Pre-Certification Program in Health Care Risk Management
Prepare for certification or recertification in:
- Certified Health Care Risk Management Professional offered by the American Society for Health Care Risk Management
- Certified Health Care compliance offered by the Health Care Compliance Association.
Tuition: $525.00
The University of Florida Pre-Certification Program in Health Care Risk Management is designed to prepare working health care and risk management practitioners with the training necessary to enhance their professional development opportunities in the fields of health care risk management, patient safety and continuous quality improvement. This program is approved by the Commission on Health Care Certification for those seeking to become Certified Health Care Risk Management Specialist.
The program is entirely self-paced with an instructor of record who is available to answer any questions you have about the course material. Lectures for this program are presented in Microsoft PowerPoint flash. After reviewing the lectures participants are required to complete a set of assigned readings and upon completion of reviewing all the lectures and assigned readings each participant will complete a multiple choice final exam.
This pre-certification program is designed to require 60 contact hours to complete and upon completion participants are awarded a certificate and six CEU units. The course has an open enrollment period so you can register at any time.
The program is approved by the International Commission on Health Care Certification for CHC re-certification.
This program has been approved by the following State of Florida Board of Nursing.
Course topic areas include:
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Health Care Legal Concepts
- Governance of the Health Care Organization
- Development of a Risk Management Program
- The Health Care Risk Management Professional
- Risk Management Metrics
- Ethics in Patient Care
- Interpersonal Communication Skills
- Physician and Allied Health Professional Credentials
- Qualifications and Scope of Allied Health Professional Authority
- Minimizing Liability in Credentialing
- Documentation and the Medical Record
- Basic Claims Administration
- A Contract Review Primer for Risk Management
- Information Technologies and Risk Management
- Health Information Management
- Introduction to Risk Financing
- Insurance: Basic Principles and Coverage
- Organizational Staffing
- Emergency Management
- Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Impairment
- Early Warning Systems for the Identification of Organizational Risk
The required textbook for this course is:
- Risk Management in Health Care Institutions, 2nd Edition: A Strategic Approach
ISBN: 0763723142 (Currently available through Amazon.com for around $55.90)
You can find copies of this book new and used by searching through this website with the ISBN number: http://www.bookfinder4u.com/ or from www.Amazon.com.
Tuition: $525.00
Note: This program does not meet the pre-licensure requirements for those
seeking to become Licensed Health Care Risk Managers in Florida.
What if I need to withdraw?
A tuition refund will be granted after written request for withdrawal from a course within 30 days of enrollment. This request must be in writing, and may be sent by fax, email, or U.S. mail. All requests will receive written responses. Refunds will be the amount of tuition, less a $50.00 processing charge. Allow four to six weeks for refund checks. No refunds are granted after 30 days.
How long do I have to complete a course?
For the 60hr Professional course you 6 months from the day you receive your login instructions to complete the course.
Gainesville FL 32609 tel: (352) 392-1711
fax: (352) 392-6950