How the Certification Program Works: (3-Days)
To be eligible to become RAC-CT® Certified (Resident Assessment Coordinator - Certified®) an individual must:
1. Be a clinician/professional involved in the RAI process.
2. Complete 10 AANAC courses, of which 7 are required as the core curriculum:
• MDS Coding for OBRA and PPS          
• RUG-IV
• OBRA Timing and Scheduling              
• CAAs
• PPS Timing and Scheduling                
• Introduction to Medicare Part A
• Care Planning

The 3 electives for this workshop are:
• Accurately Assessing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Five-Star Quality Rating System
• Accurately Assessing Pain and the MDS 3.0 

To be eligible to become RAC-CT recertified, an individual must have been certified or

recertified in MDS 2.0 after 12/31/06 and pass the firsttwo days of the workshop which include the courses listed below:
• MDS Coding for OBRA and PPS
• OBRA Timing and Scheduling
• PPS Timing and Scheduling
• RUG-IV
• CAAs
• Accurately Assessing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)