Publications

Over the past few months, we have received a number of calls from representatives of governmental hospitals inquiring about the application of section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code to their respective organizations.  Some governmental hospitals have assumed that, because they are not obligated to file a Form 990, 501(r) […]

The decision to enter into an arrangement to have another organization host your data will be driven by a number of factors such as: resource availability, technical considerations, location diversity, and cost.  One of the factors which must be considered is the HIPAA Security Rule.   If the hosting arrangement […]

Hospitals and health care organizations are more frequently hosting data or back-up data at off-site data locations.  While segregating data by hosting data off site is generally an advisable risk management strategy, hospitals have also entered arrangements to host data for third parties (including other hospitals).  This practice may leave […]

Iowa:  A transgender Iowa City woman, born male and presenting as female, recently prevailed in the civil rights complaint she filed with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after a sheriff’s deputy ordered her to leave a women’s restroom at the courthouse, according to the Iowa City Press-Citizen.  A state administrative […]

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury recently issued guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) that clarify and expand the rules regarding preventive care benefits that non-grandfathered group health plans must provide to a participant with no cost-sharing.  Specifically, the new guidance addresses the […]