See sample agenda below. The agenda can be tailored to meet your organizations needs.

Day 1

Cost Accounting Overview

• Overview of Trendstar modules
  
• Overview of Cost Accounting Model (Flow Chart)
  
• Departmental Cost Allocation Process

Overview of MCA Applications

• Patient costing
  
• Flexible budgeting
  
• Case-based budgeting

Review MCA menu options

Data Flows in MCA

• Integration with HSL
  
• Integration with CCA

Data Base Structure

Updating Volume and Price in MCA

Bringing Standards into MCA

• Copying inpatient standards to outpatient
  
• Creating batch to automate process

Day 2

Patient Costing in MCA

• Walk-thru "case study" on one small department

Integrating with HSL cost model

• Cost component data base

MCA Allocation Table

Unstudied Procedures

Developing Costs in CCA

MCA Maintenance Checklist

Cost Manager Overview

Data Base Structures

• Departments
  
• Service Items
  
• Account Groups, Accounts
  
• Components

Service Items

Resources

Profiles

• Tasks
  
• Resource quantities
  
• Percents

Day 3

Importing data into Cost Manager

• Resources
  
• Service Items
  
• Profiles
  (Review import template provided by TriNet)

Reports in Cost Manager

• Profile listings
  
• Other reports

Exporting to MCA

Recap: Cost Manager Work Plan