RAS Telecom Audit PowerPoint

Sustainable Cost Reduction TELECOM / DATA

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VALUE PROPOSITION

• No upfront costs • We do the work; no burden on client’s staff • Recovery of past errors & future savings • National database; best-in-class pricing • On-site telecom line review • Findings and Recommendations Report • We implement client approved savings • Contingency-based fee is a shared portion of

realized recovery and savings

• 14-year history of successful reviews

• Analysts specialized in their field: - 500 years of combined experience

• Certified line analysis specialists

• Public & Private clients, e.g. Marvel Entertainment; Bi-Low Grocery Chain; 1,000 satisfied hospitals and health care systems nationwide

• Woman-owned company

WHO WE ARE (TCVG)

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• United States Coast Guard

• City of Atlanta - $6.5 Annual Spend

• Banner Health, AZ - 3,430 beds

• Ochsner Health, LA - 1,700 beds

• Riverside Health, VA - 900 beds

• Broward Health, FL - 1,800 beds

SAMPLE OF SATISFIED CLIENTS

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SAMPLE OF RECENT & CURRENT CLIENTS

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City of Atlanta

US Coast Guard State of South Carolina

Dept. Homeland Security

SAVINGS 98% of the time

TYPICAL SAVINGS BY AREA

Savings

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TelecomWaste

Copiers

22% 34% 29%

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100%

TELECOM OPTIMIZATION

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Areas Reviewed

• Long Distance

• Local

• Internet/Data

• Wireless

• Pagers

• Cable/TV Service

• Teleconferencing

Findings

• Pricing / non-competitive

• Unused / non functioning lines

• Inefficient network configuration

• Fraudulent charges

• Erroneous charges

Proprietary National Database

MUNICIPAL TELECOM / DATA REVIEW

• $6.5 million annual telecom spend • 220 government locations audited • With only 70% of audit complete, $5.6

million in recoverable billing errors from prior years

• $3.2 million in ongoing annual cost reductions

• Retained to conduct monthly review of billings going forward

US COAST GUARD TELECOM REVIEW

Federal Agency

• Annual telecom/data spend: $60 million • Over 120,000 invoices reviewed

• $15 million in ongoing annual cost reductions

• $5 million in recoverable billing errors

RECENT TELECOM / DATA REVIEWS

$4 billion health system

• 4 hospitals & 28 clinics

• $1.4 million annual ongoing cost reduction

• $2.0 million in billing errors

$1.3 Billion Health System

• 2 hospitals & 13 clinics

• $180,000 in annual ongoing cost reduction

• $36,000 in billing errors

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TYPICAL OBJECTIONS

Client is too busy, too many projects

• We do the work – we simply need access to the latest invoices

and contracts and we do the rest

• We do our analysis offsite

• We implement approved recommendations

Client already does internal review

• We have national database of best-in-class pricing

• Over 500 years of combined industry specific auditing

experience, we know vendors’ tactics; analytical software

Review most recent 3 years of telecom invoices (can go farther back if data)

Real cost comparison to vendor contract for every line

Identify other non-price billing errors

Submit validated errors for vendor credit

Implementation of vendor credit confirmed on client invoice

TELECOM / DATA SAVINGS ROADMAP

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PROSPECTIVE 2015 and beyond

Use proprietary national database

Compare for best pricing of T-1s, PRIs, local, long distance, internet, paging, and conferencing

Improve cell phone plans

Conduct on site line review from invoice to telecom wall

Eliminate fraudulent billing

Implement client approved cost saving results

RETROPSECTIVE 2011 to 2014

Recent Telecom Reviews--Clinics

Clinic Telecom Spend

Annual Savings

Percent Savings

1 $402,324 $121,728 30% 2 $182,220 $30,876 17% 3 $14,400 $3,180 22% 4 $8,760 $3,066 35% 5 $51,492 $19,440 38% 6 $29,952 $6,588 22% 7 $48,936 $34,416 70% 8 $134,700 $28,932 21%

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SAMPLE AUDIT REPORT

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SIMPLE PROCESS

• Access to one months’ invoices and contracts.

• Analysis performed offsite

• Present our findings and recommendations

• Client chooses which recommendations it wants us to implement

• No charge for our services up to this point

• Our fees paid from a portion of the savings we validate on each vendor’s bills

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VALUE PROPOSITION

• No upfront costs • We do the work; no burden on client’s staff • Recovery of past errors & future savings • National database; best-in-class pricing • On-site telecom line review • Findings and Recommendations Report • We implement client approved savings • Contingency-based fee is a shared portion of

realized recovery and savings