IRS Raises Tax Exempt Application Fees

The IRS recently announced that they would be raising tax exempt application fees across the board.

• For associations with less than $10,000 or less in a year over a four-year period, the fee will go from $300 to $400.
  
• For organizations whose feels are more than $10,000 annually over a four-year period, the feel will go from $750 to $850
• For group exemption letters, the fee will be $3000 from $900

A complete list of fees will be available in January, 2010.

To read more, click here.

Nonprofits Not Included in Health Care Bill Subsidy

According to an action alert sent out by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), in the House Health Care Bill, a tax credit available to small businesses who provide health insurance excludes small non-profits.

According to ASAE:

The House health care bill has a provision that gives a tax credit to any business that provides health insurance to its employees, has fewer than 25 total employees, and has an average salary of under $40,000. But because the bill provides a tax credit, nonprofits that qualified as a small business would be unable to receive needed financial support.

For more information and to get form letters to send your congressional officals, visit ASAE's Association Advocacy web page on this issue.

August EDWeb Rescheduled to Sept.

The AAMSE EDWeb "Physician Demographics: What Are the Trends?", originally scheduled for Thursday, August 20, has been rescheduled to Thursday, September 17.

To register for this webinar or for more information click here.

Photos from the AAMSE 2009 AC

Photos from the 2009 AAMSE Annual Conference have been posted on AAMSE's Flickr account. You can view the set by clicking here.

Do you have photos you would like to share from the conference? Just upload them to Flickr and tag them with "AAMSEAC09" and you will be able to share them with your AAMSE colleagues.

House Democrats Release Health Care Bill

On Tuesday, House Democrats released a health care bill to the Senate, stating that health care is a right and a responsibility for all Americans. The bill, which proposed spending $1.5 trillion dollars over 10 years, would be subsidized by taxing medical providers, employers and the wealthy. It is not expected to pass in the Senate, but has reignited a fervor to expedite health care reform.

To read more about the bill, click here.

NQF Calls for Steering Committee Members

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a call for members of a steering committee focused on measures to curb Medicare costs and promote efficiency. The project was contracted by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Nominations are due by August 3.

To read more, click here.

ACEP Releases Strategic Plan on H1N1 Management

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) released a management plan of the H1N1 flu virus. The National Strategic Plan for Emergency Department Management of Outbreaks of Novel H1N1 Influenza was based on the following competencies: situational awareness; protection of the emergency department infrastructure and personnel; prevention of disruptions in service delivery; organized, timely surge medical response; and recovery to the previous “steady state.”

To read more, click here.