What counts in your practice
Work you already do- New imaging and scannersWorking out how a new scanner fits your diagnostic protocols.
- 3D printingBuilding the workflow around a printer for guides, models, or appliances.
- New proceduresWriting the protocol for a procedure your practice hasn't offered before.
- Device integrationFitting a new clinical device into exam and treatment workflows.
- New therapiesWorking out how to deliver a therapy that's new to your practice.
- Technique refinementAdjusting settings and technique until a new method gives reliable outcomes.
- Digital dentistry and orthodonticsDeveloping your own digital appliance and aligner workflows.
- Materials evaluationTesting whether a new material or supply holds up in your procedures.
The four questions, for medical practices
§41's four-part test- Did you bring in a device, procedure, or protocol new to your practice?It doesn't have to be new to medicine.
- Did it take real know-how?Your care rests on biology and medicine; your devices on physics and engineering.
- Were you unsure at the start?How does the new scanner fit the way we diagnose? Which settings give a reliable result?
- Did you try options to find out?Rounds of adjusting a protocol and tracking outcomes are exactly that.
Unsure about any of these? That's what the call is for. The four-part test in plain English
Practices ask
We don't run clinical trials. What counts as research here?
Testing a new technique or device setup against a clear unknown, and changing course on the results.
We contract with a hospital. Does that matter?
What matters is who pays the staff doing the work and whether the hospital contract pays for results or for time. A practice that pays tax on its own revenue can qualify, hospital contract or not.
Does a specialty like anesthesia qualify?
Any specialty can when it tests a new device or technique against a real unknown. Anesthesia and orthopedics fit the same way imaging does.
Our practice has been open for decades. Do we qualify?
The credit follows recent work. A practice of any age can qualify in the years it brings in new technology or methods.
Our doctors and nurse practitioners are all contractors. Does their work count?
Part of what you pay them can. When the practice pays for the work and keeps the protocols they build, their testing time is part of the study.
The hospital owns every machine. We just write the orders. Is that enough?
Yes. The work that counts is working out the care: how fast to advance feeds, when to wean from a ventilator, which new medication to try. Who owns the machines doesn't change that.
We follow the latest evidence. Isn't that just keeping up?
Reading a new study isn't research. Bringing its protocol into your practice, watching how patients respond, and adjusting is.
Does adding telemedicine count?
It can, when making it work for your patients took testing, like what to watch remotely and when to escalate. Switching on a vendor's app by itself doesn't.
Filing, how far back, exams, and costs: common questions.
For your CPA: where the credit goes on Form 1120, 1120-S, 1065, or 1040.
Give us thirty minutes.
Bring whoever led your newest device or procedure. You'll leave knowing whether your practice's work qualifies.
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