Nonprofit Law, Health Law

An Overview of the IRS’s Proposed Rule on Community Health Needs Assessments

by Judy Mayer | Cozen O'Connor on 5/13/2013

On April 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially issued proposed regulations addressing the requirement under Section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) that tax-exempt hospitals conduct community...more

Who is a Large Employer Under Obamacare?

by Steven Saraisky | Cole Schotz on 5/10/2013

Among other things, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”), commonly referred to as Obamacare, requires “large employers” to provide qualified health coverage for all of their full-time employees, or pay...more

IRS Proposes Regulations Regarding Community Health Needs Assessments for Charitable Hospitals

by Steven Smith, Mark A. Stanley | Ober|Kaler on 5/10/2013

The IRS has released its proposed regulations [PDF] detailing the requirements for conducting and reporting Community Health Needs Assessments (CHNAs) under section 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which were...more

IRS Releases Community Health Needs Assessment and Other Guidance for Charitable Hospitals

by William Culbertson | BakerHostetler on 4/25/2013

On April 3, the U.S. Treasury Department released proposed regulations that provide guidance on the community health needs assessment (CHNA) requirements for charitable hospitals under § 501(r)(3) of the Internal Revenue...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations on the New Community Health Needs Assessments Required for Charitable Hospitals

by Judd Harwood, Evelyn McKinney | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/25/2013

On April 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service published proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) in the Federal Register that provide guidance to charitable hospital organizations on the community health needs assessment...more

Association Health Plans and Health Care Reform: A Trap for the Unwary

by Harry Atlas, Thora A. Johnson | Venable LLP on 4/23/2013

Trade and professional associations that sponsor health plans for their members, and organizations participating in such plans, need to be aware of an important issue arising under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations Addressing Community Health Needs Assessment

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/19/2013

Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations addressing various requirements imposed upon charitable hospitals qualifying under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). In...more

Managing Nonprofits in Troubled Times: New Tools in Trustees’ Toolbox

by Cornelius (Con) Chapman | Burns & Levinson LLP on 4/17/2013

Non-profits, which depend on both the private economy and the public sector, suffer greatly in economic downturns such as we are experiencing at present. Take healthcare, for example. Consider what happened when the...more

IRS Issues Proposed Regulations for Section 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Hospitals Regarding the Community Health Needs Assessment...

by Jay Gerzog, Tamar Rosenberg | Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. on 4/15/2013

On April 5, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") published proposed regulations ("Proposed Regulations") providing guidance regarding certain aspects of Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"), which...more

Proposed IRS Regulations Address Community Health Needs Assessment for Tax-Exempt Hospitals

by Mary Mullany, Timothy Mulliner | Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/11/2013

The IRS has recently proposed regulations affecting tax-exempt hospitals that provide guidance and comfort about the consequences of failing to meet the community health needs assessment (CHNA) requirement. ...more

IRS Provides Additional Guidance for Non-Profit Hospitals

by Kate Stewart | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/10/2013

Last week, the IRS issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“2013 Proposed Rule”) regarding the community health needs assessment (“CHNA”) requirement of 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(3) (added to the Internal Revenue Code by the...more

New Guidance for Tax-Exempt Hospitals on Community Health Needs Assessment and Other Section 501(r) Requirements

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/10/2013

On April 5, the Treasury Department released proposed regulations that provide guidance on the community health needs assessment (“CHNA”) and other requirements for tax-exempt hospitals under section 501(r) of the Internal...more

Whistleblower Claim Predicated on ANA Code of Ethics, "Patient Bill of Rights", and Employee Handbook, Rejected

by Kevin O'Connor on 3/22/2013

A newly published decision of the New Jersey Appellate Division, Hitesman v. Bridgeway Inc. (Espinosa, J.A.D.), delivered a welcome decision for employers doing business in the health care industry by carefully scrutinizing...more

Recent Developments and Trends for Exempt Organizations

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 3/18/2013

2012 was a busy year for the IRS with respect to tax-exempt organizations and 2013 promises more of the same. While the effects of the budget sequester on the IRS regulation writers and auditors is uncertain, we anticipate...more

Why Employers Should Plan Now for Obamacare

by Joe Conley on 2/18/2013

Beginning in 2014, large employers will be subject to a potential tax penalty under the “shared responsibility” provisions of the Affordable Care Act’ (“ACA” or “Obamacare”). This is commonly known as the “play or pay”...more

Proposed Regulations Released on Contraceptive Coverage Exemption and Accommodation for Nonprofit Religious Employers

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/18/2013

On January 30, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) released proposed regulations regarding contraceptive coverage for employees of religious employers. This guidance is the...more

Obama Administration Outlines Religious Accommodations for Contraception Coverage Mandate

by Joshua Booth | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/8/2013

Last week, federal regulators released a Proposed Rule outlining accommodations for religious employers that object to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate. The Proposed Rule expands the range of...more

Proposed Rules Issued On Contraceptive Coverage

by Jewelie Grape | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 2/8/2013

The Affordable Care Act requires most health plans to cover certain women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible. On January 30, 2013, the Obama Administration released...more

Religious Institutions Update: February 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV, Laura Atherstone | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/8/2013

Last February, at the request of Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations was formed to address tax-related policy questions of import...more

Maine Supreme Court Clarifies Property Tax Exemption For Non-Profits

by Sarah Beard, Jonathan Block, Kris Eimicke | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/7/2013

In a case watched closely by Maine’s non-profit organizations, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has held that Hebron Academy, a private secondary school, was exempt from property tax on its various school buildings. The...more

Health Care Reform Blog: HHS Releases Proposed Rules on Contraceptive Coverage for Religious Organizations

by Susan J. Freed | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/4/2013

Today HHS released proposed rules outlining how religious organizations that object to contraception on religious grounds can comply with the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that non-grandfathered health plans cover...more

China Senior Housing and Care Newsletter--in-home care edition

by Qin Qu on 1/27/2013

One segment of the senior care market will face more competition, although according to the national “9073” strategy, it may cover potentially 90% of the Chinese seniors. You know what I’ m talking about—yes—it’s in-home care...more

OIG Approves Gift Cards to Encourage Clinical Visits to Health Center

by Roy M. Albert, Theresa C. Carnegie | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 1/10/2013

In Advisory Opinion 12-21, the OIG concluded that a Federally qualified health center’s offer of grocery store gift cards to capitated managed care patients would not constitute grounds for the imposition of sanctions under...more

Pledges By Debtors To Nonprofits May Not Be Enforceable After Bankruptcy

by Marc E. Hirschfield, George Klidonas, Marc Skapof | BakerHostetler on 12/10/2012

Is a bankrupt pledgor legally bound to fulfill its promise to pledge a gift; or will a nonprofit have a successful claim against a pledgor if there is a subsequent failure to make payment because of a bankruptcy filing? A...more

Exchanges under Health Care Reform and "Private" Exchanges: What Does My Nonprofit Need to Know?

by Venable LLP on 12/10/2012

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