CMS steps up enforcement and fines of hospitals is noncompliance with price transparency rule

CMS said Wednesday it is updating the enforcement process. CMS will continue to enforce the requirement that hospitals that are out of compliance with the regulation submit a Corrective Action Plan within 45 days from when CMS issues the CAP request.

CMS will also now require hospitals to be in full compliance with the hospital price transparency regulation within 90 days from when CMS issues the CAP request, rather than allowing hospitals to propose a completion date for CMS approval, which can vary.  This change will standardize and streamline the timeframe and promote compliance at earlier dates, CMS said.

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