For most, the Farm Bill is understood to provide a safety net for the nation’s agricultural producers and a nutrition-assistance program for the nation’s most vulnerable. This understanding is generally correct; the Farm...more
On June 26, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) Calendar Year (CY) 2024 Proposed Rule (CMS-1782-P). The proposed rule would...more
The Washington Department of Health (DOH) has amended WAC 246-50, the rules applicable to coordinated quality improvement programs (CQIPs) for non-hospital organizations. The amendments go into effect on May 21, 2021. ...more
On November 2, 2020, CMS issued a final rule updating Medicare payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services for 2021. Under the final rule,...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 31, 2020 – September 4, 2020. Additionally, for continuing updates on the tax impact of...more
Recent guidance, including Revenue Procedure 2020-22, released on April 10, 2020, offers additional clarity to taxpayers affected by changes to the treatment of Qualified Improvement Property included in the CARES Act. The...more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (“USDA”) recent efforts to update the Farm Bill’s Title II conservation programs continued into the 2020 year. USDA has issued since early December a number of interim final rules to...more
Last year, the federal government enacted the most substantial tax reform legislation since 1986 in Public Law 115-97, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). Of the many business-friendly changes,...more
On July 19, 2018, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule that would revise the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year 2019, and would update the...more
On October 28, 2016, CMS issued the final rule updating the payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services beginning in CY 2017. The rule also...more