The Health Resources and Services Administration is pleased to announce the availability of a new costing tool for HIV/AIDS providers. The Technical Assistance Costing Tool (TACT) is an Excel-based software tool developed in response to the needs of many providers who would like assistance in identifying the underlying costs of the services they provide. Based on basic patient information, the Costing Tool calculates patient care expenses and provides grantees with information on the costs of their own clinical services to assist them in billing and seeking reimbursement from managed care organizations and other third party payors. The TACT software is intended for internal use and can compliment other tools organizations may have in their practice management resource libraries. Go to http://www.hrsa.gov/TACT to learn more about the TACT and to obtain a copy of the software and user manual.

On February 25, 2004, a webcast training event for will be held for HRSA/HAB grantees/subgrantees on the specifics of how to use the TACT. Attached is a program announcement for the webcast.

<<TACT031218final.pdf>>
We encourage intersted HIV/AIDS providers to download the software and user manual, review or work with the program, then participate in the webcast to get additional information and have any questions you may have answered. The webcast will be broadcast on February 25, 2004 from

1:00PM-3:00PM in the Eastern time zone
It can be viewed simultaneously in other time zones at the following local times:
12:00 Noon - 2:00PM Central
11:00AM - 1:00PM Mountain
10:00AM - 12:00Noon Pacific
9:00AM - 11:00AM Alaska
8:00AM - 10:00AM Hawaii

You can register for the webcast on line by clicking the link below:
http://66.119.37.165/cfmx/ec/register/reg.cfm?BID=1&RegID=E6BB0EFD-D285-3D08-4D376420561BF60F
or
by going through the TACT program website http://www.hrsa.gov/TACT

After you register, you will receive electronic confirmation of your registration and information on how you will receive materials, including copies of the webcast slides, to facilitate your participation in the webcast.

Send questions or comments to: TACT@...