On April 5, 2013, the IRS issued proposed regulations for compliance with the community health needs assessment (CHNA) requirements under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(r)(3) for hospitals exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3).
The debt limit crisis was resolved with the enactment of the Budget Control Act of 2011 . The good news for Medicare providers is there are no immediate cuts to provider payment. In a best-case scenario, there may not be any in the longer term, either, but the bad news is such cuts are more likely than not to occur.