IRS determinations present challenges to physician compensation mechanisms.
In recent months, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued several pronouncements that may affect compensation arrangements based on hospital-physician joint ventures, as well as traditional employee/independent contractor compensation arrangements. The result of the pronouncements is that not-for-profit hospitals are without certainty in developing physician compensation schemes that are competitive in the marketplace and comply with newly evolving IRS guidelines.
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D005375:Financial Audit / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006077:Government Agencies; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States