Become a Certified Rural or Community Health

Revenue Cycle Management Specialist

(RH-RCMS or CH-RCMS) 

Choose from a Live 4 Hour Class or Online Self-Study 

Live Training
Online Self Study COMING SOON

About the Training

Revenue Cycle Management is a critical aspect for Health Centers.  Staff that play a role in the Revenue Cycle must be involved in order to put change in motion to enable a healthy revenue cycle.  In order to do this, staff must understand the importance of each departments’ role.  For leadership, it is important to know how to hire and manage employees.  Just as important is knowing what goes on in each department that plays a role in the revenue cycle.  What drives the data?  Are staff properly trained?  Do staff know the role they play in the Revenue Cycle?  What day-to-day activities make up the data that are on the reports you run or receive?  Areas discussed will include: Front Office, Provider Enrollment, Providers Locking Charts, Billing and working AR, Training and Communication, Setting Realistic productivity goals.

Participants will gain a deep understanding of Revenue Cycle Management processes tailored specifically to RHCs and FQHCs.

Many state and national rural/primary care associations sponsor our live and virtual courses, so reach out to them to see if they would like to bring this training to your state and also check our training calendar for nationally available live virtual options!

Who Should Attend?

In addition to Revenue Cycle Managers, this training is ideal for:

  • Front Desk Staff
  • Enrollment/Credentialing Staff
  • Billing/AR Staff
  • Office Managers
  • CFO’s

Why Attend?

You should attend if you would like to:

  • Understand the role of key staff in each area of the health center as it relates to the revenue cycle
  • Understand the importance of tracking productivity in each area of the Revenue Cycle and setting realistic goals
  • Understand the importance of having assessments in place to see where staff stand in regards to knowledge of their job/duties.
  • Understand the impact of not having providers enrolled with health plans timely
  • Understand training needs and processes that need to be in place for effective training
  • Understand that communication is key among departments for a healthy revenue cycle.  Each department can not operate in separate bubbles.

What is Covered?

Front Office – how the data gathered impacts revenue, billing, UDS

Provider Enrollment - getting plans in network with health plans is a lengthy and time consuming process.  Until providers are in network, how is scheduling handled?

Providers locking charts - this seems to be a problem throughout health centers.  Upper-level management are not holding providers to what the contract states is required on closing and locking charts.  They cannot be billed until this is done and much money is left on the table. 

Billing and working AR - is someone tracking productivity on billing claims and tracking after billed?  Do you have an accurate picture of your AR?  Are staff wasting time trying to collect uncollectible balances?

Training - do you truly understand the training/re-training needs of all staff?  Do you have processes in place to follow up with employees to be sure they have been properly trained? Is someone checking for error rates on new hires to see where retraining might be needed?

Realistic productivity goals - everyone in the health centers wear multiple hats doing multiple jobs.  When there is turnover, leadership must be realistic ; As staff take on more work due to turnover and growth, the work they are already doing will fall behind. 

Communication - there is a lack of communication throughout the health center departments, and even more of a lack of communication among C-Suites and staff in the weeds doing the work.  Departments operate as if they are in separate bubbles and should be operating in one bubble, especially with communication.  Good communication is crucial to revenue cycle integrity!

Continuing Education Credits

CEUs (Continuing Education Units)

- 6 CEUs Approved by ArchProCoding & AAPC for Live/Virtual Bootcamps

Certification: Earn the RH-RCMS or CH-RCMS Credential

Upon completion of the live or online training, attendees will be eligible to take the 100-question certification exam for their respective setting:

- RH-RCMS (Rural Health Revenue Cycle Management Certification) for RHCs

- CH-RCMS (Community Health Revenue Cycle Management Certification) for FQHCs

The optional exam is online, 100 questions, with 24 hours of launching the exam, includes a free retest within the original deadline,  is open-slide, and open-internet.  The online exam is scored immediately after submission.

  • After attending live/virtual versions, you must complete the exam (or free retest) within 60 days from the end of class.
  • For the online self-study videos you must complete the exam within 90 days

A passing score of 70% awards the RH-RCMS or CH-RCMS from ArchProCoding.  Each year thereafter you must maintain 6 approved CEUs and maintain your annual membership fee to maintain the certification.