The AI Issue | Two Cents Magazine by Financial Cents

Issue 02 of Two Cents Magazine examines how bookkeeping and accounting firms are using artificial intelligence in 2026, and where adoption is falling short of its promise. Drawing on a Financial Cents survey of 486 North American accounting and bookkeeping professionals, alongside interviews with firm owners, technology leaders, and industry experts, the issue explores AI adoption, measurable ROI, human oversight, pricing, capacity, professional development, and the controls firms are building around the technology.

2026 Bookkeeping Firm Tech Stack Report | Financial Cents

Tools are supposed to solve problems. But for too many small bookkeeping firms, the tools have become the problem.

To get a better understanding of the tool sprawl problem, we surveyed 261 bookkeeping and accounting firm professionals about how they’re managing their tech stack, where things break down, and what they actually wish they had instead.

This is an unfiltered look at the state of software in small bookkeeping firms—and what it’s costing the people who run them.

No Notes Podcast: The Provider Compensation Conundrum | Eleos

Community mental health organizations face a unique challenge: providing fair and competitive compensation to their clinicians while operating under tight financial constraints. In this episode of No Notes, host Denny Morrison, PhD, sits down with Katie Weihe, Human Resources Vice President at Aurora Mental Health, and Amanda Rankin, Customer Insights Lead at Eleos, to explore current trends in provider compensation, the challenges that leaders face when setting pay scales, and creative strategi...

How Safe Harbor Bookkeeping Cut Invoicing From A Full Day To 90 Minutes — And Stopped Turning Away Clients

Terri Evans didn’t go to college for accounting. She got her education around the kitchen table. Her father was a self-employed general contractor; her mother handled his books. The summer after her senior year of high school, Terri jumped in to run the financial side of the business while her parents spent three months on a mission trip in Canada. Fast-forward to 2009, when she took over the administrative side of her husband’s contracting business—building financial processes and workflows fro...

How On Track Accounting Solutions Heads Off 1099 Headaches with Month-End Close in Financial Cents

Greg Scholten founded On Track Accounting Solutions with a mission to deliver specialized accounting, bookkeeping, and tax services to underserved niches. The firm focuses primarily on adult foster care (AFC) homes and nonprofits—client types that demand careful, compliant, detail-oriented financial management.
Greg runs On Track as a fully virtual practice, working alongside two part-time contractors. Recently, the firm has intentionally leaned more into the bookkeeping side of the business—pro...

How GRAND Mental Health Saved 10 Weeks of Staff Time in 6 Months with Eleos Scribe

At GRAND Mental Health, innovation is more than a rally cry—it’s the core of their overarching philosophy as a behavioral health organization. The Oklahoma-based Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) keeps client outcomes at the center of every action and decision, while also focusing relentlessly on creating the best possible care environment for clients and staff alike. And that’s exactly what led them to implement Eleos Health’s CareOps Automation technology.

AI Ethics Video Excerpt LinkedIn Post

When we talk about ethical AI use in behavioral health, one theme that comes up over and over again is the ethical * obligation * to embrace these kinds of tools knowing that they can ultimately help providers deliver better care to more people.

As Ashley Newton, CEO of Centerstone’s Research Institute, said during a webinar we recently co-hosted with National Council for Mental Wellbeing, the demand for behavioral healthcare is too great — and there are too few providers — for us to ignore technology that can augment the entire profession to help meet that need...

No Notes Podcast: Behavioral Health & The New Administration | Eleos

New leadership in Washington brings new priorities—and for behavioral health organizations, that means uncertainty and potential change. In this episode of No Notes, host Denny Morrison, PhD, speaks with Chuck Ingoglia, President & CEO of the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and Al Guida, President & CEO of Guide Consulting Services, to explore what the new administration’s policies may mean for Medicaid funding, grant opportunities, and other critical aspects of behavioral healthcare. The...
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