This article provides a summary and update of a number of issues relative to tax-exempt health care issues that relate to the health care industry. During the 2001 tax year, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and the courts have issued…
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Over the last few years, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and various courts have provided substantial guidance regarding tax-exempt entities, including requirements relating to the treatment of exempt income and the methods by which private interests may be balanced with…
On behalf of the City of Joliet, its citizens, and the entire Joliet community, we write to call your attention to the plans of Silver Cross Hospital and its administration to close our community hospital in Joliet. For more than…
Hospitals and health systems, whether general acute care hospitals or specialty-driven hospitals, are attempting to prosper in a unique time. This year, hospitals throughout the country will see increased reimbursement for hospital inpatient services, rather than decresed reimbursement.
This article discusses the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the "Anti-Kickback Statute") safe harbors for ambulatory surgery centers in the context of investor-owned ambulatory surgery centers ("ASCs"). The article provides a brief overview of the Anti-Kickback Statute, discusses the ASC…
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This article discusses the Medicare and Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute (the "Anti-Kickback Statute") safe harbors for ambulatory surgery centers in the context of investor-owned ambulatory surgery centers ("ASCs"). The article provides a brief overview of the Anti-Kickback Statute, discusses the ASC…
Physician ownership in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers remains a relatively surefire method of protecting a portion of a facility's revenues. Implementation of a plan to broaden physician ownership requires compliance with legal and regulatory schemes. This article discusses the…
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS"), on September 5th, published a final rule implementing Phase III of Part II of the Stark Act (the "Stark III Regulations"). CMS, in addition to revising certain elements of the Stark Act,…
The market for selling a surgery center remains very hot as several companies continue to buy surgery centers. Further, a great number of owners of surgery centers increasingly express interest in selling a portion of their surgery center to obtain…
This article provides an overview of fourteen legal issues that impact the development of surgical and specialty hospitals.