1. MEPRS Early Warning and Control System (MEWACS) Online 2010 and the Consolidated Cost Report (CCR) MEPRS 2010 TMA MEPRS Program Office Management Control and Financial Studies Division

2. MEWACS Online 2010 Overview

3. Highlights of the MEWACS upgrade include: * FTE and salary snapshots by Skill Type * Visibility of step-down expenses before allocation * Addition of Dental Weighted Procedures and OBD to MTF Data Profiles * Identification of data inconsistencies where workload is reported without expenses * Flexibility to see FTEs and salaries before or after cost pool purification * Expanded help features

4. Two New metrics: Personnel Profiles Workload-Expense Check

5. Though the format is fresh, the basic concept of condition selection has not changed.

6. Check for notes detailing issues that affect all MTFs.

7. For best results, Save first and then Open.

8. Two new data elements: Occupied Bed Days Dental Weighted Procedures

10. Data are visible by Skill Type and by Pre- or Post- purification. Graphs can be copied for use in documents.

11. All of these instances are from the same clinic BGAB. For more help, consult the Users Guide.

12. MEWACS Online 2010 Scenario

13. Using your own MTF, check for data anomalies in: * Data Load Status * Summary Outliers * MTF Data Profiles – Use multiple select on FY to see if data behavior is seasonal * WWR/EAS IV Outliers * Allocation Test/Detail * Personnel Profiles * Workload-Expense Check

14. FY10 CCR Overview

16. CCR Highlights include: * Executive Summary * Detailed direct and Indirect expenses by Parent MTF, FM, and FCC4 * Multi-stage outlier flagging methodology: - Negative Expenses - Expenses with no workload - Indirect expenses remaining after step-down - Application of Pareto principle (80 – 20 rule) to indicate which values to evaluate for outliers.

18. Direct Expenses have been split into two categories Costpools are included in the Direct expense

19. All FCCs are available for review

20. FY09 Data as baseline for FY10 FY09 data that drives FY10 flags are highlighted

21. Scenario FY10 CCR

22. Using your own MTF: * Look for Total Expense anomalies in MEWACS. If your site has no anomalies, use 0043 Tyndall (AF) or 0056 Great Lakes (Navy) * Go to CCR in the appropriate month and 1 st Level FCC * Evaluate instances of negative expenses * Evaluate instances of expenses with no workload * Evaluate instances of workload with no expenses * Evaluate other outliers

23. Questions? Deirdre Baker deirdre_baker@sra.com 210-832-5216 MEPRS Early Warning and Control System (MEWACS) Online 2010 and the Consolidated Cost Report (CCR)