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Are You Ready for a 501(r) Checkup?

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Nonprofit hospitals with tax exemption status have struggled to ensure compliance with 501(r) regulations ever since the final rules were released at the end of 2014 by the Internal Revenue Service. A recent inquiry into whether these hospitals meet the requirement of the 501(r) raises questions about what goes into 501(r) compliance, and how a

The Cost of Uncompensated Care for MN Health Systems

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The 2017 numbers are in: Minnesota healthcare systems provided $691 million in uncompensated care during 2017, up 19.2% from the prior year. But as a Minnesota collection agency, IC System has to wonder what do these numbers, reported by Becker’s, really mean and why are they important? First, let’s look closer at the issue. All

New Price Transparency Order Results in More Confusion

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Effective January 1 based on a mandate from the Trump administration, hospitals are now required to post their list prices on the hospital’s website in an attempt to move towards price transparency for healthcare consumers. Unfortunately, the approach some hospitals have taken isn’t of much value to the patient community and doesn’t resolve the problems