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Thursday, April 23 Recap Note – ​We believe this is the most up-to-date information available at this time, but it is subject to change ​as circumstances warrant. Also, all finalized resources can be found ​on the COVID-19 ​Resource ​Center page ​of Hall Render’s website.​ Congressional Outlook Today, the House approved an interim emergency spending measure that includes…Read More

On April 23, 2020, the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations related to the ‘silo’ rules for Unrelated Business Taxable Income (“UBTI”). Under Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) Section 512(a)(6), as added to the Code through the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017, tax-exempt organizations must calculate their UBTI separately…Read More

On April 23, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) outlined the basic framework for a new program to reimburse hospitals and other providers and suppliers for services provided to uninsured COVID-19 patients (for purposes of this article we refer to both providers and suppliers as “providers”). The framework for the program is available…Read More

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748) (“CARES Act”) contains numerous provisions aimed at the response to the Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, including $100 billion in reimbursement to hospitals and other health care entities for COVID‑19-related expenses and lost revenue (“Fund”). The First Tranche of the Fund was distributed on April 10,…Read More

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020,  President Trump signed an executive order regarding immigration policies and enforcement amidst the COVID-19 pandemic titled “Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak” (the “Executive Order”). As we discussed with President Trump’s…Read More

The Department of Treasury (“Department”) and Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) have confirmed that tax-exempt organizations have an extension until July 15, 2020 to file their Forms 990-series annual information returns, as well as various other returns. While certain aspects of this relief are automatic, tax-exempt hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations should consider their particular circumstances…Read More

Wednesday, April 22 Recap Note – ​We believe this is the most up-to-date information available at this time, but it is subject to change ​as circumstances warrant. Also, all finalized resources can be found ​on the COVID-19 ​Resource ​Center page ​of Hall Render’s website.​ HHS Releases More Information on CARES Funding This afternoon HHS Secretary Alex Azar…Read More

Hospitals across the country have been receiving emails from the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) requesting hospitals to submit certain information about the number of COVID-19 patients admitted to the hospital through a portal established by an HHS vendor, TeleTracking. HHS stated that submitting this data will inform the decisionmaking on future payments…Read More

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which became law on March 27, 2020, requires all providers of COVID-19 diagnostic testing to publish on their public websites the cash price for such testing during the declared emergency.[1] Doing so also allows health care providers to set a reimbursement rate with out-of-network payors…Read More