New ACS Education Requirement: Pomphrey Consulting Has You Covered!

The American College of Surgeon has recently disclosed changes that are coming in the “new” Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient.  Some of the changes are specific to the trauma registrar, both in new staffing and education requirements.  Dr. William Marx, DO, FACS, who is the current chair of the Verification Review Committee, lists these changes as concrete requirements for trauma program staffing and education. 

The proposed changes are:

Trauma registrar staffing requirement. The new standards also require trauma programs to have 0.5 FTE trauma registrars for every 200 to 300 patients in the trauma registry. (Under the Orange Book, the requirement was one FTE registrar for each 500 to 750 patients.)

Trauma registrar education requirement. The new standards require staff with a trauma registry role to participate in several educational courses:

• The most recent version of the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) Training Course from the AAAM (with pass)
• A trauma registry course that covers abstraction, data management, reports and report analysis, data validation and HIPAA requirements
• An ICD-10 course or an ICD-10 refresher course every 5 years

Any registrars who have not fulfilled these requirements must do so within 18 months of their hire date or within 18 months of the effective date of the new standards, whichever is more recent.

Pomphrey Consulting is here to meet and exceed your expectations from your staffing and educational needs.  Our nationally certified trauma registrars are here to give you staffing peace of mind.  With data point driven inter-rater reliability (IRR) scores of 96% or greater, rest assured your benchmarking, research, and performance improvement data will be accurate and on time.  We customize our staffing services to meet your unique needs and deliver a solution to meet any budget.  Whether you need full time, part time, training for new hires, back log or concurrent data abstraction short term or long term, we have a team for you.

Our state-of-the-art educational programs are designed for the busy professional to help balance work demands and material retention.  We are so proud to have over 8 years of experience teaching virtually.  Our educational division has dedicated many man hours to ensure all programs are updated annually to meet all new national standards, and guidelines.  Our Trauma Registrar Mentorship Program was first recognized by ACS in 2015 as meeting the educational requirement of CD 15-7.  We are dedicated to meeting the industries recommendations and surpassing it.  Below are our key educational course and several key factors on each.

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Trauma Registrar Mentorship

• Meets the educational requirement of CD 15-7
• Only comprehensive course available that includes both standard trauma registrar training as well as a full ICD-10 course.
• 32 lectures, including in-depth anatomy, trauma scaling and scoring systems, Confidentiality & Security, Performance Improvement, Data Validation, Report Writing, Data Management, Chart Abstraction, Computer Technology, Statistics and must more
• Includes a full Trauma Registrar Specific ICD-10-CM, and ICD-10-PCS course by a AHIMA certified ICD-10 instructor, full-time professor in the Health Information Technology Program at Southwestern Illinois College
• Solid fundamental and standardized approach for the new trauma registrar
• Utilizes multiple teaching formats to engage the student
• Quizzes, homework, and weekly faculty Q&A sessions
• Updated yearly to include national changes
• 62 hours of continuing nursing education approved by the Virginia Nurses Association.
• Cost Efficient $975 or $15 / credit hour

Extensive Trauma Registrar Mentorship Program

$1,250.00

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Comprehensive Trauma Specific ICD-10 Course

• Designed by AHIMA certified ICD-10 instructors
• Focuses on trauma specific information that a trauma registrar needs to be able to code successfully
• In-depth discussion for external cause codes, injuries and procedures, designed to meet the trauma registrars unique needs.
• Includes a full anatomy review
• Homework, quizzes, and faculty Q&A sessions
• Updated yearly to include national changes
• 25.5 hours of continuing education
• Cost $500

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Trauma Specific ICD-10 REFRESHER Course

• Review ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding organization and structure
• Explore 2021 updates for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes
• Discuss trauma coding common challenges
• Examine ICD-10-PCS root operations
• Provide hands-on trauma operative case analysis
• Updated yearly to include national changes
• Cost $275

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Trauma Advanced Registrar Prep

• Target audience is advanced registrar with at least 2 years experience
• Deep dive into Performance Improvement, Data Management, National Trauma Data Standards, Benchmarking Reports and Statistics
• Homework, quizzes, and faculty Q&A sessions
• 45 hours of continuing nursing education approved by the Virginia Nurses Association.
• Updated yearly to include national changes
• Cost $500

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Trauma Registrar Webinars

• 31 Webinars in our Library
• Costs include FREE webinars, and others up to $80

Trauma Registrar Webinars

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Trauma Program Managers Mentorship

• Comprehensive course to provide a solid foundation and standardized approach for the new TPM
• Core Areas: Leadership, Communication with surgeons, administration and trauma program staff, expertise in the Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual
• In depth coverage of each chapter, including Verification Change document, and clarification document
• Resources provided: clinical guidelines, resumes, lists of needed resources and survey preparation materials
• Peer Review Committee consisting of surgeons, and trauma program managers from various levels of trauma centers throughout the country
• 16 lectures
• 37.5 hours of continuing nursing education approved by the Virginia Nurses Association.
• Costs $1000

Trauma Program Manager Course

$800.00

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Introduction to Trauma Data Analytics

$600.00

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Advanced Operations Management for Trauma Centers

$725.00 - $750.00

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Trauma Data Analytics Course

$1,500.00

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Trauma Program Manager Webinars

• 21 Webinars in our Library
• Costs include FREE webinars, and others up to $70

Trauma Program Manager Webinars

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Visit our Trauma Library for downloadable studies, articles, and landmark cases to increase your trauma knowledge.  Also available is our Trauma Calculator where you can calculate your Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Probability of Survival (TRISS) as well as your W Score.
Partnering with Pomphrey Consulting gives you safe and secure services, safeguarding you against staff shortages, and missed deadlines, while enhancing team performance through education.

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