2026 Essentials and Fundamentals - CME

Acknowledgement of Financial Commercial Support

No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity.

Acknowledgement of In-Kind Commercial Support

No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

Satisfactory Completion

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLCand American College of Physican Advisors. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the AccreditationCouncil for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.

Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163

Physicians

Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Objectives - After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To

  1. Describe Medicare’s 2 Midnight Rule and how to apply it for proper Inpatient/Outpatient status designation for Medicare FFS beneficiaries.
  2. Understand the purpose of condition code 44, when and what is required for completion and the physician advisor role incompletion of this important process.
  3. Describe and understand Medicare MS-DRG system and the implications of CC/MCC effect on hospital payment and qualityscoring.
  4. Understand how Physician Advisors can assist Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists in ensuring accurate and complete documentation in clinical care is captured.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco. All of these relationships were treated as a conflict of interest,and have been resolved. (C7 SCS 6.1-6.2, 6.5).

All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed below.

NameCommercial Interest:Relationship
Ahmed Abuabdou N/A
Erin Boyd N/A
Bartho Caponi N/A
Benjamin Kartchner Brundage Group:Employee
AIDA:Consultant
Adriane Martin N/A
Anuja Mohla N/A
Alyssa Riley Pediatric Resource Group, Dell Children's Medical Center, Ascension Texas: Consultant
Juliet Ugarte Hopkins N/A
Parthavi Das N/A
Dana Mortenson N/A

 

How to Get Your Certificate

  1. Go to acpa.cmecertificateonline.com
  2. Click on the Essentials and Fundamentals 2026 link
    1. This link will remain available from September 26, 2026 through December 26, 2026
  3. Evaluate the meeting.
  4. Print, download, or save your certificate for your records.
  5. If you lose your certificate, or need help, go to help.cmecertificateonline.com

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