A fine came 68 to 626 days after CMS asked the hospital for a corrective action plan
Days between CMS's letters for each of the 26 fined hospitals, one dot per hospital: from the warning notice to the corrective action plan (CAP) request (13 hospitals got a warning first), from the first CAP request to the first penalty notice (26), and from that notice to the closure notice CMS's dataset records (25)
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| Item | Group | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Hospital Atlanta | Warning notice to CAP request | 164 days | April 19, 2021 to September 30, 2021 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | Warning notice to CAP request | 162 days | May 18, 2021 to October 27, 2021 |
| Frisbie Memorial Hospital | Warning notice to CAP request | 434 days | August 25, 2021 to November 2, 2022 |
| Kell West Regional Hospital | Warning notice to CAP request | 103 days | July 27, 2022 to November 7, 2022 |
| Falls Community Hospital & Clinic | Warning notice to CAP request | 100 days | January 9, 2023 to April 19, 2023 |
| Fulton County Hospital | Warning notice to CAP request | 117 days | December 22, 2022 to April 18, 2023 |
| Community First Medical Center | Warning notice to CAP request | 273 days | October 27, 2021 to July 27, 2022 |
| Hospital General Castaner | Warning notice to CAP request | 162 days | September 29, 2022 to March 10, 2023 |
| West Covina Medical Center | Warning notice to CAP request | 104 days | March 16, 2023 to June 28, 2023 |
| Baytown Medical Center | Warning notice to CAP request | 157 days | June 26, 2023 to November 30, 2023 |
| West Chase Houston Hospital | Warning notice to CAP request | 167 days | June 16, 2023 to November 30, 2023 |
| First Surgical Hospital | Warning notice to CAP request | 111 days | January 19, 2023 to May 10, 2023 |
| Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | Warning notice to CAP request | 99 days | September 10, 2024 to December 18, 2024 |
| Northside Hospital Atlanta | CAP request to first fine | 250 days | September 30, 2021 to June 7, 2022 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | CAP request to first fine | 223 days | October 27, 2021 to June 7, 2022 |
| Frisbie Memorial Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 168 days | November 2, 2022 to April 19, 2023 |
| Kell West Regional Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 163 days | November 7, 2022 to April 19, 2023 |
| Falls Community Hospital & Clinic | CAP request to first fine | 92 days | April 19, 2023 to July 20, 2023 |
| Fulton County Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 93 days | April 18, 2023 to July 20, 2023 |
| Community First Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 362 days | July 27, 2022 to July 24, 2023 |
| Hospital General Castaner | CAP request to first fine | 165 days | March 10, 2023 to August 22, 2023 |
| Samaritan Hospital - Albany Memorial Campus | CAP request to first fine | 75 days | June 8, 2023 to August 22, 2023 |
| Doctors' Center Hospital Bayamón | CAP request to first fine | 68 days | June 15, 2023 to August 22, 2023 |
| Betsy Johnson Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 76 days | June 8, 2023 to August 23, 2023 |
| West Covina Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 91 days | June 28, 2023 to September 27, 2023 |
| Jackson Memorial Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 146 days | February 8, 2024 to July 3, 2024 |
| Baytown Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 385 days | November 30, 2023 to December 19, 2024 |
| West Chase Houston Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 385 days | November 30, 2023 to December 19, 2024 |
| First Surgical Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 617 days | May 10, 2023 to January 16, 2025 |
| CCM Health | CAP request to first fine | 160 days | September 4, 2024 to February 11, 2025 |
| D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 140 days | September 24, 2024 to February 11, 2025 |
| Southeast Regional Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 91 days | November 12, 2024 to February 11, 2025 |
| Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 180 days | August 28, 2024 to February 24, 2025 |
| Hill Hospital of Sumter County | CAP request to first fine | 626 days | June 12, 2023 to February 27, 2025 |
| Bucktail Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 625 days | June 13, 2023 to February 27, 2025 |
| Northlake Behavioral Health System | CAP request to first fine | 165 days | October 3, 2024 to March 17, 2025 |
| Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | CAP request to first fine | 146 days | December 18, 2024 to May 13, 2025 |
| Community Care Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 221 days | October 4, 2024 to May 13, 2025 |
| Pinnacle Hospital | CAP request to first fine | 155 days | September 2, 2025 to February 4, 2026 |
| Northside Hospital Atlanta | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 55 days | June 7, 2022 to August 1, 2022 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 55 days | June 7, 2022 to August 1, 2022 |
| Frisbie Memorial Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 22 days | April 19, 2023 to May 11, 2023 |
| Kell West Regional Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 15 days | April 19, 2023 to May 4, 2023 |
| Falls Community Hospital & Clinic | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 76 days | July 20, 2023 to October 4, 2023 |
| Fulton County Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 182 days | July 20, 2023 to January 18, 2024 |
| Community First Medical Center | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 21 days | July 24, 2023 to August 14, 2023 |
| Hospital General Castaner | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 248 days | August 22, 2023 to April 26, 2024 |
| Samaritan Hospital - Albany Memorial Campus | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 27 days | August 22, 2023 to September 18, 2023 |
| Doctors' Center Hospital Bayamón | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 150 days | August 22, 2023 to January 19, 2024 |
| Betsy Johnson Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 34 days | August 23, 2023 to September 26, 2023 |
| West Covina Medical Center | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 425 days | September 27, 2023 to November 25, 2024 |
| Jackson Memorial Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 51 days | July 3, 2024 to August 23, 2024 |
| Baytown Medical Center | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 106 days | December 19, 2024 to April 4, 2025 |
| West Chase Houston Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 106 days | December 19, 2024 to April 4, 2025 |
| First Surgical Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 106 days | January 16, 2025 to May 2, 2025 |
| CCM Health | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 14 days | February 11, 2025 to February 25, 2025 |
| D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 41 days | February 11, 2025 to March 24, 2025 |
| Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 93 days | February 24, 2025 to May 28, 2025 |
| Hill Hospital of Sumter County | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 78 days | February 27, 2025 to May 16, 2025 |
| Bucktail Medical Center | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 131 days | February 27, 2025 to July 8, 2025 |
| Northlake Behavioral Health System | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 46 days | March 17, 2025 to May 2, 2025 |
| Arkansas Methodist Medical Center | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 43 days | May 13, 2025 to June 25, 2025 |
| Community Care Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 8 days | May 13, 2025 to May 21, 2025 |
| Pinnacle Hospital | First fine to CMS's closure notice | 126 days | February 4, 2026 to June 10, 2026 |
About the data
- Sources
- CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions (opens in a new tab)The list of civil monetary penalty notices and the notice each entry links (page last modified June 11, 2026; read October 17, 2026)
- CMS, Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes (data.cms.gov) (opens in a new tab)July 2026 file: actions dated January 7, 2021 to July 31, 2026, published August 14, 2026
- Method
- Dates of the warning notice, the first CAP request and the first penalty notice come from each hospital's first penalty notice, which lists CMS's earlier letters. The closure date comes from CMS's enforcement dataset (July 2026 file). Days are calendar days, the later date minus the earlier. The tick in each row marks its median.
- Published
Free to share and embed with credit to Kent Applied (CC BY 4.0). The source data keeps its own terms.
Facts from this chart
13 of 26
of the hospitals CMS fined under the price transparency rule got a CAP request with no warning notice first
For 13 of the 26 hospitals CMS fined under the price transparency rule from June 2022 to June 2026, the first letter was a notice of violation with a request for a corrective action plan (CAP), with no warning notice before it, by Kent Applied's count of the penalty notices.
Source: CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions.
KentApplied164 days
median time from CMS's first request for a corrective action plan to a hospital's first price transparency fine
Across the 26 hospitals CMS fined under the price transparency rule from June 2022 to June 2026, the first penalty notice came 68 to 626 days after CMS's first request for a corrective action plan, with a median of 164 days, by Kent Applied's count of the notices.
Source: CMS, Hospital Price Transparency enforcement actions.
KentApplied55 days
median time from a hospital's first price transparency fine to CMS's closure notice
For 25 of the 26 hospitals CMS fined under the price transparency rule from June 2022 to June 2026, CMS's enforcement dataset records a closure notice 8 to 425 days after the first fine, with a median of 55 days, by Kent Applied's count.
Source: CMS, Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes.
KentApplied
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