Updates to Statute 1557 that Healthcare Providers Need to Know
Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
Like Peas in a Pod? What do private, not-for-profit colleges and hospitals have in common? There are quite a few items that come immediately to mind: •They may qualify for exemption from federal income tax. •Tax-exempt...more
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added significant new statutory requirements in 2010 that must be met by all hospitals seeking or maintaining exemption from federal income tax as Section 501(c)(3) organizations (charitable...more
Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code was added by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and imposes significant new requirements on charitable hospitals. At a very summary level, this section requires charitable hospitals...more
In This Issue: - Nonprofit Hospitals Face Additional Regulatory Burdens in Financial Assistance and Debt Collection - Placing Medicare Beneficiaries Into "Observation Status" - Recent Second Circuit Decision...more
The Internal Revenue Service replaced proposed regulations under Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) with final regulations in late 2014 (the “Final Regulations”). As enacted in the Patient Protection and...more
Among the many new requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Affordable Care Act” or “ACA”) are amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) that formalize and impose some uniformity in the...more
On December 31, 2014, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published a final rule (the “Final Rule”) implementing the requirements in Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r) for tax-exempt hospitals...more
In This Issue: - What You Should Do - Background - Final Regulations - Hospital Facilities and Organizations - Failures to Satisfy the Requirements of Section 501(r) - Community...more