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D.C. Circuit Upholds CMS Price Transparency Rule

By Mark Faccenda (US), Thomas Dowdell (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Hayley White (US) on December 29, 2020 Posted in General, News from DC

On December 29, 2020, three days before the implementation date, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) price transparency final rule. Beginning January 1, 2021, hospitals will be required to make public their standard charges for 300 shoppable services, including 70 services identified by … Continue reading

CMS releases special alert on monitoring hospital compliance with price transparency requirements

By Mark Faccenda (US), Thomas Dowdell (US), Jeff Wurzburg (US) and Hayley White (US) on December 21, 2020 Posted in General, News from DC, Regulatory

On Friday, December 18, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a special alert to remind hospitals that the Hospital Price Transparency final rule (“final rule”) requirements are effective starting January 1, 2021 and that CMS will monitor a “sample of hospitals” when the final rule goes into effect to determine compliance … Continue reading