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		<title>IRS Releases Special Payroll Tax Exemption Form For the HIRE Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/04/28/irs-releases-special-payroll-tax-exemption-form-for-the-hire-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS has released Form W-11 to help employers, including tax-exempt organizations, claim the special payroll tax exemption that applies to many newly-hired workers during 2010.  The payroll tax exemption was created under the provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (&#8221;HIRE&#8221;) Act signed by President Obama on March 18, 2010.  The HIRE Act created two new tax benefits to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Signs Healthcare Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/03/24/obama-signs-healthcare-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/03/24/obama-signs-healthcare-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 23, 2010, the President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The law expands health care coverage to 31 million currently uninsured Americans through a combination of cost controls, subsidies and mandates.
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		<title>National Summit on Health Care Fraud &#8211; Webcast</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/01/28/national-summit-on-health-care-fraud-webcast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/01/28/national-summit-on-health-care-fraud-webcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fraud and Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare/Medicaid Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Summit on Health Care Fraud webcast. 
Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 8:45 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m. (CST)
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		<title>IRS Develops Examination Materials to Study Exempt Organization Governance</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/12/10/irs-develops-examination-materials-to-study-exempt-organization-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/12/10/irs-develops-examination-materials-to-study-exempt-organization-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and Tax Exemption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As noted in a previous post, the IRS has developed a two-page check sheet to be used by IRS Exempt Organizations agents to gather data about the governance practices and the related internal controls of tax-exempt organizations under examination.  The check sheet contains several questions from the governance section of the revised Form 990. The data will be included in a long-term study that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Revises Workplace Notice on Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/eeoc-revises-workplace-notice-on-federal-anti-discrimination-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/eeoc-revises-workplace-notice-on-federal-anti-discrimination-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor & Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 22, 2009, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (&#8221;EEOC&#8221;) announced a revision of &#8220;EEO is the Law,&#8221; the notice that employers covered by federal anti-discrimination laws must post in the workplace.  The revised version reflects current federal employment discrimination law, incuding information about the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which became effective November 21, 2009. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Information Exchange Denied 501(c)(3) Status</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/health-information-exchange-denied-501c3-status/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/11/24/health-information-exchange-denied-501c3-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Records and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recently released IRS private letter ruling denied tax exemption for a health information data exchange.  A group of insurers and large employers formed an organization designed to aggregate and share health care data with the goal of improving healthcare quality and efficiency.  The organization planned to gather, manage and process data on providers and the providers&#8217; performance as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Finance Committee Completes Amendments to Health Reform Bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/02/senate-finance-committee-completes-amendments-to-health-reform-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/10/02/senate-finance-committee-completes-amendments-to-health-reform-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation Watch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At approximately 2:00 a.m. on October 2, 2009, the Senate Finance Committee finished amending the latest health reform legislation. The Committee plans to take a final vote on the legislation next week, and President Obama has expressed confidence that Congress will approve a health reform package in 2009. The Committee worked through 564 amendments, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Announces Increase In User Fees For Exempt Organization Applications Effective January 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/09/09/irs-announces-increase-in-user-fees-for-exempt-organization-applications-effective-january-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/09/09/irs-announces-increase-in-user-fees-for-exempt-organization-applications-effective-january-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and Tax Exemption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Exemption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS announced that user fees will increase for all exempt organization applications postmarked after Jan 3, 2010. The increases involve IRS Forms 1023, 1024, and 1028 and are as follows:

$400 for organizations whose gross receipts are $10,000 or less annually over a 4-year period
$850 for organizations whose gross receipts exceed $10,000 annually over a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Foundation Publishes State Health Facts</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/09/01/kaiser-foundation-publishes-state-health-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/09/01/kaiser-foundation-publishes-state-health-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Records and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Kaiser Foundation recently updated its web site regarding state health data. The new information includes rates of unemployment, foreclosures, number of individuals receiving food stamps, etc. The site provides data on over 500 health topics by state, such as health spending, prescription drug costs, hospital expenses and trends, and physician demographics.
Wisconsin’s state profile can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Training Materials on Tax-Exempt Governance Available on IRS Website</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/07/31/irs-training-materials-on-tax-exempt-governance-available-on-irs-website/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2009/07/31/irs-training-materials-on-tax-exempt-governance-available-on-irs-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>von Briesen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance and Tax Exemption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its continuing professional education program for Internal Revenue Service employees, the IRS recently conducted a series of internal training sessions on governance for tax-exempt organizations. The materials are available on the IRS website. The training materials include a combination of outlines and PowerPoint presentations explaining why the IRS is focused on nonprofit [...]]]></description>
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