Executive Compensation Limits under the ARRA: A Sign of Things to Come for Not-for-Profit Healthcare Organizations?

Posted by Jason Greis on March 15, 2009 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), which became law on February 19, 2009, restricts executive compensation for certain entities participating in the federal government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”).  Generally, these restrictions limit the types and value of certain compensation paid to executives and other highly compensated individuals in these entities.  The TARP entities are required to abide by these restrictions as a condition of receiving federal funds under the ARRA.  Several of the specific limitations on executive compensation in the ARRA are as follows: Read More...

IRS Report Provides Insight into Community Benefit and Executive Compensation Practices of Tax-Exempt Hospitals

Posted by Jason Greis on February 15, 2009 under Articles | Read the First Comment

On February 12, 2009, the Internal Revenue Services released its long-anticipated final report (the “Report”) containing the results of a two-year study focusing on community benefit reporting practices and executive compensation practices of tax-exempt hospitals.  The results are based on a survey the IRS sent to 500 tax-exempt hospitals in May 2006, and builds on analysis of results first released by the IRS in an interim report in July 2007.  Read More...

Upcoming IRS Report to Focus on Tax-Exempt Hospital Executive Compensation

Posted by Jason Greis on January 6, 2009 under Articles | Be the First to Comment

Two of my McGuireWoods colleagues wrote the below Client Alert discussing the IRS’s continued focus on non-profit executive compensation.  Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) LTACHs should carefully follow both the legislative actions of Senate Finance Committee members Senators Charles Grassley and Senator Max Baucus, both of whom support and have promised significant changes to the way non-profit hospitals are organized and managed.  Senator Grassley and his staff released the attached document entitled “Tax-Exempt Hospitals: Discussion Draft” on June 20, 2007, which is probably instructive regarding the type of far-reaching legislation Senator Grassley is likely to propose at some point in 2009. Read More...