Health Care Risk Management Certificate Program
The HRM Certificate Program is a 3-part foundational course covering the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed as a health care risk professional.
The HRM Certificate Program is a 3-part foundational course covering the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed as a health care risk professional.
The HRM modules are a learner-centered in-person training program with an emphasis on interactivity. Participants will interact with leading faculty in the field of risk management to learn about the concepts, scenarios and critical decisions required for the role.
This program is highly recommended for professionals with less than 5 years of experience in health care risk management.
Participants who complete all three modules will earn the HRM Certificate. Learn more about what is covered in each module below:
Module 1 | Essentials in Health Care Risk Management
GOAL
To support those new to health care risk management, or to provide a refresher for more experienced professionals on foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary to support a successful health care risk management program.
OBJECTIVES
- Review the role of a risk manager, high-risk settings, risk identification, risk analysis and control.
- Identify root cause analysis, risk financing, and claims & litigation terms and frameworks.
- Apply documentation for informed consent, crisis management plans, and leadership principles to put enterprise risk management principles into practice.
Topics
- Risk Management Overview
- The Role of the Risk Manager
- Risk Identification
- High-Risk Settings
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Control
- RCA
- Risk Financing
- Claims & Litigation
- Documentation and Informed Consent
- Crisis Management
- Leadership
- ERM into Practice
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
Health Care Risk Management Fundamentals | Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Playbook | Leading Health Care Risk Management | Root Cause Analysis Playbook
Module 2 | Applications in Health Care Risk Management
GOAL
To expand upon, practice, and apply the health care risk management principles described in Essentials (HRM1) to real world scenarios regarding more complex subject matter.
OBJECTIVES
- Approach and respond like a risk professional to real world risk scenarios.
- Analyze risk situations from holistic risk perspectives.
- Identify risk, risk frameworks, and develop outcomes to benefit health care organizations.
Topics
- Enterprise Risk Management
- The Legal System: Introduction to the Law
- Compliance & Privacy
- Conditions of Participation/Accreditation
- Contemporary Health Care Exposures
- Employees - Balancing Rights in the Health Care Workplace
- Disaster Preparedness
- Claims and Litigation
- Credentialing
- Informed Consent
- Disclosure
- Continuum of Care
- Risk Trending and Analysis
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
Health Care Risk Management Fundamentals | Legal and Regulatory Playbook | Leading Health Care Risk Management
Module 3 | Advanced Forum in Health Care Risk Management
GOAL
To expand upon and apply the health care risk management principles described in Essentials and Applications (HRM1 & HRM 2) to complex subject matter using small group analysis of current day challenges.
OBJECTIVES
- Review complex and current day risk scenarios through the lens of a health care risk professional.
- Walkthrough contract review, risk financing, captives, and a high-level overview of enterprise risk management for health care organizations.
- Apply risk principles, frameworks, and develop outcomes to be variety of real-world health care situations.
Topics
- The Risk Manager’s Role in ERM
- Social Media
- Contract Review
- Risk Financing
- Leadership Skills
- Big Data and Population Health
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Telemedicine
- Actuarial Process and Risk Transfer
- Captives
- Supply Chain
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES
Health Care Enterprise Risk Management Playbook | Legal and Regulatory Playbook | Leadership Playbook
Important Course Information
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Audience
Risk and quality managers, insurance and claims professionals, safety officers, administrators, financial officers, clinicians, attorneys, consultants and other health care professionals from all levels of experience.Faculty
The HRM Certificate Program faculty are seasoned leaders from a variety of settings. They are health care risk management professionals who practice in risk financing, claims administration, insurance, patient safety, ethics, compliance and other domains covered in the courses.Format
Methods of instruction for the modules include lecture, discussion, classroom exercises and case studies.Sequence
ASHRM recommends that you take the modules in sequence, as information expands from one module to the next. Essentials is an ideal educational base for new risk managers, and an excellent up-to-date refresher for more experienced professionals. As the next step, Applications shows how the principles described in Essentials actually work in the real world. The Advanced Forum consists of expertly guided, small-group analysis of complex challenges, and is most beneficial when all participants are able to share their proven solutions. -
ASHRM Credit
This program is approved for 13 contact hours of continuing education credit toward fulfillment of the requirements of ASHRM designations of FASHRM (Fellow) and DFASHRM (Distinguished Fellow), and toward CPHRM renewal – for those who hold the designation at the time of the program.
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This program has been approved for 13 contact hours.
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You will receive a Certificate of Completion upon completion of the following:
- Full attendance
- Completion of evaluation taken within two weeks of the course
Email ashrmed@aha.org for questions.
Have You Completed All 3 Modules?
Complete the Certificate of Completion Application
Upon completion of all three modules in the Health Care Risk Management Certificate Program, ASHRM is pleased to award a certificate of completion for the entire program. Candidates must complete and return the certificate of completion application (Microsoft Word document), along with copies of each module’s certificate, to ASHRM to be eligible for the certificate of completion. Once received, ASHRM will process and send back the certificate of completion to the successful participant.