CMS is ramping up its crackdown on hospital price transparency violations, with 10 hospitals fined since July.
Here are 10 numbers to know about CMS' price transparency enforcement:
14: Number of hospitals fined for alleged price transparency violations, as of Sept. 19.
$979,000: The largest fine levied against a hospital (Jacksonville, Fla.-based UF Health North).
$56,940: The smallest fine levied against a hospital (Samaritan Hospital - Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus).
3: Number of consecutive months CMS has levied fines against hospitals (July-September).
6: Number of hospitals fined that have fewer than 100 beds.
2: Number of hospitals fined that have more than 500 beds.
3: Number of hospitals that have appealed their price transparency fines.
10: Number of states — plus Washington, D.C. — that have had at least one hospital fined for price transparency violations (Arkansas, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Texas).
2: Number of fined hospitals located in Puerto Rico.
3: Levels of fines CMS levies based on the number beds a facility has. Hospitals with 30 or fewer beds can receive a maximum penalty per day of $300. The maximum daily fine for hospitals with at least 31 and up to 550 beds is the number of beds times $10. For hospitals with greater than 550 beds, the maximum daily fine is $5,550.