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HospitalCHI Health Nebraska Heart Estimated FY2026 net: −$141K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 280128

1Hospital

CHI Health Nebraska Heart

2Location

Lincoln, NE (Nebraska’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 68526

Lancaster County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 63 beds · Nonprofit · 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

0.9301

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

1% cut
CMS’s value: Yes

7Estimated cut

$249K estimate
Likely $183⁠–⁠310K; about $239 per traditional Medicare stay

Cut 1%

$249K

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

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.9301 for CHI Health Nebraska Heart and a payment reduction decision of Yes.

That is 1% of about $24.9M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year: about $239 per traditional Medicare stay.

Likely range $183–310K

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 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: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301 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: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301

Higher than 92% 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. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18No
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21Cut
  8. 22Cut
  9. 23—
  10. 24Cut
  11. 25No
  12. 26Cut

In FY2018, CMS reports a payment reduction decision for this hospital but no Total HAC Score.

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 2 of the 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 CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 1.1539, to −0.2238. That change alone would put the score under CMS’s line. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 2 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; CDI 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 58% 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 value0.9419

    Z-score−0.3252

    Part of score−0.1626

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  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.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 95% 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 value0.942

    Z-score2.1853

    Part of score+1.0927

  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

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

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 900.94190.9623−0.3252−0.1626Better than 58% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSIno value published0.795no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CDI0.9420.3462.1853+1.0927Worse than 95% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

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 2; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.3252PSI 90+2.1853CDI)÷2measures=0.9301Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.5509 above 0.3792, the highest score CMS marked No. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.9301, above CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3252 divided by 2 = −0.1626PSI 90−0.1626 CDI: z‑score 2.1853 divided by 2 = +1.0927CDI+1.0927 Total HAC Score: 0.9301Score0.9301 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.60.81.0 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.3252 divided by 2 = −0.1626PSI 90−0.1626 CDI: z‑score 2.1853 divided by 2 = +1.0927CDI+1.0927 Total HAC Score: 0.9301Score0.9301 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.20.00.20.40.60.81.0

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 90−0.3252−0.1626−0.1626
CDI2.1853+1.09270.9301
Total HAC Score0.9301
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, 0.5509 over the highest score CMS didn’t cut, costs it about $249K 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 $249K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $249K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 This hospital: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $249K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $249Kat 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: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301

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−$249,411
This hospital0.9301−$249,411
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$249,411

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.

($24,832,975payment+$0readmissions+$108,139value-based)×1%the cut=$249,411HAC cut

$249,411HAC cut÷1,042traditional Medicare stays=$239per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. This site estimates the HAC cut at $249K: 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment, taken last. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to $0 and +$108K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $22,770,761
Outliers: unusually costly stays $248,429
Capital: buildings and equipment $1,813,785
Total, before the three programs $24,832,975
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (1.0000 − 1) $0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0047 − 1) +$108,139
After these two $24,941,114
HAC Reduction Program 1% of everything above; likely $183⁠–⁠310K −$249,411
Net of the three programs likely −$180K to −$102K −$141,272

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, low-income-patient payments, a sole community hospital rate difference, a low-volume adjustment, and uncompensated care payments.

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)$22,770,761
Outliers: unusually costly stays$248,429
Capital: buildings and equipment$1,813,785
Total, before the three programs$24,832,975
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (1.0000 − 1))$0
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0047 − 1))+$108,139
After these two$24,941,114
HAC Reduction Program (1% of everything above; likely $183–310K)−$249,411
Net of the three programs (likely −$180K to −$102K)−$141,272

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 Score0.9301same
Payment reduction decisionYessame
Payment cut1%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$249Ksame

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 0.9301 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 $249K, 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 900.7839 or lower
CDI0.657 or lower

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 2 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 0.9419 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.3491

CMS 0.942 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1936

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.9301 among its measured results: +1.0927.
  • PSI 90 −0.1626
  • CDI +1.0927

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 2, 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 90−0.3252−0.1626same
CDI2.1853+1.0927same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/280128/

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 1.0000, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.0000, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.4000, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.7704, higher than 13% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1475, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.3530, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.0813, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.1157, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.3373, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.9301, higher than 92% of scores; cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 1.0000, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 1.0000, higher than 0% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 4.4000, higher than 31% of scores; not cutFY2019: score −0.7704, higher than 13% of scores; not cutFY2020: score 0.1475, higher than 63% of scores; not cutFY2021: score 0.3530, higher than 75% of scores; cutFY2022: score 1.0813, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2024: score 1.1157, higher than 94% of scores; cutFY2025: score 0.3373, higher than 73% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.9301, higher than 92% 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
FY20151.00000.0%not cut
FY20161.00000.0%not cut
FY20174.400031.9%not cut
FY2018Not Availablenot cut, with no score published
FY2019−0.770413.1%not cut
FY20200.147563.9%not cut
FY20210.353075.7%cut
FY20221.081396.3%cut
FY2023no decision
FY20241.115794.6%cut
FY20250.337373.7%not cut
FY20260.930192.5%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. 0 of its 1 infection measures ended lower than they started.
C. diff 0.64 → 1.19 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle C. diff, 2017: 0.638C. diff, 2018: 2.045C. diff, 2019: 2.774C. diff, 2021: 0.725C. diff, 2022: 0.767C. diff, 2023: 0.664C. diff, 2024: 1.190 C. diff 0.64 → 1.19 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle C. diff, 2017: 0.638C. diff, 2018: 2.045C. diff, 2019: 2.774C. diff, 2021: 0.725C. diff, 2022: 0.767C. diff, 2023: 0.664C. diff, 2024: 1.190

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 yearC. diff
20170.638
20182.045
20192.774
20210.725
20220.767
20230.664
20241.190

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 91% of the other 23 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 23% (Urban) 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 Nebraska: CMS cut 6 of 24 (25%); middle score −0.0063Nebraska 24 hospitals25% 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: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301 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 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: 0.9301 This hospital 0.9301

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%−0.045392%
Midwest region68317425%−0.026893%
Nebraska24625%−0.006391%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105390%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115484%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013493%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057494%
This hospital0.9301
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 4 miles away.
5 mi10 mi25 mi8. The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha: score 0.1187, not cut, 45 miles87. Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue: score −0.5985, not cut, 42 miles76. Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha: score −0.1867, not cut, 42 miles65. CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha: score −0.4107, not cut, 41 miles54. CHI Health Midlands, Papillion: score −0.7994, not cut, 40 miles43. CHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln: score −0.1314, not cut, 5 miles32. Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln: score 0.1483, not cut, 5 miles21. Lincoln Surgical Hospital, Lincoln: score −0.7967, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: CHI Health Nebraska Heart

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Lincoln Surgical Hospital, Lincoln, NE4−0.7967not cut
Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, NE50.1483not cut
CHI Health St. Elizabeth, Lincoln, NE5−0.1314not cut
CHI Health Midlands, Papillion, NE40−0.7994not cut
CHI Health Lakeside, Omaha, NE41−0.4107not cut
Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital, Omaha, NE42−0.1867not cut
Bellevue Medical Center, Bellevue, NE42−0.5985not cut
The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE450.1187not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln, NE4−0.7967No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
2Bryan Medical CenterLincoln, NE50.1483No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
3CHI Health St. ElizabethLincoln, NE5−0.1314No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4CHI Health MidlandsPapillion, NE40−0.7994No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 2 measures
5CHI Health LakesideOmaha, NE41−0.4107No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Nebraska Orthopaedic HospitalOmaha, NE42−0.1867No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 1 measures
7Bellevue Medical CenterBellevue, NE42−0.5985No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
8The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE450.1187No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. CHI Health Nebraska Heart, Lincoln, NE: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/280128/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.