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ATP
Clinicians are the face of the company in our industry, there are no more important staff.
Much of this curriculum focuses on a better understanding of the industry and uses the "Fundamentals of Assistive Technology" 4th Edition as the reference text.
Review the information below to get a full description of each course and the time necessary to complete.
HME 105 AN OVERVIEW OF HME AND ITS PLAYERS
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA Accepted)
This course offers a great overview of our industry: the types of equipment we sell, the customers we respond to; the many individual players in our industry, including the physicians and therapists
who are a part of the team in responding to patient's needs.
In addition, students will gain a great understanding of the types of agencies and regulations, governmental and private, that impact HME providers, their employees and their customers.
CS 101 QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
There is no limit to the numerous voices shouting out the critical need for quality customer service.
Yet, time after time, we see a failure in its application. This course goes beyond the abstract and offers piece by piece, step by step, information to employees seeking to provide quality customer service. The premise of this course is twofold: quality customer service is the key to success for any employee with customer service responsibility, and quality customer service is the foundation upon which an organization's success and profits are built.
HME 410 The HIPAA Privacy Rule (Including HITECH)
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 1/4 hours
Continuing Education Units: .1
This course describes in detail the Final HIPAA Privacy Rule, part of
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA.
This element of the act protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information that is stored, processed or transmitted and gives individuals the right to be informed of the privacy practices of a health care provider and to be informed of their privacy rights with respect to their protected health information. Successful completion of this course will offer the student the details he/she needs to know in order to fulfill the obligations (and opportunities) placed upon HME companies within HIPAA.
PPD105 Professionalism - The External
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 ½ hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
This is the second of two courses on Professionalism. This piece, focuses on the external aspects of professionalism:
customer service, professional appearance, professional interaction and attitude, and business etiquette. It will confirm much of what you already know are the elements of a professional: how professionals act with customers and coworkers, how they dress and their approach in business.
HME 104 AN OVERVIEW OF REIMBURSEMENT & MANAGED CARE
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1.5 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
Probably the most essential aspect of success for the Home Medical Equipment business is getting reimbursed for the equipment and services you provide. Our goal in this series of lessons is to
introduce you to the number of organizations that pay your company and what you have to do to get paid.
HME 310 BASIC DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT/HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2.5 hours
Continuing Education Units: .3 (RESNA Accepted)
This course provides an overview of some of the most commonly provided durable medical equipment, consisting primarily of: bathroom and toileting equipment, hospital beds and supports surfaces, aids
to daily living and mobility and ambulation. In addition to descriptions of products and their application, information is given indicating the types of customers who will most likely use this equipment and other
kinds of home medical equipment the patient might require.
HME 311 REHAB EQUIPMENT
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 ¼ hours
Continuing Education Units: .1 (RESNA Accepted)
A large population of individuals served by our industry consists of those with permanent disabilities such as spinal cord injuries or those with degenerative diseases such as MS or ALS.
These folks are the primary users of rehab equipment. This course described this often sophisticated equipment, including manual wheelchairs, power chairs and other equipment that support the day-to-day lives of its users. This information will also provide understanding as to what other kinds of home medical equipment a patient might require
PPD 104 - Professionalism - The Internal
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 ½ hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
This is the first of two courses on Professionalism. This course literally considers the heart of the matter, those elements of your attitude and behavior that affect your work every day: self-confidence, ethics, and
the professional approach to dealing positively with issues of diversity and persons with disabilities.
CS 107 COMMON COURTESY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE HOME
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 hour
Continuing Education Units: .1
This course focuses on important points in showing respect for our disabled customers through our actions, words and courteous approach. It also offers some basics on common courtesies in the homes of
our customer's and dealing with their problems and complaints while there.
DDT 103 HOME & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - VIDEO
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA Accepted)
This course offers great detail about the team effort involved in assessment of the home and environment, with a focus on the role of the Driver/Delivery Technician.
The course outlines what to review for home assessment, environmental risk factors and consideration of patient needs and concerns.
DDT 121 MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 1/4 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
Manual wheelchairs are among the most common products provided by HME companies, and also among the most critical and complex. This comprehensive course takes the Driver/Delivery Technician's
expertise with manual chairs to a whole new level, covering all of the details for wheelchair selection, operation, adjustment, maintenance and repair.
HME 408 COMPLIANCE IN THE HME INDUSTRY: MEDICARE
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2
As an employee of an HME provider, it is essential that you understand the importance of compliance and how it affects billing, delivery, service, and all the elements of your company. The focus of
this course is Medicare compliance because if you can understand and meet the standards and rules of Medicare, you will most likely meet the standards and rules for any other third party payer.
The information in this course will help you identify the various agencies who influence compliance in the industry. The definitions of important terms pertaining to compliance are presented here as well as an outline of the basics of an effective compliance program. We've also included specific violations of Medicare fraud and abuse regulations and recommended ways to prevent such violations.
HME 103 UNDERSTANDING MEDICARE & MEDICAID
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 hour
Continuing Education Units: .1 (RESNA Accepted)
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid provides basic information to aid in the comprehension of these programs and their impact on the way we do business.
ATP 101 INTRODUCTION TO RESNA AND THE ATP
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1/4 hour
Continuing Education Units: .0
This course is intended to give the student an understanding of how to prepare for the RESNA ATP credentialing as well as allow the student to become familiar with RESNA.
ATP 102 CLINICAL FUNDAMENTALS
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 3 hours
Continuing Education Units: .3 (RESNA-C Accepted)
At the core of assistive technology implementation is a thorough assessment to match client needs to product features and applications. Assessment requires a basic understanding of clinical fundamentals, including anatomy, physiology, pathology and how disability affects function.
ATP 103 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND PUBLIC POLICY
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
An Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) acts in a responsible and professional manner and provides the most appropriate devices and services for consumers. Many professions define the ethical conduct expected of their practitioners in a specific code of ethics and standards of practice.
ATP 201 ASSESSMENT
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
Assessment for assistive technology is a critical process upon which the ultimate success of any AT intervention depends. Without a carefully conducted assessment based on sound and thorough evaluation findings, it is impossible for a service delivery team to determine the best possible assistive technology solution. Many assistive technology provision teams struggle with issues such as limitations in resources, sub-optimal outcomes of intervention, and dissatisfied consumers.
Consistent application of “best practices” in the area of assessment is the best (and possibly the only) method to combat all of these problems. It is not likely that available resources will dramatically expand in the near future, therefore it is critical to be as efficient and effective as possible in this process. Careful assessment is the best safeguard against waste of limited funding resources on assistive technology that does not meet the consumer’s needs or that the consumer will ultimately abandon
.
ATP 202 ACCESSING THE TECHNOLOGY
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 1 3/4 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
Access is how a person controls an assistive technology device. For example, a joystick is an access method used to control a power wheelchair, a keyboard is an access method used to control a computer, a switch is an access method used to control a speech generating device and voice is an access method used to control an electronic aid to daily living (EADL).
Assistive technology devices typically can be controlled by more than one access method. Specific sections of this course will discuss access as it relates to a particular area of assistive technology, such as a computer or speech generating device.
ATP 301 POSITIONING
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 3 hours
Continuing Education Units: .3 (RESNA-C Accepted)
The evaluation and provision of wheelchair seating and mobility can occur in many diverse settings and reflect various philosophies. These settings can include a traditional seating clinic, a school classroom, or a client’s home. Regardless of the setting, specific information needs to be collected to identify client needs and match those needs to specific equipment and applications. This section and the next will address the components of a seating evaluation and the steps necessary to facilitate equipment decisions.
Seating choices can facilitate or get in the way of function, or even cause harm to the client. Combine these variables with the high cost of new technologies, and it becomes essential that a thorough, accurate evaluation is performed. Facilitation of function within the client’s limits and to enhance the client’s ability to perform functional tasks more easily or independently, by augmenting skills or replacing lack of skill.
ATP 302 MOBILITY
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test: 2 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
Manual and power wheelchairs are a necessity for people with ambulation impairments. Determining the most optimal manual or power wheelchair can be daunting due to the overwhelming amount of equipment that is available in both of these categories. However, not knowing what is available can also be detrimental to the health and well being of the consumer.
ATP 303 AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test:1 hour
Continuing Education Units: .1 (RESNA-C Accepted)
In this section you will be introduced to the basic issues and features of AAC systems. Strategies for integrating AAC systems with other assistive technologies will also be presented.
AAC is appropriate for children and adults with congenital, acquired, progressive and severe or multiple disabilities that result in difficulties with speech, writing, language development and/or comprehension. AAC systems are used by people not able to generate any sounds or by individuals with speech that is not understood due to dysarthria, a motor speech disorder characterized by poor articulation (caused by weak, slow and uncoordinated muscles used in speech).
ATP 401 COMPUTER ACCESS
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test:1 hour
Continuing Education Units: .1 (RESNA-C Accepted)
Today, participation in modern society virtually depends on access to electronic information through computers. If an individual has a limitation that makes access to computers impossible, then full participation is not available. Assistive technology provides access.
When considering computer access, it is important to consider the goals, if any, of the user. The demands for productivity when a computer is used for a task are very different than the desire for enjoyment when the computer is considered as a hobby or source of entertainment. Both applications are important to the person who pursues them, but computer access tool options may be very different.
ATP 402 ELECTRONIC AIDS TO DAILY LIVING
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test:1 hour
Continuing Education Units: .1 (RESNA-C Accepted)
Electronic Aids to Daily Living (EADLs) provide alternative access to devices within the environment, such as the TV, door and phone. This category of assistive technology is traditionally poorly funded, leading to minimal product improvement, client acquisition and use. Assistive technology practitioners and suppliers, consumers and funding sources need further education to address these issues.
ATP 403 SENSORY
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test:1 3/4 hours
Continuing Education Units: .2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
This section will provide an overview of some of the technology available for people who are blind or have low vision. The chapter in the Fundamentals in Assistive Technology text includes comprehensive information about vision and visual deficits, as well.
RTS 101 THE ROLE OF THE RTS AND REHAB COMPANIES
Suggested Time to Complete Course & Test:1 3/4 hours
Continuing Education Units:.2 (RESNA-C Accepted)
This course on funding and billing for rehab takes the approach of addressing both the RTS and the reimbursement specialist because of the critical need for taking a team approach to funding.
If you are in billing, you need to understand several of the details the RTS goes through to get documentation ready for submission. If you are an RTS, you need to understand how complex the actual submission can be. This course summarizes the various sources of funding, and then gets very specific about billing and coding rehab, with a focus on Medicare and some of the new regulations regarding cushions and chairs.
Here's the approach we want to take through this course.
First, let's focus for a bit on those who need the services of a rehab company, our patients. Second, let us review the overall functions and products of a rehab company and their part in providing assistive technology systems - many of those functions and products you are familiar with. Finally, let's get specific about the role of an RTS within a rehab company - your tasks, opportunities and routine.
RTS 400 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW FOR THE RESNA EXAM
This course is the final preparation for the RESNA exam and has two purposes. The first is to cover some basic test taking skills, to get you prepared to
take the 200 questions multiple choice exam. Secondly, this course pulls out important material from all of your other courses and puts it in a sort of Cliff Notes approach to getting ready for the exam.
Our intent is not to review every single subject area, but to remind you of some of the key things you have to know. Your success on the RESNA exam will actually be a combination of what you review here, the
comprehensive battery of courses you've taken from MED U and what you've already practiced in the industry. Good luck! MED and RESNA are not affiliated. Please check with RESNA to make sure the MED University courses your choose are approved for your RESNA credentialing.
(Please Note: RESNA reserves the right to accept or deny any on-going education that does not meet their continuing education criteria. Please do not select courses that
you have previously submitted to RESNA for your certification.)
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