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Acumen Fiscal Intermediary will be participating in the Therap National Provider Administrator Conference in Fishkill, NY February 2-4, 2010.

Acumen will be presenting on their services. There will also be discussions on how agencies might use Therap for documentation as well as Acumen’s services.

The following information is from Acumen’s website

What is a Fiscal Employer Agent?
A Fiscal Employer Agent, also known as a fiscal intermediary relieves individuals, guardians and caregivers of the tedium of writing vendor and payroll checks and paying withholdings to state and federal agencies.
What is the difference between a provider agency and Acumen?
A provider agency provides support services. If you use a provider, they supply caregivers for you and/or your dependent(s). Because the staff work for the provider agency, the agency is responsible for all the employer responsibilities – hiring, firing, training, payroll withholding and filing, which comes at a higher cost. With Acumen, the individual receiving services is the employer. They recruit, hire, schedule and train their own employees. Not only can they get more support for the same dollars by being in charge, they are in total control.

We expect to have presentations, participation and discussions with CARF, CQL, Deyta on Ancor Performance Excellence,   College of Direct Support, Web Footed Friends and Rest Assured in addition to Acumen.

We are excited about the opportunity for Therap uses to hear what these organizations are doing. We recognize that agencies utilize various outside supports, services and accreditations. We hope to further the dialog with a practical approach centers on real users and their issues.

I would urge people to register soon for the conference. The Therap conference in Oregon this week has over 150 registered. There are limited spaces at the Fishkill conference as well as at the Holiday Inn that the conference will be held at.

The next Side-by-Side Technology Conference will be in Kansas City, Missouri May 4-6, 2010 at the Holiday Inn.

Once again the conference will be with The College of Direct Support and Bill, Annie and Donna will be there.

In addition, we expect to have Rest Assured and Web Footed Friends. As well as Deyta talking about Ancor’s Performance Excellence.

Registration information about conference sessions will be posted on the website.

We just finished Side by Side Technology Conference IV with College of Direct Support, Rest Assured, WebFooted Friends and Deyta.

Special thanks to Amy Hewitt of the University of Minnesota for her presentation.

I am finding it tremendously exciting seeing the number of agencies moving forward with technology to improve their support and operations, reduce costs and help with compliance.

Having these national conferences really highlights the changes in attitudes towards electronic signatures, family access and so many other issues.

I can no longer just write across the country as we had a group from ACRS in Alberta Canada participating as well.

Look for details on the next side by side technology conference to be held in Missouri in May 2010.

We will also discuss many of these issues and have presentations at the Therap National Provider Administration Conference in Fishkill, NY February 2-4, 2010