Tailored Training Solutions for Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Health Clinics
The need for access to safe and effective healthcare in all our rural communities is more important than ever. Critical access hospitals (CAHs) like yours serve all types of patients and emergencies, and you have unique challenges in doing so.
At HCPro, we are keenly aware of the challenges CAHs face in terms of training staff, capturing deserved reimbursement, and staying current with regulations.
Instructor-Led
Training
Medicare
Boot Camp®
Revenue Integrity
Boot Camp®
PROPEL
for CAHS
Instructor-Led Training & eLearning
Virtual and In-person Learning Opportunities
HCPro’s course materials are designed specifically for CAHs. Our team of regulatory experts have direct experience working with CAHs and have created training specifically for this setting. Based on recognized source authorities, your team will use the knowledge, resources, and strategies learned long after the course if over.
Our training offers:
- CUSTOM-DESIGNED COURSE MATERIALS
With materials and reinforcement exercises developed by the instructors themselves, we offer an immersive learning environment customized to your organization’s needs. Our training solutions aren’t simply a proctor reading a manual; you and your staff will enjoy a lively experience certain to leave an impression and build applicable skills.
- UNMATCHED KNOWLEDGE
In all areas of concentration, our instructors have a unique combination of real-world healthcare and adult education experience. They present complex topics in an easy-to-understand manner. As a pioneer in compliance and regulatory education, HCPro’s training solutions deliver quality beyond compare.
- SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
As we all know, the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting healthcare institutions in many ways, including the training of healthcare professionals. Our virtual training courses emphasize learner convenience and safety while giving the community access to high-quality educational materials to ensure compliance and regulatory preparedness.
Instructor-Led
Training
Medicare
Boot Camp®
Revenue Integrity
Boot Camp®
PROPEL
for CAHS
Medicare Boot Camp®
Medicare Boot Camp—Critical Access Hospital and Rural Health Clinic Version
This boot camp is a three-day intensive course on Medicare coverage, coding, billing, and payment for CAHs.
This course prepares you to better manage your revenue cycle in this unique setting by focusing on real guidance from CMS. You’ll leave class ready to make improvements that will strengthen reimbursement and compliance for your CAH. And afterward, your team will have the research tools and skills at their fingertips to answer Medicare questions long after the boot camp is over.
Single year and multi-year plans are available to support your needs.
The course will give you and your team the knowledge to:
- Find answers from CMS to your specific Medicare questions relating to CAHs
- Understand outpatient observation, inpatient status, and UR requirements
- Submit accurate claims to Medicare, including Part B inpatient billing
- Ensure appropriate reimbursement and reduce A/R for outpatient, inpatient, and swing bed services
- Research and resolve claim edits that cause denials and delay revenue
- Implement best practices to receive the revenue you deserve while staying in compliance with regulations
Instructor-Led
Training
Medicare
Boot Camp®
Revenue Integrity
Boot Camp®
PROPEL
for CAHS
Revenue Integrity Boot Camp®
Revenue Integrity and Chargemaster for Critical Access Hospitals Boot Camp®
This boot camp provides education on chargemaster and revenue integrity concepts in a virtual classroom format. The program relates the chargemaster function to revenue cycle and revenue integrity functions, including cost reporting and key operational issues, such as coverage, clinical documentation, charge capture, and coding. It also provides context for chargemaster setup and maintenance within revenue integrity, aiming to help learners avoid pre- and post-billing edits and payer denials.
This boot camp explicitly reviews chargemaster coding requirements for CAHs and excludes discussion of topics that are specific to coding for the outpatient prospective payment system.
You and your team will leave this program knowing how to:
- Provide formal, organized education and training for revenue integrity and chargemaster staff
- Provide context for the intersection of the chargemaster with clinical/revenue departments, charge capture, coding, finance, and patient access and billing
- Walk attendees through CMS regulatory requirements for pricing and charging patients, as well as key relationships between the chargemaster and provider cost reporting
- Give detailed instructions for the majority of revenue codes for optimal chargemaster setup, maintenance, charge capture, and documentation
- Review chargemaster issues for commercial/managed care versus CMS requirements for CAHs
Instructor-Led
Training
Medicare
Boot Camp®
Revenue Integrity
Boot Camp®
PROPEL
for CAHS
PROPEL for Critical Access Hospitals
PROPEL Training & Education
Let our experts take the guesswork out of compliance with PROPELMedicare for CAHs. Don't waste time tracking regulatory updates, searching for answers, or worrying about navigating your complex industry alone. With this service, you’ll get ongoing access to leading experts in Medicare compliance.
PROPELMedicare offers a comprehensive training program—developed specifically for CAHs—that gives staff the knowledge and tools to better manage the revenue cycle. From charge setup and capture to submitting clean claims, we help CAHs uncover areas for improvement that will strengthen reimbursement and compliance.
What's more, we will help your team to:
- Master the most relevant principles and practices
- Reduce the time spent navigating rules, regulations, and updates
- Grow competence, confidence, and career potential
- Strengthen cohesion with colleagues in collaborating disciplines
- Cultivate a consistent educational message for stakeholders across roles, experience levels, and physical locations
- Enhance organizational compliance, financial health, and achievement of patient care goals
- Understand and prepare for the impact of regulatory updates and industry trends on current practices in CAHs
Our year-round membership model gives you and your team a dedicated member liaison to facilitate benefit delivery, answer questions, and adjust membership preferences. And with 24/7 access to virtual learning, you will enjoy a frequently updated library of educational resources that have been specially designed or curated for your team.
