Budgets Telephone Seminars

Special Needs Trusts: What, Why and How ...icants for and recipients of these government benefits as budgets for government benefit programs tighten. The focus of this live audio conference will be on special needs trusts, which may be useful to a wide variety of persons faced with these issues. We will first set the context by describing the main government benefit programs and fundamental planning tools. We then will discuss the  more...

Preparing for Medicaid Audits ...ic downturn has caused shortfalls to many states' overall budgets. Under recently enacted health care reform legislation the Medicaid program and its projected budgetary shortfalls is only going to expand. Those states are now looking toward Medicaid providers to make up the shortfall, through the use of post payment audits and overpayment recovery. The use of statistics based upon a small  more...

HR Budgeting Fundamentals: Translate Your Goals into Revenue Terms ...fitsDue to SOX legislation and CFO/controller's demanding budgets from the HR department, HR professionals have had to learn budgeting skills. Most HR people did not go to school to be financial gurus and learning to properly budget for people-related expenses is a foreign language. However, if you truly want a seat at the table you must learn to appropriately forecast and plan for the most  more...

Developing, Managing and Analyzing a Budget: Understand and Implement an Effective Budget for Better Management and Financial De ...ynamic process, not a static one. By knowing the types of budgets and processes that have worked for others, one can create an environment and procedure that is a tool for attainment of organizational goals. A suitable budget will, indeed, help define and shape those goals, as well as evaluate the likelihood of achievement. Accountants, tax managers, CFOs, controllers, enrolled agents,  more...

Measuring Inefficiency on a Construction Project ...ofitability. Conversely, inefficiency boosts costs, busts budgets and kills profits. Given the consequences, understanding and managing the efficiency of construction is important to everyone on the project - from the contractors, subcontractors and suppliers that experience inefficiency to the owners and design consultants whose actions can lead to inefficiencies. The first step toward  more...

Effective Sales Management: Short and Long-term Planning, Forecasting, and Expense Budgeting ...lps the individuals responsible for planning and updating budgets, with a focus on maintaining effective sales activities. In an uncertain economy, performing long-term budget planning is often viewed as a luxury, rather than as an essential business practice. In every kind of economy, however, the need to anticipate financial boundaries is essential to ongoing business success. Understanding  more...

Employee Engagement in Troubled Times ...els and increased workloads, and constrained compensation budgets. Nonetheless, there is opportunity amid the economic uncertainty. Careful attention to positioning individuals and teams to succeed will not only allow organizations to weather the storm, but also to emerge from the downturn in a stronger competitive position. This teleconference will first review the challenges companies face in  more...

Developing a Community Nonemergency Response System ...overnment solutions to improve service without increasing budgets. Elected officials know the quality of services can mean the difference between re-election and defeat. This teleconference will provide municipal leaders the information required to build a business case to deploy a non-emergency call center. During this discussion, we will explore conducting a cost-benefit analysis and  more...