CY26 Hospital Price Transparency
With the recent changes in the CY26 Hospital Price Transparency update we are actively responding with a compliance plan. If you have concerns and would like to have a conversation please call us at 888.779.5663.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Every year, for the last five years, we’ve reviewed what injuries John McClane sustained in Die Hard would cost him and his local hospital. We here at Cleverley + Associates can’t weigh in on how to treat a dislocated shoulder or the best way to flex you...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025
On November 21, 2025, CMS released the CY26 OPPS Final Rule and—importantly—most of the major proposals relating to hospital price transparency (our summary and comment here) have been adopted as final requirements. Hospitals should be aware that the compliance and reporting obligations discussed throughout the rule-making process are now moving forward, with only minor modifications. This summary highlights the key changes, and includes our firm’s perspective on what’s most important, what m...
Friday, October 03, 2025
Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) has released its Interim Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Report dated September 2025 which claims hospitals are failing to comply with federal price transparency rules—especially when it comes to posting negotiated rates in dollars and cents. However, the report’s conclusions are based on a fundamental misunderstanding or misrepresentation of both the CMS requirements and the realities of hospital-payer contracts.
Let’s break down where the report goes of...
Monday, October 13, 2025
CMS has released new price transparency guidelines for hospitals, including guidance specific to the production of the machine-readable file (MRF). We offered a free webinar to go over the proposed changes in detail. You can watch it now!
You can download the slides here.
We help hospitals prepare their machine readable files. If you’d like to discuss how we can help your facilities, you can contact us here!