The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on enforcing the price transparency rule through fines and has released the names of four hospitals that have not complied and have received monetary penalties.
CMS will now automatically impose a civil monetary penalty on hospitals that fail to submit a Corrective Action Plan at the end of the 45-day CAP submission deadline, Healthcare Finance reports.
The hospitals fined are Northside Hospital Atlanta in Georgia, fined $883,180; Northside Hospital Cherokee in Georgia, fined $214,320; Frisbie Memorial Hospital in New Hampshire, fined $102,660; and Kell West Regional Hospital in Texas, fined $1127,260. CMS took actions against the Georgia hospitals in June 2022, and against the hospitals in New Hampshire and Texas on April 19. Read more.
