO13−0.4546not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City, MO50.43701% cut$315KAbove the national median on 5 of 6 measures
2University of Kansas HospitalKansas City, KS7−0.0513No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City, MO70.1237No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City, MO80.1635No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO100.3114No cut$0Above the national median on 5 of 6 measures
6Liberty HospitalLiberty, MO11−0.5430No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
7Providence Medical CenterKansas City, KS130.80491% cut$171KAbove the national median on 3 of 6 measures
8Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence, MO13−0.4546No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. NKC Health, North Kansas City, MO: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/260096/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.