Medicare RAC Summit: Continuing Education Credits

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

The Fourth National Physician Advisor - Utilization Review Team Boot Camp will be providing continuing education credit for a variety of hospital professionals. Check this page and the website for updates as approvals are granted.

Physicians
Accreditation Statement - This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Amedco and the Health Care Conference Administrators (HCCA). Amedco is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement - Amedco designates this live activity for a maximum of 16.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Available to onsite attendees and those webcast participants who watch the sessions live during the days of the conference.

Nurses
Amedco is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This course is co-provided by Amedco and HCCA. Maximum of 16.25 contact hours. Available to onsite attendees and those webcast participants who watch the sessions live during the days of the conference.

Satisfactory completion
Participants must complete an attendance/evaluation form in order to receive a certificate of completion/attendance. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available.

Physician Advisor and HCQM Credit from ABQAURP: The conference is approved by the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP) to provide up to 16.5 continuing education hours to apply towards Health Care Quality and Management (HCQM) Certification and Physician Advisor Sub-Specialty credit.

Compliance Professionals: The conference is approved for CCB Credits by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB). The conference will issue a certificate of credit and congratulations letter with instructions for filing the CCB certificate for credit. Available to onsite attendees and those webcast participants who watch the sessions live during the days of the conference.

Certified Case Managers (CCM®): The conference will seek approval from the Commission for Case Manager Certification to provide up to 16.5 continuing education clock hours to CCM® board certified case managers. For onsite, the total number of clock hours attended for the general sessions will be entered by the Registrar at the completion of the program, and the certificate will reflect the actual number of clock hours completed by the participant. For webcast participants, a certificate will be provided that permits self-certification of the number of clock hours watched, together with an evaluation form that must be completed and returned.

Coders: The conference has been approved by AAPC for up to 16.5 continuing education hours, depending upon session attendance. Certificates will be issued onsite. Webcast participants must enroll in, complete, and successfully pass the final examination for the RAC Certificate Program for this conference in order to earn their CEUs. Granting of prior approval in no way constitutes endorsement by AAPC of the program content or the program sponsor.

Accounting Professionals - NASBA CPE Credit: Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC (dba GHC, LLC Healthcare) is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.learningmarket.org. A recommended maximum of 20.0 credits based on a 50-minute hour will be granted for the entire learning activity. This program addresses topics that are of a current concern in the compliance environment. This is an update, group-live activity. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaints or refunds, call 425-233-5075 or email petergrant@ehcca.com.

Other Attendees: Onsite attendees can request a Certificate of Attendance from the Registrar onsite which they can file with other appropriate entities for credit. Webcast attendees can request a Webcast Certificate of Attendance from the Registration Office on which they can certify the number of hours they watched and can file with appropriate entities for credit.