Here are three things ASCs should know:
1. The hospitals and the amounts they were fined:
- Jacksonville, Fla.-based UF Health North — $979,000.
- Lares, Puerto Rico-based Hospital General Castaner — $101,400.
- Dunn, N.C.-based Betsy Johnson Hospital — $99,540.
- Samaritan Hospital-Albany (N.Y.) Memorial Campus — $56,940.
2. The hospitals were fined between Aug. 22 and 23.
3. Eleven hospitals have been fined for price transparency violations since September 2021.
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