ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING *** The monthly meeting of the Government Contractors Association is the one place where business owners, government professionals, and industry experts can come to network, meet possible teaming partners, connect with agencies, get best practices from successful peers and learn how to navigate the maze that is government contracting. This month's event is: REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS: Planning for Success in 2...

Overview: This 60 minute webinar will cover traceability requirements and techniques useful in the event of quality deviation investigations and potential FDA Recalls. The session will also cover associated information like identification, classification and protocols. A variety of technologies at various price levels that are used for tracking and recall will be covered. There are quite a variety of potential applications ranging from simple...

Course "Mastering the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules: Coping with Rule Changes, Managing Incidents, Preparing for Audits, and Avoiding Penalties" has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion. Overview: This session is designed to provide intensive, two-day training in HIPAA compliance, including what's new in the regulations, what's chang...

Course "Statistical Process Control & Process Capability" has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion. Overview: This course teaches participants the fundamental concepts and methods needed to establish effective control charts and estimate process capability. In addition to learning traditional control charts (e.g. xbar, r/s), participants will be exposed...

Overview: You'll not only learn how to control a user's actions, but you'll also learn how to make your spreadsheets as future-proof as possible. You'll also learn techniques that can significantly save you time when making a spreadsheet as "user-proof" as possible. The session will lead off with a discussion of look-up formulas in Excel. Spreadsheet-based data is often dynamic, so functions such as VLOOKUP help spreadsheet stay resilient and...

Overview: This webinar will cover the basics of creating a model to forecast variables that are relevant to a business such as product demand or price of an important input. What are the steps to formulating a forecast model? How do you estimate a model? What are the potential pitfalls in formulating and estimating a model? How do you determine which model formulation performs best? How do you test your model? What do you need to do once you h...

Overview: We will be discussing the history and evolution of HIPAA Privacy/Security and the major points you need to understand to proactively protect your practice or business from the imminent federal auditing process: Specific areas covered will be: HIPAA now has teeth and funding - a background Be proactive NOT reactive - importance of this based on real life experiences What is involved in a HIPAA audit - from real life events Patients su...

Overview: Does your Complaint Management system provide value to your company? It does if your company handles complaints efficiently and effectively - taking them through the reporting, classification, investigation, corrective action, and design change phases. Your system is effective if it recognizes the requirements to report to regulatory agencies (such as FDA, the EU, and Health Canada) and ensures you make the reports on time. An integr...

Overview: A management system, by definition, is a process by which a function or functions are carried out in an organization by a series of hierarchal documents that are prescriptive, and set a particular path on which the organization manages its day-to-day operations. A management system can be for one function, but more often than not, it incorporates many functions. Functions like accounting, engineering, banking, etc. have their own man...

Overview: There are mandatory, elective, and optional topics. These topics are outlined in the specific industry procedures. Mandatory topics are required and must be conducted for the minimum amount of time indicated. These topics are determined by OSHA and include: OSHA Orientation Work in Confined & Enclosed Spaces Walking/Working Surfaces; ladders, scaffolds, fall protection, etc. Personal Protective Equipment, all types Basic Electric...