One-day training workshops for Colorado CAHs & Rural Hospitals
– FY2011 SHIP grant participants: FREE (unlimited number of attendees)
– Non-SHIP hospitals/CRHC Members: $49 per attendee
– Non-SHIP hospitals/Non- CRHC Members: $99 per attendee

February 21 – location tbd
February 22 – CRHC Office – Aurora, CO
February 23, 2012 – location tbd

Workshop Objectives:
· Demonstrate the conversion from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 for the three most common inpatient diagnostic cases for all short term and acute care and critical access hospitals
· Gain an understanding of the productivity and documentation issues in the conversion
· Gain an understanding of the budget dollars needed to be incorporated into the hospital’s strategic plan
· Planning for your transition: budget, training, staffing, etc.

Workshop includes:
– Printed course materials
– CEUs available for each participant
– 1 year membership to the Association of Rural Health Professional Coders (ARHPC) for each participant – i.e. access to consultants/specialists to answer your questions

Who should attend:
– Everyone throughout the hospital who needs to know about the changes from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and the impacts it can have on your organization

For more information contact Danette Swanson; 303-577-0357; ds@coruralhealth.org
To register – contact Courtnay Ryan; 303-309-6807; cr@coruralhealth.org

CRHC is the recipient of the Federal HRSA Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) Grant: CFDA 93.301; Award 6 H3HRH00038-10-01