EACO Risk Adjustment 101 Training - Evolent Health

Part I: Risk Adjustment:

  • What is Risk Adjustment?
  • Coding and Documentation for Risk Adjustment (RA)
  • Patient Assessment Forms

Part II: Coding and Documentation

  • Communication
  • RA Process
  • The Ask of Primary Care Practices
  • Education

Target Audience

Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Physician Practice Staff.

Learning Objectives

1. Define Risk Adjustment 
2. Identify the role and purpose of Risk Adjustment in the Evolent ACO organization
3. Explain the importance of correct documentation and coding for Risk Adjustment Purposes
4. State "Can't Miss" chronic and severe conditions important to the Risk Adjustment model
5. Identify and relate the use and importance of Patient Assessment Forms in the Evolent ACO organization and its Risk Adjustment program
6. Explain the value of Risk Adjustment communication to patient care

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Course opens: 
09/23/2019
Course expires: 
09/23/2022
Evolent
United States
Tim Buxton, MBA, CPC, CPC-I, CIC, COC, CRC, CCS, CHP — Associate Director, Risk Adjustment Coding and Audit, Evolent Health
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
Authors disclosure of relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0  AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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