By: Craig Hammond Health care providers with facilities financed with tax exempt bonds need to be aware of recent changes to the IRS rules for qualified management contracts. On August 22, 2016, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2016-44 which replaced the safe harbors for management contracts previously set forth in Rev. Proc. 97-13 with new …
Expansion of Practice Autonomy of Physician Assistants Summary
This blog summarizes the original article written by Brian Fleetham. For more information, please read the entire article that will be published in mid-February for the Kent County Medical Society quarterly newsletter, Winter 2017. As part of a flurry of activity at the end of 2016, Public Act 379 was enacted by the Michigan legislature …
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Affordable Care Act Repeal
By: Rose Willis Recently the Wall Street Journal stated the New England Journal of Medicine published an op-ed by President Obama in which he critiqued the Republicans’ strategy to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and then replace it at a future date. Obama stated, “This approach of ‘repeal first and replace later’ is, simply put, …
HIPAA Compliance in the Telecommuting Age
Since this is the Information Age, it should come as no surprise that more employees are working remotely, i.e., telecommuting. The flexibility to work from anywhere allows employees to work offsite, including from home, public transportation system, airport, coffee shop, etc. While such flexibility certainly has its advantages, it also has its disadvantages. One specific …
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