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This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization. Deadlines! Deadlines! Today is the deadline for aspiring Accountable Care Organizations (“ACOs”) to submit a Notice of Intent…Read More

This installment of Hall Render’s Health Law Broadcast series on health care reform is designed to provide you with the insight, analysis and practical suggestions with respect to the various reform initiatives that will affect your organization. Executive Summary On February 14, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a highly anticipated…Read More

Hall Render real estate attorneys regularly police our health care clients’ real estate contracts, particularly leases, to ensure they comply with applicable health laws. In particular, federal Stark and Anti-Kickback laws. A Michigan nonprofit hospital system’s 2011 payment of $30 million in fines for alleged health law violations demonstrates the potentially high cost of noncompliant…Read More

Hall Render real estate attorneys regularly police our health care clients’ real estate contracts, particularly leases, to ensure they comply with applicable health laws. In particular, federal Stark and Anti-Kickback laws. A Michigan nonprofit hospital system’s 2011 payment of $30 million in fines for alleged health law violations demonstrates the potentially high cost of noncompliant…Read More

The Right-to-Work movement notched a victory in February 2012 when Indiana became the latest state to pass Right-to-Work legislation.  This article discusses Right-to-Work implications for employers and employees working in both unionized and non-union environments. The Battle for Employees’ Right-to-Work in Indiana On February 1, 2012, Indiana became the 23rd state to adopt a statute…Read More

This Health Care Tax News article is Part IV in a series addressing recent changes to IRS Form 990 and its Instructions.  The previous installments addressed changes to the Core Form, Schedule H and Schedule J. As part of the January 21, 2012 release of the 2011 Form 990, the IRS also made updates to…Read More

This Health Care Tax News article is Part III in a series addressing recent changes to IRS Form 990 and its Instructions.  The previous installments addressed changes to the Core Form and changes to Schedule H. With the January 21, 2012 release of the 2011 Form 990, the IRS revised Schedule J regarding the reporting…Read More

This Health Care Tax News article is Part II in a series addressing recent changes to Form 990 and Instructions.  The previous installment addressed changes to the Core Form and can be accessed by clicking here. As part of the January 21, 2012 unveiling of the 2011 Form 990 and its Schedules, the IRS released…Read More

CMS recently issued guidance to the State Survey Agencies regarding changes to the survey procedures for Home Health Agencies (HHAs).  Effective January 1, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) final rule amended the regulations for certification activities related to HHAs.  CMS’s goal in implementing these changes…Read More

This Health Care Tax News article is Part I in a series addressing recent changes to Form 990 and Instructions. In January of this year, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released the 2011 Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax and the corresponding Instructions.  The 2011 Form 990 is to be used by…Read More