AAMAS Endorsed Online Courses

CentraMed is pleased to announce that the AAMAS Board of Directors has selected CentraMed’s online
education as the preferred curriculum for member education. CentraMed’s catalog includes courses
within the following program areas.

Clinical Documentation Improvement

CentraMed’s Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Education Program is designed to provide bestin‐
class CDI targets for revenue retention and improvement, in alignment with coding and
documentation accuracy. Key performance areas are reviewed, with specific attention placed on
understanding the nuances of clinical documentation, coding guidelines, and, ultimately, ensuring a
compliant medical record that supports accurate reimbursement. The CDI Education Program offers a
customized learning experience to address the challenges that your coders and clinicians are facing in
today's stringent health information environment.

CPT Coding

Applying codes from the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding system is a challenging and
complex process. CentraMed offers comprehensive CPT Coding Education, an in‐depth and easy‐to-understand program geared toward the hospital coder. Complete with guidelines set forth by the
American Medical Association (AMA) and other regulatory agencies such as the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS), this program is designed for coders at any level who are involved in both
the hard‐coding and soft‐coding process. The program covers all aspects of surgical CPT coding and
interventional radiology.

ICD Coding

ICD‐10‐CM is on the horizon, and a greater knowledge of clinical documentation will be required of
coders. ICD‐10 is the anticipated clinical modification of the World Health Organization's International
Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision. ICD‐10 far exceeds its predecessors in the number of concepts
and codes provided. The disease classification has been expanded to include health‐related conditions
and to provide greater specificity.

CentraMed's ICD‐9‐CM Coding Education is designed to fill the coder education gap in preparation for
ICD‐10 implementation, as well as to provide education that is currently applicable to using ICD‐9‐CM.
Our extensive course suite combines anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and disease process
information with coding guidelines developed by the Cooperating Parties and official references such as
Coding Clinic. Our courses also include the effects of code assignment and clinical documentation on MSDRG reimbursement. No other education on the market today serves as comprehensively to prepare
trainees for ICD‐10 and enhance their ICD‐9‐CM coding skills.

Managed Care and Denial Management

CentraMed’s Managed Care and Denial Management curriculum is dedicated to enhancing both the
beginner and the experienced managed care analysts’ education via a comprehensive selection of
courses. It is designed to provide the tools and skill set required for today’s complex healthcare industry.
From instruction on how to audit claims for payment inaccuracies, to understanding complex contractual
provisions and their impact on correct adjudication processes, our Managed Care course suite is designed
to equip alumni with the ability to protect hospital revenue and ensure payment accuracy. Additionally,
our Denial Management classes provide specific tools and processes for overturning denials and ensuring
full and accurate payment from all payers. Understanding these concepts will promote both revenue retention and revenue improvement for all employees working in patient financial services and
healthcare finance departments.

Process Improvement

Process Improvement (PI) is a business strategy that produces measurable results by focusing on
opportunities within an organization to improve, simplify, and integrate work processes and procedures.
The goal of PI is to dig deep enough to identify the root cause rather than focus on symptoms of the
problem. This approach prevents correction of the same type of problem over and over again.
Continuous process improvement of a hospital's revenue cycle is crucial to the financial health of the
organization.

Revenue Cycle Concepts

CentraMed offers Revenue Cycle Concepts (RCC), a comprehensive education program for Patient
Access/Registration and Patient Financial Services healthcare professionals. With a focus on front‐end
processes that promote effective pre‐certification, authorization, registration, point‐of‐service
collections, and other billing and collection best practices, the courses are designed to instruct all
students involved in front‐end revenue management how to "do it right the first time" ‐ and avoid rework
on the back end.

Business and Leadership Skills

Healthcare organizations need leaders whose behaviors and actions combine to positively impact
employees, customers, and the facility's bottom line. It is vital that leaders and managers embrace the
full scope of their responsibilities in order to positively impact business results. Our Business and
Leadership Skills education program focuses on application‐oriented learning experiences that address
the entire role of the manager.

CentraMed and AAMAS have enjoyed a long history of sharing information and speaking opportunities.
As the AAMAS membership has increasingly requested more education to further a career and maintain
state‐of‐the‐art skills in the auditing role, the CentraMed catalog presents a great opportunity to share
an industry‐leading education package.

CentraMed’s online education, developed by a nationally recognized team of educators, represents over
ten years of content development. The courses are designed for self‐paced learning and can be accessed
from any Internet connection. The curriculum has great scope of coverage and also allows members to
choose individual classes that best meet their current interests. Each class has a test section that allows
for tracking progress. In addition, CentraMed’s coding courses allow for credits to be earned though a
range of certification programs including the AAMAS CMAS CEs. CentraMed’s coding courses also
include an online help desk so you are never more than an e‐mail away from expert advice and support.

Getting started is as easy as navigating to http://www.irminconline.com/ and visiting Revenue
Management Education. Choose the program area, review the courses, make a selection, and pay
online. To help members in their journey, CentraMed is offering a 15% discount for all courses
purchased through December 31, 2011.

The entire team at CentraMed welcomes AAMAS members and looks forward to a long and beneficial
relationship.

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