Nonprofit Alert - February 2008
Updated Redesigned From 990 Released by IRS
Lawmakers Consider Monitoring Charitable Efficiency
Reminder: New Electronic IRS Filing Requirements for Exempt Organizations

Municipal Alert - February 2008
Legislative Update for the 2008 Regular Section of the Indiana General Assembly

Construction Law Alert - February 2008
Indiana House Bill 1280: Green Building Legislation Summary

Employee Benefits Alert - February 2008
IPALCO Plan Participants Lose Appeal
Determination Letter Filings Due for Cycle C Filers January 31, 2009

Employment Law Alert - February 2008
New I-9 Forms Must Be Used by Employers
Substance Abuse Under the FMLA

Non Profit Alert - January 2008
Indiana Bill Porpooses Fee for Property Owned by Nonprofit Organizations

Financial Institutions Alert - December 2007
FACT Act Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies

Nonprofit Alert - December 2007
Permissible and Prohibited Political Activities
IRS Issues Regulations for E-Postcard
Panel Releases Thirty-Three Principles for Good Governance

Health Care Alert - December 2007
CMS Delays Stark III "Stand in the Shoes" Provisions
CMS Mandates Using NPIs
DOJ Takes Aim at Orthopedics
Excess Receipts Critical in Recruitment Arrangement
OIG Alleges ASC Violates Anti-Kickback Statute

Health Care Alert - December 2007
AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTERS: Proposed Conditions for Coverage

Health Care Alert - November 2007
CMS Issues 2008 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rules:  10% Payment Decrease; Stark "2.5" On Hold; and
Anti-Markup Rules and IDTF Standards Adopted

Health Care Alert - November 2007
CMS Issues 2008 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rules: Includes Adoption of Stark 2.5 Proposal: the Anti-Markup Rules, to be effective 1/1/2008

Health Care Alert - November 2007
CMS Proposes New Standards for Electronic Prescriptions

Health Care Alert - October 2007
Stark II, Phase III - CMS Issues Long-Awaited Final Rule

Nonprofit Alert - October 2007
Intellectual Property and Nonprofits: Super Bowl Fiasco
Senator Grassley's Proposed Nonprofit Healthcare Reforms
IRS Interim Report on Tax-Exempt Hospitals and Community Benefit
Nonprofit Organizations Provide Comments fot Draft Form 90

Employee Benefits Alert - October
Code Section 409A - Trasition Relief Extended One Year.......Again (IRS Notices 2007-86 and 2007-39)

Employee Benefits Alert - October 2007
IRS Issues Long Awaited 404(b) Regulations
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Lump Sum Benefits Under a DBP Must Include Future COLA's

Employee Benefits Alert - October 2007
Extension of Period for Providing Benefit Statements for Individual Account Plans with No Participant Direction

Employment Law Alert - August 2007
Department of Homeland Security Clamps Down on Unauthorized Workers
Federal Minimum Wage Increased
Family Responsibility Discrimination Cases on the Rise
Managing Pay During FMLA Leave: The Latest Word from the 7th Circuit

Municipal Alert - August 2007
Municipal Utility Developments
Legislation Changes Way Town Park Board Members Are Appointed
Economic Development and Tax-Exempt Financing

Real Estate and Environmental Alert - August 2007
Wetlands Rule Alert
Recording Requirements for Social Security Numbers
Grantee Address Recording Requirement
Landlord Liability for Tenant Property

Health Care Alert - July 2007
The New Stark Proposals
Threats to Joint Ventures and Other Physician Practice Arrangements
CMS Dissatisfaction with Existing Stark Regulations
Reconsideration of Health Care Ventures and Relationships
Review of CMS Proposals for Stark Law Changes

Employee Benefits Alert - July 2007
Code Section 409A Update

Nonprofit Alert - July 2007
Minority Business Enterprise Program Expanded to Nonprofits
Internal Revenue Service Releases Revised Form 990
IRS Provides Guidance - Hospital-Physician Electronic Health Records Arrangements

Employee Benefits Alert - June 2007
IRS Issues Guidance on HSA Rollovers

Health Care Alert - June 2007
Excluded Individuals and Entities
New CMS Informed Consent Guidelines
Indiana Legislative Update - Physician Assistants
Indiana Legislative Update - Health Provider Reimbursement Agreements
Indiana Legislative Update - Hospital Care for the Indigent Program
CMS Implements Changes to Enrollment Rules for IDTF's, Rescinds Transmittal 187

Medicare/Medicaid Fraud Alert - May 31, 2007
List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)

Financial Institutions Alert - May 2007
Charging for Document Preparation May Not Be a Violation of Indiana Law
Mortgage Loan Officers - What's in a Name?

Nonprofit Alert - May 2007
Recent Changes in Indiana Charity Gaming Law
IRS Suspends Determination Letters for Type III Supporting Organizations
New Electronic IRS Filing Requirements for Exempt Organizations

Employee Benefits Alert - April 2007
Final Regulations: HIPAA Nondiscrimination and Wellness Programs
IRS Clarifies Non-Spousal Beneficiary Rollover Provisions

Financial Institutions Alert - March 2007
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Don’t Let Personnel be a Missing Puzzle Piece

Financial Institutions Alert - December 2006
Whether to Fax, Phone or Spam - A Summary of the Expanding Limits of Modern Advertising

New E-Discovery Rules -- What You Need To Know
But We Do Not Have Any Ongoing Litigation - Why Should I Care?
Where Do I Start and What Do I Do?

Nonprofit Newsletter - December 8, 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 - Impact Upon Private Foundation Grants
Triage Process Addresses Backlogged Exemption Applications

Health Care Alert - October 2006
DRA Requires Compliance by January 1, 2007 for Continued Medicaid Reimbursement
CMS Standardizes the 855 Enrollment Form
HHS Publishes Final Stark and Anti-kickback Rules Governing Hospital Technology
Donations
Proposed Amendments to Medicare Reassignment and Stark Regulations
CMS Adopts National Provider Identifier Standard
New State Laws Regarding Personal Information Stored in Computers

Nonprofit Newsletter - October 2006
IRS Encourages Technology Donations to Physicians
Changes for Charitable Gaming Ahead
Pension Protection Act Means New Rules For Nonprofits

Employee Benefits Alert - October 2006
Code Section 409A Transition Relief Extended One Year

Financial Institutions Alert - October 2006
Decision from the Indiana Court of Appeals Is a Victory for Banks
Charging for Document Preparation May Be in Violation of the Law
Pension Protection Act of 2006 - Treatment of Death Benefits from Corporate-Owned
Life Insurance (BOLI)

Employee Benefits Alert - August 2006
New Funding Rules, EGTRRA Made Permanent, Accelerated Vesting and Other 
Changes in the Pension Protection Act of 2006

Nonprofit Newsletter - July 2006
Indiana Real Property Tax Exemption Application and Appeal Process
IRS Announces Bond Audit Initiative
Krieg DeVault Teleconference Seminars Coming Soon

Municipal Newsletter - July 2006
Annexation Developments
Impact of 2% Circuit Breaker Credit on Local Governments
U.S. Department of Energy Plans Extension of State/Municipal Renewable Energy Program
Industrial Bond Flexibility Has Been Enhanced by the New Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005

Employee Benefits Alert - June 2006
What Are You Doing About Code Section 409A?
EPCRS Guidance Revised
Roth 401(k) Contributions

Municipal Newsletter - May 2006
2006 Legislative Session’s Impact on Municipalities

Employee Benefits Alert - March 2006
Group Health Plans’ Prescription Drug Disclosure Notice Due to CMS by March 31, 2006
Small Plans Must Comply with HIPAA Security Standards by April 21, 2006
Definition of Dependent Revised (Again)

Employment Law Alert - February 2006
Newly Amended Non-Discrimination Ordinance for the City of Indianapolis - Marion County

Secured Lender Alert - February 2006
Updated, Dangerous "Sees" For Lenders

Employee Benefits Alert - February 2006
A Snake In The Grass:  Don't Get Bit by Code Section 409A

Secured Lender Alert - January 2006
Dangerous "Sees" For Lenders

Secured Lender Alert - December 2005
Your Tax Dollars at Work - Some Very Unfunny Mandates

Nonprofit Alert - November 2005
IRS to Target Hospitals in 2006
Indemnification for "Excess Benefit" Transactions
Limits on Charitable Deductions Lifted     
New Attorney General Powers

Health Care Alert - November 2005
New Stark Exceptions and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors Proposed
Patient Safety Takes a Front Seat
Gainsharing - A Cautionary Tale (Follow-up to March 2005 Gainsharing Article)
Humana Settles with Physicians and State Medical Associations
State Legislature Contemplating Regulation of Artificial Reproduction and Fertility Clinics

Creditors' Alert - October 2005
Bankruptcy Change - It Is A-Comin'

Health Care Alert - July 2005
Funding for Emergency Services Provided to Undocumented Aliens
Automatic Excise Penalties!  What did I do?
Part I: Specialty Hospital Moratorium Expires - CMS Applies the Breaks
Part II: Specialty Hospital Moratorium Expires - Senate Finance Committee Takes Action
ISDH Surveys are Not Orders Under AOPA

Taxation Update - June 2005
IRS Circular 230 Notice: New Rules Governing Practice Before the IRS 

Health Care Alert - May 2005
Indiana Legislative Wrap-Up    
Bullies not Tolerated in the Work Place
Considering Patient E-Mail?  Read on...
HIPAA Update: HHS Issues Proposed Enforcement Rule
Proposed Federal Tax Changes that Negatively Affect Not-For-Profits

Health Care Alert - March 2005
"Pay for Performance" - What Is It? Why Should We Care?
Gainsharing Arrangements - Gaining Favor
The Broad Ambit of 409A - Are Your Compensation Plans Affected?
Indiana Legislative Update 
Indiana Supreme Court Refuses to Expand the Medical Malpractice Act

Health Care Alert - January 2005
Medical Malpractice Act Under Attack
Construction and Expansion of ASCs and Hospitals Threatened  
Bio-Terrorism Training in Your Own Home 
Medicare's New Proactive Approach: Welcome to Medicare Physical
Arbitration Clauses May Compromise Medical Malpractice Act Protections
Reminder: HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Date Approaching

Employee Benefits Alert - January 2005
New Definition of "Dependent" for Benefit Plans

Employee Benefits Alert II - January 2005
IRS Guidance on Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

Intellectual Property Alert - December 2004
Research and Development Tax Credits
More on File Sharing
Indiana State Trademark Law
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Employee Benefits Alert - October 2004
Mandatory Rollover of Small Cash-Out Benefits Effective March 28, 2005

Employee Benefits Alert II - October 2004
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: Deferred Compensation Plans Affected

Secured Lender Alert - October 2004
Dude, Where's My Car?
Best Practices Under Revised Article 9 of UCC
Tax Liens vs. Secured Lender's Right to Setoff

Public Utilities & Telecommunications Newsletter - June 2004
Municipal Broadband Networks

Employee Benefits Alert - May 2004
IRS Weighs in on Payment of Fees and Expenses from Participant Accounts
DOL Issues Statement Related to Mutual Fund Abuses

Intellectual Property Alert - May 2004
Protecting Your Brand
Prosecuting Your Patent
Blackberry®Infringement

Tax-Exempt & Nonprofit Alert - May 2004
Property Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Organizations
Sarbanes-Oxley and Nonprofits

Employee Benefits Alert - February 2004
HIPAA Privacy Deadline for Small Plans
The Evolving Serious Consideration Test
Health Savings Accounts

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