Two Georgia hospitals on Wednesday were hit with federal financial penalties for failing to disclose their prices, marking the first such enforcement action taken under federal rules that have met with uneven compliance since taking effect in January 2021.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is responsible for enforcing the rules, levied fines on Northside Hospital Atlanta and Northside Hospital Cherokee. The two hospitals, which are owned by Northside Hospital, together face penalties totaling roughly $1.1 million.