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Lawsuit filed to force CMS to release price transparency information
The Foundation for Government Accountability wants CMS to release enforcement data it did not get by FOIA request.
Susan Morse, Executive Editor
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The nonprofit Foundation for Government Accountability is suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to get information on its enforcement of the price transparency rule.
The complaint, filed August 30 in federal court in Florida, aims to compel CMS to release its price transparency enforcement records as compliance to a Freedom of Information Act request made in March.
CMS has not responded to the FOIA request, FGA said in the complaint, according to Healthcare Finance.
In March, the FGA asked CMS for information on any and all warning letters sent to hospitals by CMS, any corrective action plans requested, and any civil monetary penalties collected.
It specifically asked for information regarding communications with 10 hospitals, including Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, AdventHealth in Orlando, Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Mary’s Campus in Minnesota, Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in North Carolina, UAB Hospital in Birmingham, the Johns Hopkins Hospital of Baltimore and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
The FGA gave no reason why these hospitals were targeted. Read more.
