CEU
Workshop Courses
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CEU Workshop Course list (requires Virtual live-online and/or in person sessions)
Clinical Patient History and Vital Signs Measuring Workshop (CE – 3 hours of CE credits)
Interviewing the patient to obtain a medical history, document a chief complaint and present illness. Measuring weight, height, rectal temperature, axillary temperature, oral temperature, tympanic temperature, temporal temperature, radial pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and O2.
Clinical Physical Examination Workshop (CEU – 6 hours of CE credits)
Basic instruments and supplies: percussion hammer, tuning fork, nasal speculum, otoscope and audioscope, ophthalmosope, examination light, stethoscope, penlight. Specialized exam instruments: headlight or mirror, laryngoscope, vaginal speculum, anoscope, proctoscope, sigmoidoscope. Examination Techniques: inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation. Room preparation, patient preparation, assisting the physician, post examination. Examination format: head and neck, eyes and ears, nose and sinuses, mouth and throat, chest, breasts, and abdomen, genitalia and rectum, legs, reflexes, posture, gait, coordination, balance and strength.
Clinical Sterilization and Surgical Instruments Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Principles and practices of surgical asepsis: sterilization methods, surgical instruments: forceps, scissors, scalpels and blades, towel clamps, probes and directors, retractors. Care and handling of surgical instruments. Storage and record keeping. Maintaining surgical supplies. Operating an Autoclave, sanitizing equipment for disinfection or sterilization, wrapping instruments for sterilization in an autoclave.
Clinical Assisting with Minor Office Surgery Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Preparing and maintaining a sterile field, opening sterile surgical packs, using sterile transfer forceps, adding sterile solution to a sterile field. Preparing the patient for minor office surgery, patient instructions and consent, positioning and draping, preparing the patient’s skin, applying sterile gloves, applying a sterile dressing, changing an existing sterile dressing, changing an existing sterile dressing, assisting with excisional surgery, assisting with incisional surgery, assisting with incision and drainage, wound closure, removing sutures, removing staples. Assisting with local anesthetics, specimen collection, electrosurgery, laser surgery, and cleaning the examination table and operative area.
MA Pharmacology and Medications Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Legal regulations from FDA and DEA, classifications of drugs, drug actions and interactions, prescriptions. Preparing and administering medications, safety guidelines, correct administration, systems for measurement, routes of administration: oral forms of medications, sublingual, and buccal, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, incident report. Principles of IV Therapy. Instilling eye medication, instilling ear medication, instilling nasal medication.
Clinical Pulmonary Specialty Practice Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Common respiratory disorders, respiratory system cancers, physical examination of the respiratory system, sputum culture and cytology, chest radiography, bronchoscopy, pulmonary function tests, arterial blood gases, pulse oximetry, instructing patients to use the peak flowmeter, performing a nebulized breathing treatment, collect a sputum specimen, perform a pulmonary function test.
Clinical Cardiology Specialty Practice Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Common disorders of the cardiovascular system, disorders of the heart and blood vessels, common diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: physical examination of the cardiovascular system, electrocardiogram, Holter monitor, chest radiography, cardiac stress test, echocardiography, catheterization and coronary arteriography.
Clinical Injections Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Preparing Injections, Injection equipment and terminology, types of injections, administering an intradermal injection, administering a subcutaneous injection, administering an intramuscular injection, using the Z-track method.
Phlebotomy Lab Practice Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Practice using the various needle methods for phlebotomy including the standard needle, butterfly needle, syringe needle, skin puncture needle, with the latest equipment and current procedures. Collection tubes, order of draw, capillary collection device. Perform blood glucose testing, blood cholesterol testing. Discuss any updated regulations and procedures for phlebotomy.
EKG Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
The EKG involves performing and interpreting electrocardiograms (EKGs) to assess a patient's heart function, that may be performed typically in hospitals, clinics, or medical offices. Prepare patients, operate EKG equipment, analyze results, and communicate findings to medical staff.
Preparing patients: Explaining the procedure, ensuring comfort, and attaching electrodes. Operating EKG equipment: Running tests, adjusting settings, and troubleshooting malfunctions. Analyzing EKG results: Identifying rhythms, irregularities, and abnormalities.
Communicating findings: Providing test results to physicians or other medical personnel. Maintaining equipment: Ensuring EKG machines are functioning correctly and taking inventory. Documentation: Recording patient information, test results, and any observations.
Medical Billing Insurance: Private Insurance and Managed Plans Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Private Insurance- Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans. Managed care: Prepaid group practice health plans. Managed care systems: health Maintenance Organizations, Exclusive Provider organizations, Preferred provider organizations, Physician provider groups, Point-of-service plans, Provider sponsored organizations, medical review, Management of plans, Contracts, Plan administration: patient letter, preauthorization, and financial payment management.
Medical Billing Insurance: Medicare Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Medicare policies and regulations, eligibility requirements, benefits and non benefits, Medicare/medigap, HMO, Utilization and quality control, payment basics, Medicare reimbursement, Claim submission, time limits, Medicare administrative contractors and fiscal intermediaries.
Medicare Specific Guidelines and Rules: 72-Hour Rule: Outpatient services performed within 72 hours of a hospital admission must be billed together. 8-Minute Rule: Certain time-based services may be billed using the 8-minute rule. Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI): Use the MBI instead of the Social Security Number (SSN) when billing Medicare.
Preventive Services: Medicare covers certain preventive services with no cost-sharing for beneficiaries. Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP): Medicare is a secondary payer when other insurance is available. Providers must follow specific guidelines when billing Medicare with other insurers. Durable Medical Equipment (DME): Specific rules apply to billing for DME.
Medical Billing Insurance: Medicaid Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Medicaid programs history, Medicaid eligibility, Medicaid benefits, Medicaid managed care, Medicaid claim procedures, Medicaid appeals.
State-Specific Requirements: Medicaid billing rules and regulations vary by state. Providers must familiarize themselves with the specific requirements of their state's Medicaid program.
Claim Forms: Each state has its own Medicaid claim form, which must be used for submissions. Data Fields: Claims must include essential information like the patient's Medicaid number, date of service, service codes, and amount charged.
Managed Care: Some states utilize managed care programs where a managed care plan pays providers for services rendered to their enrolled members. Billing and Payment Guidelines: Covered Services: Providers should only bill for services covered by Medicaid. Eligibility: Ensuring the patient is eligible for the specific services provided is crucial. Medical Records: Maintaining accurate, legible, and signed medical records is essential. Third-Party Payments: If the patient has other insurance, that insurance should be billed first. Medicaid is the last payer. Overpayments: Providers must return any overpayments within 60 days.
Medical Billing Insurance: Tricare and Veterans Health Care Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Tricare is the U.S. military's health care program and functions as government-managed health insurance. Tricare's various coverage plans provide health care for millions of current and former service members and their families. Tricare is managed by the Pentagon's Defense Health Agency.
Tricare is divided into several different types of coverage programs covering active-duty families, National Guardsmen and reservists and their families, and military retirees and their families.
The history of Tricare programs, eligibility, Tricare standards, Tricare extra, Tricare prime, Tricare reserve select, Tricare retired reserve, Tricare young adult, Tricare for life, Tricare Plus, Tricare Prime remote, Tricare hospice, Tricare and HMO coverage, Veterans Health Administration, Claims procedure.
Medical Billing Insurance: Workers Compensation insurance Workshop (CEU – 6 CE credits)
Workers' compensation insurance is a required type of insurance that provides benefits to employees who are injured or become ill as a result of their work. It covers medical expenses, lost wages, and other costs associated with a work-related injury or illness. Most employers with two or more employees are required to carry workers' compensation insurance.
Coverage for Injuries and Illnesses: Workers' compensation insurance covers medical expenses, lost wages, and other costs associated with work-related injuries and illnesses.
Benefits: The benefits typically include medical care, rehabilitation, and temporary or permanent disability payments.
"No-Fault" System: Some state workers' compensation system is considered a "no-fault" system, meaning that an injured worker receives benefits regardless of who is at fault for the injury.
Employer's Liability: Workers' compensation insurance also protects employers from lawsuits by employees who are injured or become ill on the job.
Claim Filing: Employees who are injured at work should report the injury to their employer immediately and file a claim with the VWC no later than two years after the accident.
Understand the history of Workers compensation, laws, eligibility, coverage and federal and state laws, benefits, fraud and abuse, OSHA regulations, legal situations, medical reports, reporting requirements, and claim submission.