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30 Years of Connecting with Cerini & Associates, LLP

Celebrate Cerini & Associates, LLP's 30th Anniversary with Ken Cerini, Founder & Managing Partner! Today, we celebrate a milestone: the 30th Anniversary of Cerini & Associates, LLP. From a humble garage start-up to a leading firm with seven partners and...

Workforce Retention Bonus Program

Background: Funding from the program will support up to 150,000 childcare workers with bonus payments ranging from $2,300 to $3,000 (depending on modality) to staff in caregiving roles, as well as funding to support childcare programs’ efforts to recruit new staff,...

OMIG Published New Compliance Program Self-Assessment Form

The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) has recently published a new Compliance Program Self-Assessment form on its website. This form is designed to assist healthcare providers in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of their compliance programs based...

A Diamond in the Rough: How Transparency & Documentation Produces Incomparable Audits

It’s audit season…wait…isn’t it always audit season? Tune in with Shari Diamond, Partner at Cerini and Associates, LLP, who dives into the claims audit process, how Artificial Intelligence can affect our processes and what to look out for down the road.Shari has been...

Evaluating Your Accounting Software Needs

When was the last time your organization evaluated its accounting software… or maybe you are a start-up, keeping track of your organization’s finances on excel or even paper ledgers and now it is time to upgrade to a more sophisticated system. Many organizations tend...

Guest Article: Ditching the Deductible: Cost Reductions through Creative “First-Dollar” Coverage

Plan design decisions impact costs for both employers and employees. Employers and their advisors can manipulate the levers of plan design to manage costs but these changes can also increase costs for participants, creating dissatisfaction and barriers to care. What...

Guest Article: Controlling Spiraling Cyberattacks: Understanding Today’s Cyber Landscape is Essential for all School Leaders

As we have seen in recent cyberattacks at schools, it is no longer a matter of if, but when your school may become the next target of ransomware, phishing, denial of service, or other cyberattacks. Understanding today’s cyber landscape related to the education market...

Amazon Purchases and Compliance with GML

Documentation of the rationale for the selection of a vendor and their goods and services should be maintained and included as a part of the internal control procedures at any district. For auditors, documentation is paramount to show that goods and services were...

Guest Article: Keys to Sustaining a Professional Learning Program that Sticks

Today, a school’s success relies on its implementation of research-based and current instructional best practices. To improve student achievement and teaching practices, educators must also focus on integrating their own continuous learning in a sustained and...

Guest Article: Helping Schools Embrace Mindfulness

Mission Be is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to bringing mindfulness-based social, emotional and life-skills to students, youth, families and educators in order to create a more sustainable and compassionate world. Mindfulness is the practice of paying...
New Form I-9

New Form I-9

The new version of Form I‑9, Employment Eligibility Verification (PDF, 483.6 KB) along with new instructions are now available for use. This version contains changes to the form and instructions, including shortening the Form I‑9 to one page and reducing the instructions to eight pages.

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30 Years of Connecting with Cerini & Associates, LLP

30 Years of Connecting with Cerini & Associates, LLP

Celebrate Cerini & Associates, LLP's 30th Anniversary with Ken Cerini, Founder & Managing Partner! Today, we celebrate a milestone: the 30th Anniversary of Cerini & Associates, LLP. From a humble garage start-up to a leading firm with seven partners and...

read more
Workforce Retention Bonus Program

Workforce Retention Bonus Program

Background: Funding from the program will support up to 150,000 childcare workers with bonus payments ranging from $2,300 to $3,000 (depending on modality) to staff in caregiving roles, as well as funding to support childcare programs’ efforts to recruit new staff,...

read more
OMIG Published New Compliance Program Self-Assessment Form

OMIG Published New Compliance Program Self-Assessment Form

The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) has recently published a new Compliance Program Self-Assessment form on its website. This form is designed to assist healthcare providers in evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of their compliance programs based...

read more
Evaluating Your Accounting Software Needs

Evaluating Your Accounting Software Needs

When was the last time your organization evaluated its accounting software… or maybe you are a start-up, keeping track of your organization’s finances on excel or even paper ledgers and now it is time to upgrade to a more sophisticated system. Many organizations tend...

read more
Amazon Purchases and Compliance with GML

Amazon Purchases and Compliance with GML

Documentation of the rationale for the selection of a vendor and their goods and services should be maintained and included as a part of the internal control procedures at any district. For auditors, documentation is paramount to show that goods and services were...

read more