The House and Senate negotiators emerged on Friday, December 15, 2017, with a compromise tax reform proposal that would overhaul the Internal Revenue Code for the first time since 1986. Nonprofit hospitals and other...more
In the early hours of Saturday, December 2, 2017, the Senate approved its version of tax reform legislation, S. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by a vote of 51-49. All Republican Senators except Senator Bob Corker (R-TN)...more
On November 9, 2017, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee announced their plan for reforming the Federal tax code, including several provisions that target charitable hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations. Like...more
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, H.R. 1, on November 2, 2017, with the goal of overhauling the nation’s tax code for the first time in 31 years. The House Ways & Means...more
On July 13, 2017, CMS issued the Calendar Year (CY) 2018 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (ASCPS) proposed rule (Proposed Rule). CMS proposes to update OPPS...more