The purpose of this letter is to notify providers of the training schedule for the 2015 cost report. Cost report training is required every other year for the odd-year cost report in order for the preparer to be qualified to submit both that odd-year cost report and the following even-year cost report, therefore all preparers must complete cost report training for the 2015 cost report for a specific program in order to prepare a 2015 cost report.
All cost report training is offered via webinar. There are separate webinars for new preparers and for those who have taken cost report training in previous years for each program. Each webinar will include both the general and program-specific content for a program.
A preparer must complete the appropriate webinar in order to be able to submit a cost report. Upon completion of the appropriate webinar, preparers will be given the appropriate credit in order to submit a cost report in the State of Texas Automated Information Reporting System (STAIRS), which is the web-based data collection tool used to submit cost reports. There are no certificates issued at the completion of a webinar training since training credit is electronically stored in STAIRS. Additionally, there will be NO credits issued for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or Continuing Professional Education (CPEs) for completing either of the cost report training webinars.
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