Find advancement with an Auditing Certification, the Registered Medical Auditor (RMA). Medical auditing is a critical piece to compliance and profitability. Audits can be in the form of RAC audits, private payer denials, or pure peace of mind as more physicians plan to conduct in-house baseline audits on a regular basis. In this day and age, the risks are too great to avoid compliance. Improve the revenue cycle as a Registered Medical Auditor.

Lesson Preparation
RMA’s must have a good understanding of medical documentation, fraud, abuse and penalties for documentation and coding violations based on governmental guidelines. Aspiring auditors can look forward to the following areas of study:

• Coding Concepts
• Scope and Statistical Sampling Methodologies
• Medical Record Auditing Skills and Abstraction Ability
• Quality Assurance and Coding Risk Analysis
• Communication of Results and Findings
• The Medical Record

The Exam
The RMA final examination will be activated upon enrollment in the course. The exam link will re-direct students to the ARHCP’s testing site. The RMA certification test is online. The test is 150 questions and once started the student has 24 hours to complete the test. Each student is given two attempts to pass the certification exam.
The exam is open-resource.