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Nonprofit Hospitals Sue Patients, and New IRS Rules Offer Limited Protection
Guest Author January 28, 2015
By Guest Blogger: Erin C. Fuse Brown, JD, MPH Last month, NPR and ProPublica reported a story that would be shocking if it weren’t sadly familiar about how nonprofit hospitals like Heartland Regional Medical Center in Missouri are suing their patients and garnishing their wages for unpaid bills. A few days later, on December 31, 2014, the IRS issued final rules for tax-exempt hospitals that ostensibly will make these practices more difficult, if not illegal. The IRS rules implement the requirements of Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code added by …
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