Human & Social Services
Streamlining Operations: How Modern ERP Systems Solve Inefficiencies and Drive Growth
In this article: Complex nonprofits, especially multi-service health and human services agencies, face the daunting task of managing diverse programs, complex funding streams, and stringent compliance requirements. Fragmented systems and disjointed processes can compound these challenges, leading to inefficiencies and increased administrative workloads. The implementation of a well-designed enterprise resource planning (ERP) system offers a […]
Shift in EEC Funding Model Requires Business Process Assessment
Effective October 1, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) shifted its contract reimbursement from a primarily unit-rate model to a mix of unit-rate and cost-reimbursable contracts. Under the new contracts, childcare seats will be reimbursed on a unit-rate basis while administrative and supportive services will be funded through cost reimbursement contracts. […]
Cost Center Coding Strategies for Effective Grant Reporting
For complex human and social services providers, managing grants and ensuring compliance can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. One effective strategy to simplify this process is through cost center coding. AAFCPAs provides the following detailed guidance on how to leverage cost center coding to streamline grant reporting and maintain compliance. Design Your Cost Centers […]
OSD Procurement Regulations Related to Environmentally Preferable Products
AAFCPAs would like to inform our health and human services clients that the Operational Services Division (OSD) of Massachusetts is planning to amend 808 CMR 1.00 to include provisions and requirements related to Environmentally Preferable Products (EPPs). While these amendments are currently in the early stages and OSD is soliciting feedback, their implementation appears imminent. […]
Enhancing Reporting Capabilities With Integrated Systems
For CFOs and financial leaders within the Health and Human Services sector, the challenge of managing and reporting on diverse programs funded from various sources is a significant one. Accurate and efficient reporting is essential but often hampered by data spread across multiple, disconnected systems. AAFCPAs provides the following guidance on how integrating these systems […]
System Integration for Human Services: Watch our OnDemand Webinar
Watch AAFCPAs’ Partner of Business Process, Robyn Leet, along with guests Adam Shuster from Incompass Human Services and AAFCPAs’ Audit Partner Katie Belanger, CPA, speak on overcoming common system integration challenges in health and human services organizations. Learn ways to integrate billing and ERP systems with accounting and GL systems and how to simplify state […]
FQHCs Boost Revenue Through MassHealth Change in Scope of Services
AAFCPAs would like to make Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) clients in Massachusetts aware that MassHealth change in scope guidelines provide an adjustment process for certain changes in scope and an associated boost in revenue through an increased Prospective Payment System (PPS) rate. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) defines a change […]
Nonprofit Challenges in Navigating Tax Issues
Nonprofit organizations are often thought to be tax exempt. But this is a misnomer, as there are many situations where a nonprofit may have to either pay or collect and remit tax. Private foundations, also under the umbrella of 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, are subject to a 1.39 percent net investment tax on their investment income […]
UFR Insights: AAFCPAs Presents Webinar for Providers’ Council
AAFCPAs’ Human & Social Services practice leaders Katie Belanger, CPA and Thomas Perruna, MPAc have been invited to present on August 30, 2023 at 10 AM on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Uniform Financial Statement (UFR) during an educational member’s only webinar hosted by the Providers’ Council. AAFCPAs contacts who are not members of the Providers’ […]