On April 8, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Private Letter Ruling (PLR) 201615022, which denied tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status to a commercial accountable care organization (ACO). This ruling marks the first...more
As we look into our crystal balls, we do not expect a lot of new issues in 2015. Rather, we believe that most of the significant issues will be a continuation of issues that arose in 2014 or earlier. ...more
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/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Hospital Mergers ,
Joint Venture ,
King v Burwell ,
Medicaid ,
Medicaid Expansion ,
Medicare Shared Savings Program ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHI ,
Quality of Care Standards ,
Security and Privacy Controls ,
Subsidies