Physician Recruitment Arrangements: Practical Considerations
Are you a hospital contemplating assisting a physician practice with the recruitment of a new physician into your local community? If so, this article summarizes some practical operational and Stark Law considerations for a hospital to analyze before signing a recruitment agreement with a physician practice. Per the Federal Physician Self-Referral Statute and Regulations (commonly […]
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PYA Short Course Webinar Series Provides Critical Information on the Consolidated Appropriations Act
At 5,593 pages, the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) is the longest bill ever passed by Congress. The CAA combines $900 billion in COVID-19 stimulus relief with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for the 2021 federal fiscal year. In our six-part webinar series, “A Short Course on the Consolidated Appropriations Act”, PYA experts delved into […]
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New Items in the OIG’s Work Plan Updates — January 2021
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the latest additions to its Work Plan, which includes four noteworthy items related to orthotic braces, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Part D Payments, Home Health services provided via telehealth, and Part B telehealth services. PYA offers insights on each of these additions. Background Each month, the OIG publishes […]
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Ransomware Targets Healthcare and Public Health Sector — Take Immediate Action
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a joint cybersecurity advisory yesterday evening regarding ransomware activity targeting the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector. PYA recommends that all HPH Sector organizations increase their email threat awareness by immediately sending […]
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Your Physician Arrangements May Require Modification – COVID-19 Considerations
While hospitals and health systems struggled to meet the demands arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, some emergency rooms and intensive care units were filled to capacity. Others were nearly empty or less-than-normal capacity. Certain hospital and clinical services, such as elective surgery, were shut down. Some physician specialties were highly utilized, others were not. All […]
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Expanded Medicare Coverage for Telehealth and Other Non-Face-To-Face Services
UPDATED MAY 1, 2020 For years, only a handful of physicians furnished telehealth services. Now, in only a few weeks, many physician practices have transitioned to telehealth-based care delivery. This dramatic shift in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been facilitated by the significant expansion of Medicare coverage for these services. Historically, reimbursement for telehealth […]
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HIPAA and Substance Use Disorder in the Age of COVID-19 — New Provisions in the CARES Act
The COVID-19 pandemic requires improved care coordination to ensure patients undergoing substance use disorder (SUD) treatment receive appropriate care, while maintaining and respecting their privacy. To accomplish this, Congress in the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) broadened the scope of permissible disclosures of SUD information protected under 42 CFR Part […]
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New Items in the OIG’s Work Plan Update – October 2019
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the latest additions to its Work Plan, which includes six noteworthy items related to hospice cap payments, speech and pathology payments, powered mobility device repairs, urine drug testing services, positive airway device supplies, and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) post-market surveillance of medical devices. PYA offers […]
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IRS Issues Final QBI Real Estate Safe Harbor Rules
Real estate investors may qualify for the 20% qualified business deduction enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), subject to certain requirements and conditions as further outlined below. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published final safe harbor rules for owners of certain rental real estate interests, clarifying the qualified business […]
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Phishing Scams—The New Sport to “Catch” Your Information
Criminals have been fraudulently “reeling in” personally identifiable information from unsuspecting souls for decades. One increasingly common way that criminals reel in that information is through the act of “phishing” (pronounced fishing) by phone or email. Scammers often phish by using “robocalls” and mass mailings and emails to imitate or spoof real or seemingly official […]
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S Corporation or C Corporation Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
There are many questions businesses have as the result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—among them, how should they structure their companies for optimal tax outcomes in light of the reduction in the corporate tax rate. Under previous legislation, the corporate tax rate was 35%; the TCJA lowered that rate to 21%. This […]
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2018 Tax Reform – The Excess Loss Limitation Likely to Squeeze Owners of Cyclical Businesses
As businesses consider the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) introduced late last year, the corporate tax rate is receiving substantial attention. However, according to a 2014 report by the Brookings Institution, only about 5% of the 26 million businesses in the United States were C Corporations. This means nearly 25 million businesses are […]
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