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Archived Issues
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Blog Announcement 2005
May 23, 2005
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2005-4 April
April 23, 2005
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2005-3
March 30, 2005
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2005-2 February
February 28, 2005
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2005-1 January
January 28, 2005
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2004-5 IRS, Antitrust, Incident To
November 19, 2004
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2004-4 Overtime, Mergers, T&E
October 8, 2004
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2004-3 Household Employee, Fraud, Website, Keep People
May 31, 2004
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2004-2 HIPAA, Stark, Cafe Plans; K Labor
May 16, 2004
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2004-1 Antitrust, Billing & IRS errors, HSAs
March 13, 2004
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Treasury/IRS Investigating Abusive Tax Schemes
In 2003 the Treasury Department released new rules regarding abusive tax shelters. Beginning in 2004, the Internal Revenue Service initiated audits of hundreds of doctors, and the government has summoned records from various insurance, financial and accounting firms, which would enable it to audit around 2,000-plus physicians who participated in one or more tax planning programs considered abusive.
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HIPAA Security Rule Test
Here is a little test to see if your medical practice is in compliance with the new security rules. This test was presented by www.hipaascorekeeper.com/.
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President Signs New Bankruptcy Law
On April 20, 2005, President Bush signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005. Twenty of the new provisions in the Act have federal tax implications, including some that: affect the treatment of employee benefit plans in a bankruptcy; exclude education individual retirement accounts; and eliminate the advantages that Chapter 13 filings and Chapter 11 corporate filings previously enjoyed over other types of bankruptcy.
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Healthcare Blog is Up and Running
Don't forget to visit my blog when you get a chance at http://rtacpa.blogs.com/. Recent posts include commentaries on physician contracts, HIPAA, and a really good human resource idea for all physician practices. Please feel free to post a comment to any blog posting.
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