As of early December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had issued roughly 335 warning notices to hospitals it determined to be out of compliance with its Hospital Price Transparency regulations effective Jan. 1, 2021, according to a CMS spokesperson, writes Fierce Healthcare. These written warnings outline a specific issue for the noncompliant hospital to address.
Fierce Healthcare also reports the agency has issued to noncompliant hospitals 98 requests for a corrective action plan, according to the spokesperson. These hospitals had previously received a warning but had not yet corrected deficiencies that constitute a material violation of one or more Hospital Price Transparency requirements.
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