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HospitalAscension Providence Estimated FY2026 net: −$93K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 450042

1Hospital

Ascension Providence

2Location

Waco, TX (Texas’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 76712

McLennan County

3Type

Minor teaching · 237 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.
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

−0.4905

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $481K, likely $367⁠–⁠605K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of −0.4905 for Ascension Providence and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $481K estimate 1% of about $48.1M, 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 0.8704 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $367–605K

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: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905 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: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905

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

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on all 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing PSI 90 down to the national median (0.9623) would lower the score the most: by 0.2009, to −0.6914. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 6 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 1; PSI 90 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.

    added the most

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 84% 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 value1.1350

    Z-score1.0232

    Part of score+0.1705

  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 85% 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 value0.109

    Z-score−1.1536

    Part of score−0.1923

  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 53% 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 value0.461

    Z-score−0.2074

    Part of score−0.0346

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Better than 69% 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 value0.501

    Z-score−0.5983

    Part of score−0.0997

  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 82% 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 value0.125

    Z-score−0.9782

    Part of score−0.1630

  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 84% 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 value0.205

    Z-score−1.0288

    Part of score−0.1715

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 901.13500.96231.0232+0.1705Worse than 84% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSI0.1090.559−1.1536−0.1923Better than 85% of the other 2,181 hospitals
CAUTI0.4610.489−0.2074−0.0346Better than 53% of the other 2,354 hospitals
SSI0.5010.795−0.5983−0.0997Better than 69% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI0.1250.346−0.9782−0.1630Better than 82% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSA0.2050.641−1.0288−0.1715Better than 84% 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.

(1.0232PSI 90−1.1536CLABSI−0.2074CAUTI−0.5983SSI−0.9782CDI−1.0288MRSA)÷6measures=−0.4905Total HAC Score

Added from the rounded z‑scores CMS published, the parts make −0.4905; CMS reports −0.4905. The small difference is rounding.

This hospital’s score is 0.8704 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to −0.4905, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.0232 divided by 6 = +0.1705PSI 90+0.1705 CLABSI: z‑score −1.1536 divided by 6 = −0.1923CLABSI−0.1923 CAUTI: z‑score −0.2074 divided by 6 = −0.0346CAUTI−0.0346 SSI: z‑score −0.5983 divided by 6 = −0.0997SSI−0.0997 CDI: z‑score −0.9782 divided by 6 = −0.1630CDI−0.1630 MRSA: z‑score −1.0288 divided by 6 = −0.1715MRSA−0.1715 Total HAC Score: −0.4905Score−0.4905 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score 1.0232 divided by 6 = +0.1705PSI 90+0.1705 CLABSI: z‑score −1.1536 divided by 6 = −0.1923CLABSI−0.1923 CAUTI: z‑score −0.2074 divided by 6 = −0.0346CAUTI−0.0346 SSI: z‑score −0.5983 divided by 6 = −0.0997SSI−0.0997 CDI: z‑score −0.9782 divided by 6 = −0.1630CDI−0.1630 MRSA: z‑score −1.0288 divided by 6 = −0.1715MRSA−0.1715 Total HAC Score: −0.4905Score−0.4905 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4

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

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 901.0232+0.17050.1705
CLABSI−1.1536−0.1923−0.0218
CAUTI−0.2074−0.0346−0.0564
SSI−0.5983−0.0997−0.1561
CDI−0.9782−0.1630−0.3191
MRSA−1.0288−0.1715−0.4906
Total HAC Score−0.4905
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, 0.8704 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.8704 higher, the cut would have been about $481K 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 $481K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $481K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $481K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $481Kat 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: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905

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−$481,151
This hospital−0.4905$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$481,151

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.

($47,840,853payment+$367,367teaching, MA stays−$93,156readmissions+$0value-based)×1%the cut=$481,151at stake

$481,151at stake÷2,794traditional Medicare stays=$172per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $481K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$93K 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 $35,829,357
Teaching (indirect medical education) $350,769
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays $367,367
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $737,368
Outliers: unusually costly stays $795,770
Capital: buildings and equipment $2,962,094
Uncompensated care $7,165,495
Total, before the three programs $48,208,220
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9974 − 1) −$93,156
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment $0
After these two $48,115,064
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $481,151 $0
Net of the three programs likely −$109K to −$75K −$93,156

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)$35,829,357
Teaching (indirect medical education)$350,769
Teaching on Medicare Advantage stays$367,367
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$737,368
Outliers: unusually costly stays$795,770
Capital: buildings and equipment$2,962,094
Uncompensated care$7,165,495
Total, before the three programs$48,208,220
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9974 − 1))−$93,156
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (not in CMS’s value-based factors: no adjustment)$0
After these two$48,115,064
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $481,151)$0
Net of the three programs (likely −$109K to −$75K)−$93,156

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−0.4905same
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 −0.4905 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 $481K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

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

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90any value: every PSI 90 value past the cap (1.3482) scores the same
CLABSIany value: every CLABSI value past the cap (1.572) scores the same
CAUTIany value: every CAUTI value past the cap (1.537) scores the same
SSIany value: every SSI value past the cap (2.118) scores the same
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same
MRSAany value: every MRSA value past the cap (1.762) scores the same

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 6 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 1.1350 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.1164

CMS 0.109 · median 0.559 · cap 1.572 · each 0.1 = 0.0387

CMS 0.461 · median 0.489 · cap 1.537 · each 0.1 = 0.0402

CMS 0.501 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0286

CMS 0.125 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.0645

CMS 0.205 · median 0.641 · cap 1.762 · each 0.1 = 0.0348

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Figure 5. PSI 90 added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of −0.4905 among its measured results: +0.1705.
  • PSI 90 +0.1705
  • CLABSI −0.1923
  • CAUTI −0.0346
  • SSI −0.0997
  • CDI −0.1630
  • MRSA −0.1715

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 901.0232+0.1705same
CLABSI−1.1536−0.1923same
CAUTI−0.2074−0.0346same
SSI−0.5983−0.0997same
CDI−0.9782−0.1630same
MRSA−1.0288−0.1715same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450042/

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 3 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 5.6500, higher than 51% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6000, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1358, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7567, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.0308, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.5717, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2022: score −0.1124, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1108, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.4011, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.4905, higher than 20% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 5.6500, higher than 51% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 6.0000, higher than 56% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 5.6000, higher than 54% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.1358, higher than 62% of scores; not cutFY2019: score 0.7567, higher than 90% of scores; cutFY2020: score 1.0308, higher than 96% of scores; cutFY2021: score 0.5717, higher than 85% of scores; cutFY2022: score −0.1124, higher than 43% of scores; not cutFY2024: score −0.1108, higher than 44% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.4011, higher than 24% of scores; not cutFY2026: score −0.4905, higher than 20% 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
FY20155.650051.9%not cut
FY20166.000056.2%not cut
FY20175.600054.2%not cut
FY20180.135862.8%not cut
FY20190.756790.2%cut
FY20201.030896.5%cut
FY20210.571785.9%cut
FY2022−0.112443.3%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY2024−0.110844.5%not cut
FY2025−0.401124.7%not cut
FY2026−0.490520.7%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. 5 of its 5 infection measures ended lower than they started.
CLABSI 0.94 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.936CLABSI, 2018: 1.413CLABSI, 2019: 0.139CLABSI, 2021: 0.555CLABSI, 2022: 0.470CLABSI, 2023: 0.131CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 1.40 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’21’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.397CAUTI, 2018: 1.173CAUTI, 2019: 0.493CAUTI, 2021: 0.475CAUTI, 2022: 0.473CAUTI, 2023: 0.353CAUTI, 2024: 0.855 SSI, colon 1.00 → 0.96 1 0 ’18’21’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.005SSI, colon, 2018: 0.772SSI, colon, 2019: 1.053SSI, colon, 2021: 0.398SSI, colon, 2022: 0.450SSI, colon, 2023: 0.464SSI, colon, 2024: 0.957 MRSA 1.78 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.783MRSA, 2018: 2.247MRSA, 2019: 0.641MRSA, 2021: 1.641MRSA, 2022: 0.598MRSA, 2023: 0.000 C. diff 0.87 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.870C. diff, 2018: 0.845C. diff, 2019: 0.667C. diff, 2021: 0.297C. diff, 2022: 0.487C. diff, 2023: 0.152C. diff, 2024: 0.000 CLABSI 0.94 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle CLABSI, 2017: 0.936CLABSI, 2018: 1.413CLABSI, 2019: 0.139CLABSI, 2021: 0.555CLABSI, 2022: 0.470CLABSI, 2023: 0.131CLABSI, 2024: 0.000 CAUTI 1.40 → 0.85 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 CAUTI, 2017: 1.397CAUTI, 2018: 1.173CAUTI, 2019: 0.493CAUTI, 2021: 0.475CAUTI, 2022: 0.473CAUTI, 2023: 0.353CAUTI, 2024: 0.855 SSI, colon 1.00 → 0.96 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 SSI, colon, 2017: 1.005SSI, colon, 2018: 0.772SSI, colon, 2019: 1.053SSI, colon, 2021: 0.398SSI, colon, 2022: 0.450SSI, colon, 2023: 0.464SSI, colon, 2024: 0.957 MRSA 1.78 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 MRSA, 2017: 1.783MRSA, 2018: 2.247MRSA, 2019: 0.641MRSA, 2021: 1.641MRSA, 2022: 0.598MRSA, 2023: 0.000 C. diff 0.87 → 0.00 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 0.870C. diff, 2018: 0.845C. diff, 2019: 0.667C. diff, 2021: 0.297C. diff, 2022: 0.487C. diff, 2023: 0.152C. diff, 2024: 0.000

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearCLABSICAUTISSI, colonMRSAC. diff
20170.9361.3971.0051.7830.870
20181.4131.1730.7722.2470.845
20190.1390.4931.0530.6410.667
20210.5550.4750.3981.6410.297
20220.4700.4730.4500.5980.487
20230.1310.3530.4640.0000.152
20240.0000.8550.9570.000

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 Texas, its score is higher than 31% of the other 254 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is below the middle in all 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 13% (Texas) to 26% (Nonprofit).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region 1,174 hospitals22% cut Texas: CMS cut 32 of 255 (13%); middle score −0.2368Texas 255 hospitals13% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching 873 hospitals21% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds 1,193 hospitals23% 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: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut South region: CMS cut 263 of 1,174 (22%); middle score −0.1056South region1,174 hospitals22% cut Texas: CMS cut 32 of 255 (13%); middle score −0.2368Texas255 hospitals13% cut Minor teaching: CMS cut 181 of 873 (21%); middle score −0.0567Minor teaching873 hospitals21% cut 100 to 299 beds: CMS cut 275 of 1,193 (23%); middle score −0.0732100 to 299 beds1,193 hospitals23% 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: −0.4905 This hospital −0.4905

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%−0.045320%
South region1,17426322%−0.105623%
Texas2553213%−0.236831%
Minor teaching87318121%−0.056716%
100 to 299 beds1,19327523%−0.073221%
Nonprofit1,83047826%−0.013417%
Urban2,24151023%−0.057419%
This hospital−0.4905
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 4 miles away.
10 mi25 mi50 mi8. Glen Rose Medical Center, Glen Rose: score 1.8213, cut, 60 miles87. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne, Cleburne: score 0.0702, not cut, 58 miles76. Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana: score 0.0360, not cut, 56 miles65. AdventHealth Central Texas, Killeen: score −0.2114, not cut, 45 miles54. Parkview Regional Hospital, Mexia: score −0.1532, not cut, 44 miles43. Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, Harker Heights: score −1.1078, not cut, 41 miles32. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple, Temple: score −0.0514, not cut, 32 miles21. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest, Waco: score −0.5529, not cut, 4 miles1This hospital: Ascension Providence

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

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Hillcrest, Waco, TX4−0.5529not cut
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple, Temple, TX32−0.0514not cut
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, Harker Heights, TX41−1.1078not cut
Parkview Regional Hospital, Mexia, TX44−0.1532not cut
AdventHealth Central Texas, Killeen, TX45−0.2114not cut
Navarro Regional Hospital, Corsicana, TX560.0360not cut
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne, Cleburne, TX580.0702not cut
Glen Rose Medical Center, Glen Rose, TX601.8213cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Baylor Scott & White Medical Center HillcrestWaco, TX4−0.5529No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 6 measures
2Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple, TX32−0.0514No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
3Seton Medical Center Harker HeightsHarker Heights, TX41−1.1078No cut$0Above the national median on 0 of 5 measures
4Parkview Regional HospitalMexia, TX44−0.1532No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 1 measures
5AdventHealth Central TexasKilleen, TX45−0.2114No cut$0Above the national median on 3 of 6 measures
6Navarro Regional HospitalCorsicana, TX560.0360No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 5 measures
7Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital CleburneCleburne, TX580.0702No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 4 measures
8Glen Rose Medical CenterGlen Rose, TX601.82131% cut$12KAbove the national median on 1 of 1 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 Providence, Waco, TX: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/450042/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.