NEW 4-month accelerated program begins January 23, 2010

Program Description

This certificate program, the only face-to-face program in South Florida approved by the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), prepares you to work in such settings as hospitals, nursing homes, healthcare agencies, and private health organizations. Divided into 15 weekly units of 8 hours each, the program runs twice a year in Spring (January) and Fall (September) and can be completed in just four months.

You will be awarded a certificate of completion from FIU, upon successful completion of the program. You may then obtain your license from the State of Florida, Risk Management Division, after submitting an application and meeting all the eligibility criteria of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

You are advised to contact AHCA in Tallahassee at (850) 921-4314 for updated information regarding eligibility requirements for State licensure before registering for the program.

Topics

This non-credit certificate program will provide a wealth of information for controlling risk professionally and personally in healthcare settings.

• Risk Management Processes
• Health Care Risk Prevention, Control & Reduction Techniques
• State Risk Management Program Requirements for Nursing Homes, HMO's and Hospitals
• HIPAA
• EMTALA
• Health Care Compliance Programs on Fraud and Abuse
• Medical Errors and Adverse Occurences- Sate and Accreditation Reporting (JCAHO/AHCA)
• Contracts and Legal Liability Exposures
• Credentialing
• Claims Management
• Investigatory Techniques

The professor recommends that students purchase the Healthcare Risk Management Handbook-American Society For Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)-5th Edition, by Roberta Carol.

About the Instructor

Juan D. Reyes ARM, LHCRM, is currently a Compliance Officer for a major Managed Care organization and  a private risk management consultant. He has a broad healthcare industry background in administration and operations.  Mr. Reyes has been affiliated with the healthcare insurance industries and  the private sector for over twenty years. He has worked in both public, profit and non-for profit healthcare sectors. For ten and a half years he was the Director of Risk Management and Compliance Programs for the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County/University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Medical Center and their Chief Compliance and Corporate Risk Officer. In the insurance area,  Mr. Reyes has been directly involved in Risk Prevention/Safety, Risk Financing and Claims/Litigation Management. He graduated from the University of Miami with a Master's in Business Administration/Health Administration and has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is certified as a Health Safety Professional (CHSP) and he is also certified by the American Board of Quality and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP). He  is also a State of Florida Multi Lines Adjuster and a State of Florida Life and Health Agent. He has having an Associate in Risk Management designation from the Insurance Institute of America and teaches State of Florida  pre-licensing insurance courses for other local colleges. Mr. Reyes has been the primary instructor for the  Pre-Licensing Healthcare Certificate Program since May 2001 and his students have consistently rated him as an excellent instructor.

Lecturers

In an effort to augment and enhance the course experience, during the course of the program lecturers with expertise in certain topics (i.e., compliance, credentialing, health care safety, quality improvement, etc.), will be invited to present certain course topics.