Healthcare

Navigating Hiring, Compensation, Succession Planning, and Employee Retention Trends in Nonprofits: Insights for 2024

In the dynamic landscape of nonprofit organizations (NFPs), staying informed about hiring, compensation, succession planning, and employee retention trends is crucial for attracting, developing, and retaining top talent. Recruitment Trends in Nonprofits: As nonprofits...

Guest Article: Nonprofit Networking

Networking and relationship building have forever been critical practices for nonprofit organizations, their leaders, and other major organizational stakeholders such as board members, community relations professionals, fundraising professionals, and development...

Guest Article: Creating a Robust Travel & Expense Reimbursement Policy

One of the top issues we encounter when auditing travel reimbursement claims is determining what is considered an appropriate expense and does it comply with the district policy. As we are back out and traveling again, now is a good time to assess your travel and...

Important OMIG Update: August 2023

Important Update! The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) has updated its Self-Disclosure Program to offer two reporting pathways for Medicaid entities to address overpaid funds.

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...

Health Care Worker Bonus – Updated FAQ’s for Education Employers

When the NYS DOH pushed off the implementation of the HWB for educational organizations until October 2022, we all thought that signaled that revised regulations would be distributed to help education organizations work through the HWB maze. After all the HWB was...

Q&A on Healthcare Worker Bonus Program: Early Intervention Providers

This webinar is for Early Interventsion Providers. Deadline is October 31st for Vesting Period 1 and 2. **Information as of 10/11/22** Ken Cerini, Managing Partner of Cerini & Associates, LLP gave a background of the Healthcare Worker Bonus in regards to EI Providers...

Q&A on Healthcare Worker Bonus Program: Education Providers

This webinar is for Education Providers. Deadline is October 31st for Vesting Period 1 and 2. **Information as of 10/11/22** Ken Cerini, Managing Partner and Shari Diamond, Partner of Cerini & Associates, LLP gave a background of the Healthcare Worker Bonus in...

Healthcare Worker Bonus – Education & Early Intervention

When the Healthcare Worker Bonus (HWB) program was unveiled in August, educational organizations were included in the list of eligible employers, but with little clarification as to which ones or who would be covered. At the end of August, a memo was distributed by...

Healthcare Worker Bonus Update

For those of you who filed for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan, you remember the early days of the application process were marked by conflicting information, short deadlines, potential exposure, and more.   As time went by, the regulations loosened up and...
You May Need to Establish a Pension Plan for Your Staff

You May Need to Establish a Pension Plan for Your Staff

New regulations at both the NY City and NY State levels may now require employers, including physician practices, to establish a pension plan for the benefit of their employees. Summary – NY City Regulations On May 11, 2021, New York City Mayor De Blasio signed into...

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MEGA-SIZED NEW HEALTHCARE ENTRANTS

MEGA-SIZED NEW HEALTHCARE ENTRANTS

Money attracts more money. It’s no secret. It should come as no surprise then that the $4.1 trillion (yes, trillion) American healthcare industry is now in the crosshairs of the world’s largest and most profitable companies, each of whose stock is worth north of $1...

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Trends Impacting Business

Trends Impacting Business

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a devastating event that is transforming the world in many ways. One of the most transformed areas, especially in the United States, is the business world. Every single sector that conducts business in the United States, no matter...

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New HHS Guidance and Funding

New HHS Guidance and Funding

Between last year and the beginning of this year, the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued three rounds of Provider Relief Funds (PRF) to assist healthcare providers that were negatively impacted by the COVID Pandemic. These funds were to cover...

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Health Care Trends

Health Care Trends

I don’t know about you, but I feel like the last year has been somewhat of a blur.  There have been a constant flow of regulatory changes impacting healthcare providers (safety protocols, office closures), a myriad of financial support and acronyms to learn (PPP,...

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Why Reviews and Ratings Should Matter

Why Reviews and Ratings Should Matter

Finding Doctors Before vs Now: Remember when you had to rely on prospective patients skimming through the Yellow Pages to find your practice? Before technology changed the way people do research, they used to rely upon telephone books, word-of-mouth, and referrals...

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PROVIDER RELIEF FUND COMPLIANCE

PROVIDER RELIEF FUND COMPLIANCE

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (PPPCHE), the federal government allocated $178 billion in payments to be distributed...

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GIFTS IN KIND – NEW RULES

GIFTS IN KIND – NEW RULES

Many nonprofit organizations rely not just on donations of cash and stock, but also on the donation of in-kind contributions. Food pantries see a large portion of their donations in the form of food, around the holidays toys and gift cards are high on the list, and...

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