CMS To Start Conducting Hospital Price Transparency Audits In January

CMS on Friday (Dec. 18) told hospitals that, starting in January, it will audit a sample of providers to make sure they are complying with the hospital price transparency rule -- which one attorney said signals CMS will be more proactive than expected in making sure hospitals follow the requirements. The 2019 final rule, which is set to go into effect Jan. 1, requires hospitals to make public their standard charges for all items and services, including a hospital’s gross...