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Risk Adjustment Course Version 2.0 is Coming Soon!
We’ve been working hard for months on this. I say we hadn’t really hardly done anything. Chandra and the team did, but we, as in CCO. If you want to get on our notification list for when it’s fully launched, go to https://www.cco.us/ra-early and for those who’ve already signed up for a
Risk Adjustment Course Version 1.0 you will also get access to 2.0, and you will not be charged anymore, so don’t worry about that. For those who are considering getting into Risk Adjustment coding, it’s an excellent field. I’ll let Chandra and Alicia chime in a little bit on that since they are our resident experts.
Alicia: I can tell you that I absolutely love Risk Adjustment. I had always said that it was HCC work because that’s the slang for what I had used. And then when Chandra and I started working together she would always correct me and say, “It’s risk adjustment,” which is actually what it’s called. The beauty and fun that I get from risk adjustment is that it’s diagnosis coding, and if you guys know me, you know I love diagnosis coding. I don’t just love diagnosis coding I love the disease process, the terminology, and all the aspects that you learn with diagnosis coding. That’s exactly what you need when working with Risk Adjustment.
[VIDEO] CCO Risk Adjustment Course Version 2.0 | HCC Coding Course V2.0Â
Chandra came on board and we got a team together, and subject matter experts, and just blew out of the water what we already had, which was a good course, but really the part that I have to say that I like the most is that focus on all of the chronic conditions and the diseases, and that was fun to work on. It’s really meaty, which is another risk adjustment term, but I’ll be quiet, and let Chandra have a few words to, or otherwise I won’t be able to shut up I just enjoy risk adjustment so much.
Chandra: You know your limitations, it’s OK. The only piece that I want to add to this as excited as Alicia gets about the coding and the chronic condition, and all of that, it’s only 40% of the CRC exam. Only 40% of the questions, a total of 60 questions are on coding. The rest of it is very heavily weighted on all of the rules and regulations and guidelines, and all of the structure and theory behind the coding piece, and we really worked to build those up and help explain how quality measures factor in, and what those different quality measures are and how the different plans are different.
It’s HCC the most broad, known version of risk adjustment as one piece, but now we have all of these CDPS and DPS plans for Medicaid, and we have HHS plans for the Affordable Care Act for those Healthcare Marketplace Plans, and we’ve really tried to work hard to make sure we have sections that address that and explain here’s what they are, here’s how they differ, and really build a very robust course. I know we’ve had a lot of success so far with our Blitz, and we really hope that the more robust course adds to that.
Laureen: Just really quick, the real takeaway here guys is that employers are hiring newly certified people in this particular specialty. That’s pretty good. It’s not a struggle to get in.
Alicia: You could not do that five years ago. You could not have stated that somebody could be a new coder or a CPCA, and have the opportunity to get a job working remote, but they’re actually doing that now. I’m willing to train you. So whether you stay on being hired or get laid off, I spoke with somebody today about this is, the fact that the time that you’re trained for this is huge.
Keep in mind though it is very hot in the market right now. We’ll continue to be risk adjustment people who code in risk adjustment sometimes get laid off. They have big polls three times a year, so they could tell you you’re going to get hired, but you’re probably going to be laid off these two months, and they’ll call you back when the new contract has come in and everything. But I never got laid off, however it does happen, but it’s something to plan for. Most of the jobs are remote, and it pays really well.
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- CRC Credential | Risk Adjustment Course with CCO – Video
This is an exciting for me! Alicia got me interested in RA when we spoke last year and I can’t wait to take this course!! I am hopeful I will be able to take this course, money allowing. I am taking MTA/PBC right now to get my CPC and hopefully my CCS too!! I can’t wait to take Risk Adjustment 2.0!! Thank you for all you offer for everyone to learn. This specialty is one I really want to get into asap.My life has taken a turn that I need to find remote work so my CPC credential can’t come soon enough. Thank you CCO
Risk Adjustment Coding course is coming soon.
The Risk Adjustment Course must be exciting. This might be tricky but knowing the instructors who will stand on the course makes more exciting. This is good news for knowledge expansion.
Nice one! What would be great is if CCO can also provide free CRC practice questions just like the ones in CPC and COC :)
Great news!!
This is really great news. Seems to be the upcoming thing
This will be my next class. But it will have to wait for now.
I would really love to take this course, sounds really exciting and fun from the webinar.
This is a very promising course and it is good to hear that employers are looking for individuals newly certified in RA. There seem to be many individuals having trouble getting their foot in the door as a newly certified CPC or CPC-A. However, I think the CCO staff and student body help as much as possible with offering tips and suggestions on how to overcome this hurdle. CCO has it’s finger on the pulse of what is valuable in the coding field and works hard to design curriculum promoting student success.
Sounds like an interesting course and would be interested in learning more.
You can learn more here https://www.cco.us/certified-risk-adjustment-coder-crc-course-exam-preparation/
Awesome! I”ve heard a lot about Risk adjustment and it sounds like something I would be interested in pursuing in a couple of years from now. What I didn’t know is that you can be hired even if your’re newly certified — that’s a definite plus in the coding world!