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CMS Finalizes Major Changes to Hospital Price Transparency Rule

Hall Render

CMS noted that some hospitals and patient advocacy groups asked CMS to standardize the MRF format and content requirements after years of ambiguity resulted in inconsistent compliance and a lack of uniformity across the industry. The effective date for this requirement is January 1, 2025.

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

The industry needs to develop more data to explain to CMS the access problem that is looming on the horizon and, in certain areas, is already present. CMS will continue to use our cost reports to justify cuts, so it is necessary to present a clear, objective case that imposing such cuts will create access problems.