Resident Assessment Coordinator - Certified (RAC-CT®)

AANAC’s Resident Assessment Coordinator Certified (RAC-CT®) certification is the preeminent certification for anyone involved in the resident assessment process.  Constantly reviewed and edited by our team of experts, our certification will help you to distinguish yourself as a valuable asset to any long-term care organization. It has become the gold standard in long-term care, and is showing up as a requirement in more and more job listings.

In this program, you’ll immerse yourself in clinical assessment and care planning, completion of the MDS 3.0 and the regulations that surround the RAI/MDS process. 

Completion of this certification is dependent on fulfilling the requirements of seven required courses and three additional electives allowing you to customize your learning experience with your personal interests or areas of specialty.  

Core Courses:

• MDS 3.0 Coding for OBRA and PPS (CEU's - 5)
• Resource Utilization Groups IV (RUG-IV) and the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 3)
• Introduction to Medicare Part A (CEU's - 2.5)
• Care Area Assessments and the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2)
• OBRA Timing and Scheduling for the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2)
• PPS timing and Scheduling for the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2)
• Care Planning and the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2)

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Electives Include:

• Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management (CEU's - 2.3)
• Administrative Oversight of the RAI/MDS Process (CEU's - 3.8)
• Survey Readiness 24/7/365 (CEU's - 3.75)
• The Five-Star Quality Rating System (CEU's - 2)
• Accurately Assessing Functional Status and the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2)
• The Quality Indicator Survey - Implications for Regulatory Change (CEU's - 4)
• Accurately Assessing Pain and the MDS 3.0 (CEU's - 2.5)
• Human Resource Management (CEU's - 4)
• Leadership and Management (CEU's - 4)
• Quality Improvement and the Nurse Leader (CEU's - 3.75)
• Survey Management and Enforcement (CEU's - 4)
• Risk Management (CEU's - 4)
• Accurately Assessing for Physical Restraints ( CEU's - 2)