Valued Voice

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. on updated hospital price transparency requirements that were finalized in the hospital outpatient prospective payment system final rule for calendar year 2026. CMS will begin enforcement of the new and revised requirements April 1. 

During the webinar, the agency will review changes to the requirements, provide information on resources available to hospitals and offer tips for ensuring that hospital machine-readable files conform to requirements finalized in the rule. Attendees with questions are advised to contact CMS at PriceTransparencyHospitalCharges@cms.hhs.gov.