Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program: Overview

3. Consider questions submitted by faculty in conjunction with completion of the preconference readings (1 hour).
4. Attend the Preconference Medicare Readmissions Boot Camp (4 hours). The preconference readings, training modules and questions will be discussed during the Preconference Boot Camp.
5. Attend the entire Medicare Readmissions Summit.
6. Successfully complete the post-conference online examination (1 hour) Click here to take sample examination.

Those who are interested in understanding and working successfully in the new Medicare readmissions environment. This may include government agencies, consumer groups, patient quality organizations, health plans, hospitals, nursing homes, physicians and physician organizations, home health agencies, nurses and other clinicians, medical coding and billing staff, health care financial personnel, and many others.

The purpose of the Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program is to give participants the understanding and tools necessary to work successfully with the new and potential emerging rules for Medicare readmissions. By the end of this training, participants will be able to create an action plan that will outline key initiatives to be taken with respect to Medicare readmissions implementation in their own organizations.

This is a practical, in-depth program for professionals who want to understand Medicare readmissions issues in the context of their own local setting. The program will be geared to those who have limited training, but will also cater to those who have increasing levels of knowledge and training in the field. At the end of the program, participants will have 90 days to complete the online examination. Completion of the five elements of the training will earn the participants a certificate of completion.

Those who successfully complete the program requirements (see the six bulleted requirements above), including preconference readings and an online post conference test with a score of seventy percent (70%) or more, will receive a certificate of completion of the Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program.

1. What is the purpose of the Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program?
   Please see Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program Learning Objectives and Course Objectives above.
   
   
2. Is the Medicare Readmissions Certificate Program a professional certification program?
   It is not. The program constitutes an attempt to organize a focused curriculum around implementation strategies and issues pertaining to Medicare Readmissions, while giving evidence of successful completion of that body of knowledge through the issuance of a certificate of completion.
   
   
3. Please describe the post meeting on-line examination.
   The post meeting online examination is a multi-question examination based upon the information made available in the preconference reading, online course, preconference boot camp, and the Summit itself. You may take this examination at any time during the ninety (90) days following the Summit. You will be given a web link to the examinations and a unique username and password to access the examination. You will have one hour to complete the examination once you have commenced it. You may take the examination up to three (3) times. Please note that new questions will rotate through the examination. You must score seventy percent (70%) or more to successfully complete this requirement.
   
   
4. Have any other conferences offered a comparable certificate program?
   Yes, the Quality Colloquium at Harvard University, www.QualityColloquium.com, has offered a Patient Safety Certificate Program, www.qualitycolloquium.com/certificate.html, for the past two years.