# Hospital Price Transparency Validator

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Validation library for CMS Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files

## Resources

- [CMS Hospital Price Transparency home page](https://www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency)
- [Hospital Price Transparency validator tool](https://cmsgov.github.io/hpt-validator-tool)
- [Hospital Price Transparency validator CLI](https://github.com/CMSGov/hpt-validator-cli)

## Getting Started

### Installation

```
npm install @cmsgov/hpt-validator
```

### Testing

```
npm run test
```

#### Node Observations
If you are running the previous command, it has been observed that Node versions 20+ encounter typescript errors. The test suite will run using Node version 19.*.*.

## Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to an Open Source project of the US
Government! For more information about our contribution guidelines, see
[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Security

For more information about our Security, Vulnerability, and Responsible
Disclosure Policies, see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).

## Public domain

This project is licensed within in the public domain within the United States, and copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through the [CC0 1.0 Universal public domain dedication](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

All contributions to this project will be released under the CC0 dedication. By submitting a pull request or issue, you are agreeing to comply with this waiver of copyright interest.


Validation library for CMS Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files. 

@cmsgov/hpt-validator

Validation library for CMS Hospital Price Transparency machine-readable files

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@cmsgov/hpt-validator

Hospital Price Transparency Validator

Resources

Getting Started

Installation

Testing

Node Observations

Contributing

Security

Public domain

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