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Get Exam-Ready: HFMA Certification Candidate Practicum

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Date and Time
Sunday, June 24th, 2012  8:00 – 5:00 p.m.

(PCS3) Get Exam-Ready: HFMA Certification Candidate Practicum (9 CPEs)

Through short lectures, detailed case studies, and interactive discussion, you’ll measure your knowledge in the six areas of the Certified Healthcare Finance Professional (CHFP) core curriculum: revenue cycle, budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, internal controls, disbursements, and contracting. Improve key competencies to prepare for the exam by solving practical, common healthcare finance problems in this group setting.

Topic Area
Compliance/Legislative/Legal, Finance & Accounting, Operations & Results, Managed Care/Payment/Reimbursement, PFS/Revenue Cycle

After this session, you will be able to:

• Apply best practices to develop realistic solutions to complex problems
• Practice problem-solving skills, including calculating variances, operating indicators, ratios, key performance indicators, and reimbursement under the inpatient and outpatient prospective payment systems; analyze clinical quality indicators and other key CHFP concepts
• Test your knowledge in a practical, real-world setting

Level
Intermediate

Prerequisites/Prework
A minimum of three to five years of healthcare financial management experience—accounting/finance or revenue cycle—in a hospital provider or physician practice setting or equivalent experience in an allied healthcare organization;  prior to the practicum, participants will receive access to an electronic packet of pre-read materials

Tools and Takeaways
Multiple case study examples of healthcare finance concepts, 12-month access to HFMA’s online certification study guide

Speaker
Christopher Stauder, FHFMA, CPA
President
Stauder Consulting