Legal Update

Here When You Need Us Throughout the pandemic, our team has collaborated to implement creative and resourceful solutions to meet the needs of our clients in this uniquely challenging time. While our Chambliss Conference Center is open for scheduled in-person meetings, we continue to be available Continue Reading

On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (the CMS Rule) requiring employee vaccinations for certain Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care providers. The CMS Rule is being issued in tandem with the new Occupational Safety and Health Continue Reading

Here When You Need Us Throughout the pandemic, our team has collaborated to implement creative and resourceful solutions to meet the needs of our clients in this uniquely challenging time. While our Chambliss Conference Center is open for scheduled in-person meetings, we continue to be available Continue Reading

The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) Application and Attestation Portal is now open for Phase 4 and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Rural Distribution applications. Distributions received can be used for changes in a provider's operating revenues and expenses incurred between January 1, 2020, and March 31, Continue Reading

Here When You Need Us Throughout the pandemic, our team has collaborated to implement creative and resourceful solutions to meet the needs of our clients in this uniquely challenging time. While our Chambliss Conference Center is open for scheduled in-person meetings, we continue to be available Continue Reading

On Friday, September 10, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several developments related to the Provider Relief Fund (PRF). 60-Day Grace Period First, HHS announced a 60-day grace period (beginning on October 1, 2021, and ending on November 30, 2021) for the Continue Reading

On Monday, September 13, 2021, the House Ways and Means Committee released a draft of its proposed tax legislation and a summary of the major provisions. The proposed legislation, if enacted, would push higher tax rates on corporations, investors, and high-income business owners, limit several Continue Reading

In an 11-page memo released this afternoon, President Biden presented a multi-prong plan to combat the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, the plan indicates that there will be new COVID-related requirements imposed on large private employers and also on health care employers, Continue Reading

Tax and Estate Planning for Cryptocurrency By: David Hunter & Nick Nester In the past year, the global market capitalization of cryptocurrency has grown exponentially, reaching a high of $2.56 trillion on May 11, 2021. Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has more than 68 million Continue Reading

On July 29, 2021, the Department of the Treasury published updates to its Paycheck Protection Program FAQs. The updates come in response to the Small Business Administration's (SBA) decision to discontinue the use of its Loan Necessity Questionnaires (SBA Forms 3509 and 3510). In October Continue Reading