Join us for the Hospital Price Transparency: Focus to the 2026 OPPS Proposed Rule webinar on Wednesday, August 20 at 1 PM ET

Kevin Chmura

Welcome to Beyond the Bottom Line. I’m Kevin Chmura, CEO of Panacea Healthcare Solutions, and today we’ll discuss the CMS proposed hospital price transparency rules for 2026.

Joining me is Govi Goyal, president of our Financial Services division. Govi will soon lead a fast paced 30-minute webinar explaining what’s new and what hospitals need to know now.

Govi, big changes coming with a 2026 OPPS rule. Hospitals really need to start thinking about getting ahead of them. Can you give us a quick preview of what the attendees of the webinar are likely to take away?

Govi Goyal

Absolutely, Kevin. CMS is proposing to eliminate the estimated allowed amount and replace with four new data elements. That’s going to be a significant change in reporting requirements.

We’re also going to discuss how this proposed rule takes a significant departure from the CMS guidance on estimate allowed amount that was issued back in May of this year. So it’s not just a revision, it’s really a true shift in direction.

Perhaps the biggest change is new leadership accountability with MRF it’s going to require either the hospital CEO and senior and/or senior official to personally attest to compliance.

This is a short webinar. It’s only going to last 30 minutes, as you said, but it’s really going to be filled with a lot of actionable strategies that should guide hospitals to implement these changes confidently before the 2026 deadline.

Kevin Chmura

Wow. Wow. Thanks, Govi. That’s that’s quite a quick update, but a very significant one.

So if you’re a hospital executive, finance executive, revenue cycle leader, compliance officer, or I guess a hospital CEO, you don’t want to miss this.

Visit our website to register and hope to see you there. Thanks.