Technical Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Stark Act Update: Recent Changes and Operational Challenges ...technical law that prohibits several common financial arrangements between physicians and entities to which they refer, including hospitals. If a physician has a financial arrangement with an entity that bills for or performs 'designated health services,' the financial arrangement will need to meet all components of an applicable exception. If the Stark Act is implicated and all components of  more...

Taxation of Gifts, Prizes, Bonuses and Awards BenefitsParticularly in difficult economic times, employers are looking to provide benefits to employees with the least cost, both to them and employees. Gifts and prizes can be a good yet inexpensive way to boost morale, unless employers and employees alike fail to understand the tax consequences and end up with an unintended and unwanted tax bill. This teleconference will explain the tax  more...

Getting Advice from the IRS: Letter Rulings, Pre-Filing Agreements, TAMS and GLAMs BenefitsMany times clients must have certainty as to the federal tax consequences of a proposed transaction - and while tax opinions are helpful, they do not provide the certainty of qualified advice from the IRS. This teleconference is designed to discuss how, when and why to seek qualified written advice from the IRS, normally in the form of a private letter ruling request, a review of the  more...

Preparing for Medicaid Audits ...l necessity analysis, but instead extends to instances of technical noncompliance of the most insignificant nature. Failure to prepare and to adequately respond even if prepared may subject a provider to the harshest of consequences. This teleconference is critical to any provider enrolled in the Medicaid program who desires to stay in the program. Medical records directors, health information  more...

Performance Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Constructed Bridges ... bridges from elementary concepts to advanced topics. The technical contents will include detailed evaluation techniques, a review of the code provisions, and rehabilitation methods with conventional construction materials and advanced composite materials such as fiber reinforced polymer. Life cycling engineering and costing will be discussed. A case study will be provided to better understand  more...

Current Issues in Cell Tower Leases BenefitsThe wireless industry has built more than 220,000 cell sites in the United States in the past 20 years. But many more cell sites are needed as the wireless industry expands coverage and extends the capabilities of cell phones and wireless devices into data, email, computer and video applications. New cell sites and significant modifications to existing cell sites will also be needed to  more...

Taxation Issues Related to Debt Restructuring, Modifications and Bankruptcies ...eleveraging of American companies. However, the rules are technical and detailed. Any person advising a company considering modifying or repurchasing its debt or declaring bankruptcy should attend this important teleconference. Accountants, tax managers, CFOs, controllers, enrolled agents, business managers and owners, presidents, vice presidents, CEOs, business and financial analysts, risk  more...

Construction Project Management in Remote Locations: Site Considerations and Unique Challenges ...red output or regulatory result. The client expectations: technical and commercial analysis, scope of work development, a detailed execution plan, a detailed CPM schedule with day certain financial closing and a fixed price lump sum price to perform the work, all due in 3 to 6 weeks. A sense of urgency is the common thread that runs through all of the construction planning steps and is  more...

Understanding LEED for Sustainable Building ...s latest LEED system results from more than four-years of technical research, reviews of many actual LEED certified projects and advisory activities of hundreds of technical experts. The 2009 revisions are comprehensive and may reduce building environmental impacts by 10 percent on LEED certified projects, focusing mainly on further reductions in energy waste and enhanced water conservation.  more...

Increasing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Manufacturing Logistics ...riority is to provide this support without wasting human, technical or financial resources. This is efficiency. What most companies do in logistics is pursue efficiency at the expense of effectiveness, curtailing service by delivering parts in crates to assembly lines and delaying deliveries by waiting for trucks to be full, and there is plenty of evidence that this approach is  more...

Water Well Rehabilitation - Technical Considerations and Economic Advantages ...conference will help you maximize both the economical and technical considerations for rehabilitation of water wells. The teleconference will include discussions of the maintenance (cleaning) aspects of well rehabilitation and the augmentation (structural modification to achieve improved water quality or greater production) aspects of well rehabilitation. Practical applications and case studies  more...

2009 Updates to the International Residential Codes ...me professionals view the changes as unnecessary, express technical concerns or unjustified expense. On the other hand, homes that are constructed under the new 2009 IECC are forecasted to save 15-20 percent more energy than homes built under the 2006 code. This teleconference will take you through the changes to learn what lies ahead in the building code industry and how it will affect your  more...

Utilizing Congestion Pricing to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Generate Infrastructure Revenue nMany states and metropolitan areas are faced with increasing traffic congestion along with inadequate sources of transportation revenue to address transportation investment needs. After completing this teleconference, you will improve your understanding of the ability of congestion pricing to address both congestion reduction and revenue generation objectives. You will be able to describe some of  more...

Maximizing Innovation and Design Process Credits for LEED. Certification ...on, representing a major upgrade and harmonization of key technical criteria. This latest version (effectively "3.0") results from more than four years of technical research, reviews of many actual LEED® certified projects and advisory activities of hundreds of technical experts. n nThis teleconference is based on publicly available information concerning the LEED® rating and certification  more...

Reading and Understanding Soil Reports ...s) understand what type of soils report you may need, the technical terms found within the soils report, what is really the important information you need to get out of a soils report and what is the next step after receiving the soils information. Soils reports can be used in the earlier of middle stages of design and construction phases of a project. Findings from soils reports may also lead  more...

CPM in Construction Management: Preventing and Measuring Delays ...tify project delays. The discussion will also provide the technical and legal foundation for the techniques presented. You will be brought up to date on the very latest scheduling tools and concepts relevant to recognizing and quantifying delays on a construction project. Our speaker will introduce the concept of the longest path, present a simple way to understand float ownership and tackle  more...