Oh but, if you read slightly between the article’s lines, you’ll notice that the law does require both human- and machine-readable publication. The machine-rea

Oh but, if you read slightly between the article’s lines, you’ll notice that the law does require both human- and machine-readable publication. The machine-readable part is mandated here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-rates-and#p-1010 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24... As a taste of how specific this is: (5) The file must use the following naming convention specified by CMS, specifically: <ein>_<hospital-name>_standardcharges.[json|xml|csv]. And here’s the consumer-readability requirement for 300 “shoppable’ services: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-rates-and#p-1030 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24... They aren’t always quite as stupid as people make them out to be, these lawyers.