What
does CME stand for?
CME means Continuing Medical Education. These are educational
credits primarily geared to physicians. CME means Continuing
Education Units, which are educational credits geared toward
non-physicians (Non-Physician Providers, and other staff --
in our case, specifically Allied Health Professionals.)
How many CME/CEs do our courses
carry?
The HCCS Professional Compliance and HIPAA Compliance courses are accredited by The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center for 3.0 hours of Category 1 CME.
How does the user apply for
credits upon completion?
By default, HCCS does NOT turn on the CME application feature
for accounts.
If the CME/CEU feature is turned on, then the following will
occur: After course completion, during the logout process,
the user will be asked if they want to apply for CME / CEU.
If they select yes, then they are asked to complete an on-line
application, which asks for name, mailing address, title, contact
information, and credit card information. (The University of
Arizona College of Medicine charges for credits.) This information is encrypted
and sent back to HCCS during logout, at which time it is then
processed by HCCS and forwarded to The University of Arizona College of Medicine at the Arizona Health Sciences Center.
Our system will only allow end-users to apply for CME or CEU
once per calendar year for a given course.
Note that the Professional Compliance and Corporate Compliance courses are also accredited by the AAPC for 2.0 units (2.0 hours) of Continuing Educational Units (CEU). The HIPAA Compliance course is accredited by the AAPC for 3.0 hours of Continuing Educational Units (CEU). The application process for AAPC is entirely different. This accreditation is applicable to certified AAPC members who successfully complete the course.
After completion, applicants must send a copy of their certificate
of completion (see below) and a one paragraph synopsis of what
was learned to the AAPC office at:
American Academy of Professional Coders
309 West 700 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
This is AAPC's standard practice and its members will be familiar
with the process.
There is no additional cost to certified AAPC members applying
for the CEU credits. For more information about the AAPC accreditation,
please contact HCCS at the number below or contact Teresa Winder,
AAPC Marketing, at 1(800)626-CODE x152. You can visit the AAPC
on the web at www.aapcnatl.org.
Many of our courses are also accredited by the Health Care Compliance Association for HCCB Continuing Education credits. The courseware will allow learners to apply for HCCB CE credits upon successful courseware completion.
If you would like us to investigate accrediting the course
by any other accrediting body, please send us any information
you have on the accrediting body -- contact information, web
site, information on applying for CME accreditation, etc. and
we would be happy to investigate the issue further.
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