Guides
Plain-English explanations of the CMS hospital price transparency rule, written for the people who have to comply with it.
Hospital price transparency compliance: what it actually takes in 2026
The full walkthrough: what the rule requires, why most files still fail, and how to check your own.
The CEO attestation requirement, explained
Who has to sign, what they're attesting to, and what happens if the file is wrong.
What changed in CMS schema v3.0
Percentile allowed amounts, Type 2 NPIs, and the new attestation encoding, line by line.
CMS penalties: what enforcement actually looks like
Real fine amounts, the daily penalty formula, and why the pace of enforcement is accelerating.