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2013 MSCPA Governmental Accounting Conference

May 15

8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

8:40 a.m.  Update from the Missouri State Auditor's Office
Harry J. Otto, CPA, Missouri Deputy State Auditor, Jefferson City

9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break

9:40 a.m.  GASB Update
Lisa R. Parker, CPA, CGMA, Project Manager, GASB, Norwalk, CT  

10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. Concurrent Sessions A (please choose one)
 
A1. Pension Update
Lisa R. Parker, CPA, CGMA, Project Manager, GASB, Norwalk, CT

A2. Implementing Changes in the 2011 Yellow Book
Cynthia C. Teddleton, CPA, CGFM, Assistant Director, Financial Management and Assurance Standards, U.S. GAO, Atlanta, GA

A3. Section 218 – Social Security Classifications
 Vandee DeVore, CGFM, Deputy State Social Security Administrator, State of Missouri Office of Administration, Jefferson City

12:00 p.m. Networking Luncheon

1:00 p.m.  Concurrent Sessions B (please choose one)

B1. The Clarity Standards and Group Audit Requirements – Lessons Learned
Ted Williamson, CPA, Manager, RubinBrown, St. Louis
Michael G. Wolfe, CPA, Partner, BKD, LLP, Springfield

B2. Current Developments in Municipal Finance: Post Issuance Bond Compliance and Other Recent Topics
Sean M. Flynn, J.D. and Jason S. Terry, J.D., Gilmore & Bell, P.C., St. Louis 

B3. The State of Missouri's Single Audit
Douglas J. Porting, CPA, CFE, Assistant Director of Audits and Keri E. Wright, CPA, Audit Manager, Missouri State Auditor’s Office, Jefferson City

2:15 p.m.  Refreshment Break

2:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions C (please choose one)

C1. GASB Pension Standards – An Auditor’s Perspective
Michael G. Wolfe, CPA, Partner, BKD, LLP, Springfield

C2. Common Examination Issues
Sharon A. Boone, Federal, State, & Local Government Specialist, IRS, Springfield

C3. Best Practices for Performing Single Audits
Ted Williamson, CPA, Manager, RubinBrown LLP, St. Louis

3:45 p.m. Refreshment Break

4:00 p.m.  Medicare Hospital Compliance Audits
Chris Bressette, CPA, Audit Manager, and Steve Garrison, U.S. Department of HHS/OIG/Office of Audit Services, Kansas City  

5:15 p.m. Adjournment

2013 MSCPA Governmental Accounting Conference  

May 16

8:00 a.m.  Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.   Lessons from the Past:  First-Hand Advice for Fraud Prevention
Angela Morelock, CPA, CFE, ABV, CFF, Certified Forensic Accountant® Partner, BKD, LLP, Springfield
Jim Cali, CPA, CFF, CGMA, Director of Internal Audit, Bi-State Development Agency, St Louis

10:10 a.m.  Refreshment Break

10:20 a.m.   The Affordable Care Act: Health Care that’s Better, Safer, Less Costly
Kit Wagar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Affordable Care Act Specialist, Kansas City

Noon   Lunch on your own

Optional Ethics Session Thursday Afternoon
Crossing the Ethical Boundary: Insights from a Fraud Investigator (GAS-E13)