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HospitalThe Nebraska Methodist Hospital Estimated FY2026 net: −$660K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 280040

1Hospital

The Nebraska Methodist Hospital

2Location

Omaha, NE (Nebraska’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 68114

Douglas County

3Type

Minor teaching · 430 beds · Nonprofit · Urban · Rural referral center

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

0.3984

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$946K estimate
Likely $770K⁠–⁠$1.0M; about $164 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$946K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.3984 for The Nebraska Methodist Hospital and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $94.6M, 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: about $164 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $770K–$1.0M

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: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984 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: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984

Higher than 75% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 4 of 11 years

  1. 15Cut
  2. 16Cut
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25Cut
  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 0.2511, to 0.1473. 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 5; 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 72% 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 value1.0440

    Z-score0.3876

    Part of score+0.0646

  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 52% of the other 2,181 hospitals

    CMS value0.585

    Z-score−0.0494

    Part of score−0.0082

  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 88% of the other 2,354 hospitals

    CMS value1.114

    Z-score1.3667

    Part of score+0.2278

  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 76% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value1.262

    Z-score0.7053

    Part of score+0.1176

  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

    Worse than 84% 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 value0.656

    Z-score1.0779

    Part of score+0.1797

  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 86% of the other 2,067 hospitals

    CMS value0.172

    Z-score−1.0978

    Part of score−0.1830

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 901.04400.96230.3876+0.0646Worse than 72% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.5850.559−0.0494−0.0082Worse than 52% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI1.1140.4891.3667+0.2278Worse than 88% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI1.2620.7950.7053+0.1176Worse than 76% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.6560.3461.0779+0.1797Worse than 84% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.1720.641−1.0978−0.1830Better than 86% 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.

(0.3876PSI 90−0.0494CLABSI+1.3667CAUTI+0.7053SSI+1.0779CDI−1.0978MRSA)÷6measures=0.3984Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.0192 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.3984, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.3876 divided by 6 = +0.0646PSI 90+0.0646 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0494 divided by 6 = −0.0082CLABSI−0.0082 CAUTI: z‑score 1.3667 divided by 6 = +0.2278CAUTI+0.2278 SSI: z‑score 0.7053 divided by 6 = +0.1176SSI+0.1176 CDI: z‑score 1.0779 divided by 6 = +0.1797CDI+0.1797 MRSA: z‑score −1.0978 divided by 6 = −0.1830MRSA−0.1830 Total HAC Score: 0.3984Score0.3984 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 0.3876 divided by 6 = +0.0646PSI 90+0.0646 CLABSI: z‑score −0.0494 divided by 6 = −0.0082CLABSI−0.0082 CAUTI: z‑score 1.3667 divided by 6 = +0.2278CAUTI+0.2278 SSI: z‑score 0.7053 divided by 6 = +0.1176SSI+0.1176 CDI: z‑score 1.0779 divided by 6 = +0.1797CDI+0.1797 MRSA: z‑score −1.0978 divided by 6 = −0.1830MRSA−0.1830 Total HAC Score: 0.3984Score0.3984 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line 0.00.10.20.30.40.50.6

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 900.3876+0.06460.0646
CLABSI−0.0494−0.00820.0564
CAUTI1.3667+0.22780.2842
SSI0.7053+0.11760.4018
CDI1.0779+0.17970.5815
MRSA−1.0978−0.18300.3985
Total HAC Score0.3984
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, 0.0192 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $946K 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 $946K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $946K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $946K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $946Kat 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: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984

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−$946,134
This hospital0.3984−$946,134
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$946,134

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.

($93,431,879payment+$895,273teaching, MA stays+$0readmissions+$286,207value-based)×1%the cut=$946,134HAC cut

$946,134HAC cut÷5,772traditional Medicare stays=$164per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $946K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and +$286K.

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 $77,851,823
Teaching (indirect medical education) $1,465,950
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $895,273
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $1,244,072
Outliers: unusually costly stays $3,175,576
Capital: buildings and equipment $6,616,920
Uncompensated care $3,077,538
Total, before the three programs $94,327,152
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0037 − 1) +$286,207
After these two $94,613,359
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $770K⁠–⁠$1.0M −$946,134
Net of the three programs likely −$722K to −$570K −$659,927

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)$77,851,823
Teaching (indirect medical education)$1,465,950
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$895,273
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$1,244,072
Outliers: unusually costly stays$3,175,576
Capital: buildings and equipment$6,616,920
Uncompensated care$3,077,538
Total, before the three programs$94,327,152
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0037 − 1))+$286,207
After these two$94,613,359
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $770K–$1.0M)−$946,134
Net of the three programs (likely −$722K to −$570K)−$659,927

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 Score0.3984same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$946Ksame

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 0.3984 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 $946K, 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 901.0274 or lower
CLABSI0.535 or lower
CAUTI1.066 or lower
SSI1.194 or lower
CDI0.626 or lower
MRSA0.116 or lower

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 1.0440 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.585 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 1.114 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 1.262 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.656 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.172 · 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 0.3984 among its measured results: +0.2278.
  • PSI 90 +0.0646
  • CLABSI −0.0082
  • CAUTI +0.2278
  • SSI +0.1176
  • CDI +0.1797
  • MRSA −0.1830

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 900.3876+0.0646same
CLABSI−0.0494−0.0082same
CAUTI1.3667+0.2278same
SSI0.7053+0.1176same
CDI1.0779+0.1797same
MRSA−1.0978−0.1830same

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 4 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.4000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 4.7500, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0981, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.1798, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1832, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0373, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0474, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0466, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3907, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.3984, higher than 75% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 7.4000, higher than 83% of scores; cutFY2016: score 7.0000, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2017: score 4.7500, higher than 37% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.0981, higher than 60% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.1798, higher than 65% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1832, higher than 66% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.0373, higher than 55% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.0474, higher than 48% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.0466, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2025: score 0.3907, higher than 76% of scores; cutFY2026: score 0.3984, higher than 75% 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
FY20157.400083.3%cut
FY20167.000076.6%cut
FY20174.750037.6%not cut
FY20180.098160.1%not cut
FY20190.179865.4%not cut
FY20200.183266.3%not cut
FY20210.037355.7%not cut
FY2022−0.047448.8%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.046656.7%not cut
FY20250.390776.5%cut
FY20260.398475.8%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 0.85 → 0.25 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.853CLABSI, 2018: 0.326CLABSI, 2019: 0.435CLABSI, 2021: 0.410CLABSI, 2022: 0.700CLABSI, 2023: 0.839CLABSI, 2024: 0.247 CAUTI 0.61 → 0.95 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.607CAUTI, 2018: 0.480CAUTI, 2019: 0.403CAUTI, 2021: 1.213CAUTI, 2022: 0.570CAUTI, 2023: 1.259CAUTI, 2024: 0.949 SSI, colon 1.32 → 0.84 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.324SSI, colon, 2018: 2.027SSI, colon, 2019: 1.535SSI, colon, 2021: 1.286SSI, colon, 2022: 0.828SSI, colon, 2023: 2.212SSI, colon, 2024: 0.838 SSI, hysterectomy 0.60 → 1.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.602SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.367SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.235SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.727SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.138SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.704SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.002 MRSA 0.18 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.179MRSA, 2018: 0.174MRSA, 2019: 0.362MRSA, 2021: 0.360MRSA, 2022: 0.880MRSA, 2023: 0.322MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.85 → 0.61 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.853C. diff, 2018: 0.696C. diff, 2019: 0.621C. diff, 2021: 0.680C. diff, 2022: 0.523C. diff, 2023: 0.699C. diff, 2024: 0.615 CLABSI 0.85 → 0.25 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.853CLABSI, 2018: 0.326CLABSI, 2019: 0.435CLABSI, 2021: 0.410CLABSI, 2022: 0.700CLABSI, 2023: 0.839CLABSI, 2024: 0.247 CAUTI 0.61 → 0.95 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 0.607CAUTI, 2018: 0.480CAUTI, 2019: 0.403CAUTI, 2021: 1.213CAUTI, 2022: 0.570CAUTI, 2023: 1.259CAUTI, 2024: 0.949 SSI, colon 1.32 → 0.84 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.324SSI, colon, 2018: 2.027SSI, colon, 2019: 1.535SSI, colon, 2021: 1.286SSI, colon, 2022: 0.828SSI, colon, 2023: 2.212SSI, colon, 2024: 0.838 SSI, hysterectomy 0.60 → 1.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, hysterectomy, 2017: 0.602SSI, hysterectomy, 2018: 1.367SSI, hysterectomy, 2019: 1.235SSI, hysterectomy, 2021: 1.727SSI, hysterectomy, 2022: 1.138SSI, hysterectomy, 2023: 0.704SSI, hysterectomy, 2024: 1.002 MRSA 0.18 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 0.179MRSA, 2018: 0.174MRSA, 2019: 0.362MRSA, 2021: 0.360MRSA, 2022: 0.880MRSA, 2023: 0.322MRSA, 2024: 0.000 C. diff 0.85 → 0.61 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.853C. diff, 2018: 0.696C. diff, 2019: 0.621C. diff, 2021: 0.680C. diff, 2022: 0.523C. diff, 2023: 0.699C. diff, 2024: 0.615

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
20170.8530.6071.3240.6020.1790.853
20180.3260.4802.0271.3670.1740.696
20190.4350.4031.5351.2350.3620.621
20210.4101.2131.2861.7270.3600.680
20220.7000.5700.8281.1380.8800.523
20230.8391.2592.2120.7040.3220.699
20240.2470.9490.8381.0020.0000.615

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 Nebraska, its score is higher than 78% of the other 23 scored there.

In Omaha, NE-IA area, its score is higher than 81% of the other 11 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 8 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 21% (Minor teaching) to 26% (Nonprofit).
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 Nebraska: CMS cut 6 of 24 (25%); middle score −0.0063Nebraska 24 hospitals25% cut Omaha, NE-IA area: CMS cut 3 of 12 (25%); middle score −0.2822Omaha, NE-IA area 12 hospitals25% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds 523 hospitals22% 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: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984 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 Nebraska: CMS cut 6 of 24 (25%); middle score −0.0063Nebraska24 hospitals25% cut Omaha, NE-IA area: CMS cut 3 of 12 (25%); middle score −0.2822Omaha, NE-IA area12 hospitals25% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 300 to 499 beds: CMS cut 113 of 523 (22%); middle score −0.0384300 to 499 beds523 hospitals22% 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: 0.3984 This hospital 0.3984

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%−0.045375%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026875%
Nebraska24625%−0.006378%
Omaha, NE-IA area12325%−0.282281%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056779%
300 to 499 beds52311322%−0.038479%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013474%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057477%
This hospital0.3984
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 less than a mile away.
5 mi8. CHI Health Midlands, Papillion: score −0.7994, not cut, 8 miles87. CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha: score −0.4107, not cut, 7 miles76. Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC, Omaha: score 1.0027, cut, 7 miles65. CHI Health Immanuel, Omaha: score −0.3776, not cut, 7 miles54. The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha: score 0.1187, not cut, 6 miles43. Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha: score −0.1867, not cut, 5 miles32. CHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha: score −0.5216, not cut, 2 miles21. Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC, Omaha: score −0.7399, not cut, less than a mile1This hospital: The Nebraska Methodist Hospital

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Midwest Surgical Hospital LLC, Omaha, NEunder 1−0.7399not cut
CHI Health Bergan Mercy, Omaha, NE2−0.5216not cut
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha, NE5−0.1867not cut
The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE60.1187not cut
CHI Health Immanuel, Omaha, NE7−0.3776not cut
Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLC, Omaha, NE71.0027cut
CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha, NE7−0.4107not cut
CHI Health Midlands, Papillion, NE8−0.7994not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Midwest Surgical Hospital LLCOmaha, NEunder 1−0.7399No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
2CHI Health Bergan MercyOmaha, NE2−0.5216No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
3Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE5−0.1867No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
4The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE60.1187No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5CHI Health ImmanuelOmaha, NE7−0.3776No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
6Nebraska Spine Hospital, LLCOmaha, NE71.00271% cut$103KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 measures
7CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE7−0.4107No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE8−0.7994No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures

A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

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Paid & Penalized. The Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha, NE: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/280040/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.