Case Manager Certification Preparation Program Series
Ohio University's Case Manager Certification Preparation Program Series, offered through the College of Health Sciences and Professions, is relevant to any health care professional with a desire to expand their knowledge about population health, value-based care concepts and delivery models. The content can also play a vital role within other inter-professional team members who have a role in the coordination of care.
The online format provides highly affordable classes designed by health care professionals currently working in the field that clinicians can register and complete anytime, anywhere.
The interactive series is open to all health care professionals and offers continuing education credits.
Discounts are available for individuals employed by OHIO's health care partners.
Program Benefits:
- All courses are 100% online
- Includes more than 11 hours of continuing education opportunities for nurses and social workers
- Provides vital preparation for the case manager certification exam
- Includes five courses based on common themes woven throughout each of the case manager certification exams including, but not limited to, population health management, assessment and screening for risk, care coordination and planning, health promotion and self-management and quality management and case manager evaluation.
Course Offerings
Course 1: Care Delivery and Reimbursement Methods in Case Management
- Learn to describe the roles of a case manager and list components of care delivery including models of care, health care delivery systems, cost containment principles, reimbursement and payment methodologies, and the continuum of care.
Course 2: Ethical, Legal and Practice Standards in Case Management
- Describe basic legal sources affecting case management including sources of law, theories of liability, negligence, and torts;
- Summarize the elements of malpractice and negligence;
- Recognize the different types of advance directives and models of ethical decision making
- Identify national case management standards and practices
Course 3: Care Coordination and Planning for Case Managers
- Summarize the function of care coordination and planning, including the guiding principles and steps;
- Describe functional capacity and the features of vocational rehabilitation;
- Recognize the impact of health literacy on health outcomes as applied to Case Management.
Course 4: Psychosocial Concepts and Support Systems in Case Management
- Identify the stages of change in case management clientele;
- Apply self-care as the case manager and provide to the client;
- Recognize the psychosocial conditions affecting case management, including the client’s economic, educational, social, psychological, cultural, and religious attributes.
Course 5: Quality and Outcomes Evaluation and Measurement in Case Management
- Describe the accreditation process and requirements for the Commission for Case Manager Certification;
- Identify and discuss quality indicators and quality assurance measurements per the Commission for Case Manager Certification.
Payment Details
The Case Manager Certification Preparation Program Series is $520 for all courses or $115 for each individual course with discounts offered to partner organizations.
Call 614.793.5646 or email healthalliance@ohio.edu for more information.
Continuing Education Credits
Consortium for Health Education in Appalachia Ohio is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Consortium for Health Education in Appalachia Ohio’s Midwest MSD Provider Approval# is: OH224-4 and approval is in place through Jan. 31, 2027.
Each of these workshops has been approved for CE hours by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, Columbus, Ohio.