creating and maintaining a successful health clinic under the affordable care act what the...
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Creating and Maintaining a Successful Health Clinic under the Affordable Care
Act What the Affordable Care Act means for health clinics and how to plan for their
success through financial and legal considerations.
Aamer Hayat CEO AWC Management, Inc
COO Avecinia Wellness Center
Wasif Ali Khan, JD, LLM (Health Law)
LaDonna Waugh, MD, JD FACS
MAY 9, 2015 (CHICAGO, IL)
FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AND BUSINESS PLANNING
Financial Considerations/Business Planning
1) Understand your market• Who are you serving?• What resources are currently available to that
population?• What is your clinics value proposition?
2) Understand your resources• Will you be using grants? Fundraising? Medicaid?• Which community groups can be partners?
3) Understand your costs• What will be your most significant costs:
• Salary (Administrative, Professional Fees)• Rent• Supplies
Financial Considerations/Business Planning
1) Understand your market• Who are you serving?
• Medicaid Population• Indigent – Uninsured• Immigrant - Uninsured
• What resources are currently available to that population?• Local Health Clinics• Homeless Shelters• Islamic Centers/Churches/Synagogues
• What is your clinics value proposition?• What difference are you try to make?• What are alternatives to creating a clinic?
Financial Considerations/Business Planning
1) Understand your resources• Will you be using grants? Fundraising? Medicaid?
• Medicaid or other federal health resources may be restrictive in who can be
• Grants • Which community groups/businesses can be
partners?• Can pooling you resources achieve better
results?• Can local businesses or resources provide for
costs?
Financial Considerations/Business Planning
1) Understand your costs• What will be your most significant costs:
• Salary (Administrative, Professional Fees)• Hire a good lawyer (Asbahi Law)
• Not For Profit Status, Etc• Hire a good accountant
• Cash Flow & Income Statement • Hire a good “manager”
• Organizational management• Rent
• What are your most cost efficient options• Free spaces• Shared spaces
• Insurance• Malpractice – Volunteer programs
• Supplies• Administrative/Medical Supplies• Medicines
LEGAL ELEMENTS OF NON-PROFIT CLINIC OPERATIONS
Legal Elements of Non-profit Clinic Operations
1) Forming the Legal Entity• Formation of Entity (Not for Profit Corporation)• Internal Documents (Bylaws, Policies &
Procedures)• Form 1023-Application for Tax Exemption• State Registrations
• Registration with Attorney General• State Solicitation Statutes• Tax and Employment Security Offices
2) Business Contracts and Agreements• Vendor Agreement• Commercial Leases• Employment/Independent Contractor
Agreements
Legal Elements of Non-profit Clinic Operations
3) Relationships w/ Health Professionals• Prohibition on corporate practice of medicine
• If you will be paying for staff physicians/dentist must be independent contractor & maintain independent judgment
• Preference for volunteers• Volunteer Protection Act• State Protections for Physicians and Dentists
4) Insurance• Malpractice concerns for Physicians/Dentists• General Business Liability Insurance• Directors & Officers Insurance
Legal Elements of Non-profit Clinic Operations
5) Compliance with Health Care Laws and Regulations• Some compliance efforts dependent on
equipment (use of X-Rays, MRI’s, etc.) • HIPAA & Privacy Laws
• Personal Information Protection Act• Medical Patient Rights Act• HIPAA-generally not applicable to non-profit
clinics6) General Recommendations
• Well-thought out and proper documentation at the start prevents headaches
• Operate the free-clinic like a clinic, not like a “free” clinic
• Maintain proper board governance as you grow (transition from operation to governing board)
• Fiduciary obligations for Board of Directors• Duties of Care, Loyalty and Obedience
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