AANAC RAC-CT® Program
On line registration is not available for this program. The registration brochure can be printed from this website.
Location:
Holiday Inn Independence
6001 Rockside Road & I-77
Independence, Ohio
216/524-8050
Target Audience
Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Nurse Assessment Coordinators, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Social Workers, Health Information Professionals, Dieticians, Administrators, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Teams involved in assessment and care planning.
How the Certification Program Works: (3-Days)
To be eligible to become RAC-CT® Certified (Resident Assessment Coordinator - Certified®) an individual must:
1. Be a clinician/professional involved in the RAI process.
2. Complete 10 AANAC courses, of which 7 are required as the core curriculum:
• MDS Coding for OBRA and PPS
• RUG-IV
• OBRA Timing and Scheduling
• CAAs
• PPS Timing and Scheduling
• Medicare Part A
• Care Planning
The 3 electives for this workshop are:
• Accurately Assessing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Five-Star Quality Rating System
• Accurately Assessing Pain and the MDS 3.0
How the Recertification Program Works: (2-Days)
To be eligible to become RAC-CT recertified, an individual must have been certified or recertified in MDS 2.0 after 12/31/06 and pass the first two days of the workshop which include the courses listed below:
• Coding
• OBRA
• PPS
• RUG-IV
• CAAs
*Certifications and Recertifications are good for 2 years once all required courses are completed and passed.
Program Information:
• Training is from 8am to 5pm (Registration begins at 7:30am)
• Lunch: 12pm to 1pm (included in your registration fee)
Day 1, 2 and 3 are required to become certified for the first time
Day 1 and 2 are required for recertification (the 3rd day is strongly recommended; additional fees do apply)
• You have 90 days to pass the final exams; upon successful completion, students will receive their RAC-CT certificate in
the mail
• It is recommended that you bring your copy of the MDS 3.0 RAI User Manual with you to this training. If you do not have a current manual, please contact Cindy Lee at OHCA to order a manual (clee@ohca.org or 614/436-4154).
Robin L. Hillier, CPA, STNA, LNHA RAC-MT, is a certified public accountant, state tested nurse aide and licensed nursing home administrator who is also resident assessment coordinator certified and a master trainer through the American Association of Nursing Assessment Coordinators. She is President of RLH Consulting, which provides reimbursement, accounting and operational consulting to long term care providers. She is President of EFOHCA and Immediate Past President of OHCA and is a member of the AHCA Future Leader class of 2007. She currently co-chairs the OHCA MDS Task Force, chairs the Convention Task Force and serves on many other committees. RLH Consulting is an OHCA Platinum Champion Partner. Robin will be attending the CMS Train-the-Trainer training on the MDS 3.0 process.
Contact Hours
Nurses: This education activity for 22.5 contact hours is approved by the following: The American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. AANAC’s provider number is AAN-1004. AANAC is located at: 400 South Colorado Boulevard, Suite 600, Denver, CO 80246.
Administrators: The Ohio Health Care Association is an approved provider from the Ohio Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators (BENHA) and has approved 23 CEUs for this program for Ohio administrators.
3 Day Certification:
AANAC Members
$450 prior to July 27
$565 July 27 and after
Non AANAC Members
$650 prior to July 27
$815 July 27 and after
To become an AANAC member ($110/year) and take advantage of the reduced rate, sign up at www.aanac.org. You must provide an AANAC member number to receive the discounted rate. You do not have to be an AANAC member to complete the program.
2 Day Re-Certification:
AANAC Members
$350 prior to July 27
$440 July 27 and after
Non AANAC Members
$550 prior to July 27
$690 July 27 and after