title: responding to final 501(r) regulations for tax-exempt hospitals.
abstract: To fully comply with the IRS's final regulations for maintaining tax-exempt status, hospitals must: Adhere to the requirements related to community health needs assessments. Develop a strategy for complying with the extensive requirements regarding financial assistance policies (FAPs). Determine how they will calculate amounts generally billed,which is the maximum FAP-eligible individuals can be charged for emergency or other medically necessary care. Establish FAP eligibility prior to engaging in any extraordinary collections actions.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hearle
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital; D019464:Tax Exemption / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States