MRF passes the CMS validator without errors
§180.50(c)(2)
What it checks
The price file passes CMS's own validator without errors.
Checked by CMS's validator. Care Carta runs the official validator CMS publishes for price files and reads this result from its output.
How hospitals did
Results as of Oct 5, 2026. The most common reasons are on the CMS file format page.
How Care Carta decides
Validator completed and reported valid with no errors; alerts remain separately mapped.
Scope: Umbrella validity reported by the pinned official validator.
Depends on: MRF downloads to an automated client
Version
Ruleset
hpt-v3, version 3
Last changed in
Ruleset 2
CMS data dictionary
3.0.0
Check ID
hpt.mrf.cms.template@1Replaced
hpt.mrf.cms.template_conformanceToday's results all use this ruleset. A check never changes without a new ruleset. Full catalog (JSON)
