Learning
Credentialing
Compliance
CLIA and Staff Competency: Meeting the Regulatory Requirements
Competency is defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as the ability of personnel to apply their skill, knowledge, and experience to perform their laboratory duties correctly. On completion of this course, you will be able to understand the necessary regulatory requirements for competency assessment for all personnel conducting laboratory testing.
CLIA and Staff Competency: Meeting the Regulatory Requirements
Competency is defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as the ability of personnel to apply their skill, knowledge, and experience to perform their laboratory duties correctly. On completion of this course, you will be able to understand the necessary regulatory requirements for competency assessment for all personnel conducting laboratory testing.
Alternative Methods for Patient Care During a Pandemic
The most common modes of transmission for infectious pathogens are from the infected person to others through coughing, sneezing, touching, and surfaces touched by the infected person. One way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to prevent people with suspected signs and symptoms of COVID-19 from coming into a healthcare facility for diagnosis and treatment.
This course will briefly cover lessons learned from historic responses to outbreaks and practical strategies for managing COVID-19 with alternative methods of care and potential liabilities. The course will focus on the CMS’s broadened access to Medicare telehealth services, including temporary and emergency benefits under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. Course expiration date: 3/30/2025
Alternative Methods for Patient Care During a Pandemic
The most common modes of transmission for infectious pathogens are from the infected person to others through coughing, sneezing, touching, and surfaces touched by the infected person. One way to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to prevent people with suspected signs and symptoms of COVID-19 from coming into a healthcare facility for diagnosis and treatment.
This course will briefly cover lessons learned from historic responses to outbreaks and practical strategies for managing COVID-19 with alternative methods of care and potential liabilities. The course will focus on the CMS’s broadened access to Medicare telehealth services, including temporary and emergency benefits under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. Course expiration date: 3/30/2025
Implementing Protocols for Continuous Monitoring and Evaluation – QAPI
This course provides an overview of implementing protocols for continuous monitoring and evaluation of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, commonly known as QAPI, plans and projects. It also correlates the use of the nursing process steps to guide the implementation of QAPI plans and projects. This course also provides and reviews useful tools and resources provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help agencies and organizations implement and monitor QAPI. Course expiration date: 3/3/2026
Implementing Protocols for Continuous Monitoring and Evaluation – QAPI
This course provides an overview of implementing protocols for continuous monitoring and evaluation of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, commonly known as QAPI, plans and projects. It also correlates the use of the nursing process steps to guide the implementation of QAPI plans and projects. This course also provides and reviews useful tools and resources provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to help agencies and organizations implement and monitor QAPI. Course expiration date: 3/3/2026
QAPI Standards in Hospice and Home Health Care
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, commonly known as QAPI, is a framework that combines two aspects of quality management in hospice and home health and is a condition of participation for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This course provides an overview of national QAPI standards for hospice and home healthcare and identifies the fundamental elements of a home health compliance program. This course also provides an overview of QAPI plans, evidence-based practice, staff’s role in QAPI, and the role that QAPI has in improving healthcare quality. Course expiration date: 2/27/2026
QAPI Standards in Hospice and Home Health Care
Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, commonly known as QAPI, is a framework that combines two aspects of quality management in hospice and home health and is a condition of participation for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This course provides an overview of national QAPI standards for hospice and home healthcare and identifies the fundamental elements of a home health compliance program. This course also provides an overview of QAPI plans, evidence-based practice, staff’s role in QAPI, and the role that QAPI has in improving healthcare quality. Course expiration date: 2/27/2026
Credentialing for ASCs
Privileging, credentialing, and peer review offer metrics that identify core skills, special skills, new skills, team skills, and ongoing professional performance. This course will examine the steps needed to manage a comprehensive credentialing program, from the initial application process through board approval of your licensed independent practitioners and allied health professionals. Peer review and the reappointment process will be discussed, and suggested online resources that can assist with the required primary source verification will be provided. This course will also outline Medicare’s and some of the accrediting organizations’ credentialing requirements. Course expiration date: 2/27/2026
Credentialing for ASCs
Privileging, credentialing, and peer review offer metrics that identify core skills, special skills, new skills, team skills, and ongoing professional performance. This course will examine the steps needed to manage a comprehensive credentialing program, from the initial application process through board approval of your licensed independent practitioners and allied health professionals. Peer review and the reappointment process will be discussed, and suggested online resources that can assist with the required primary source verification will be provided. This course will also outline Medicare’s and some of the accrediting organizations’ credentialing requirements. Course expiration date: 2/27/2026