Trainings

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to helping the Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal Health Programs, and Urban Indian Programs to maximize their ability to access third party resources. To meet this objective, CMS, in partnership with the States, the Veterans Administration, the Social Security Administration, and the IHS, provides training to patient benefits advocates on the programs and benefits available through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Health Insurance Marketplace.

• Business Office staff
• Benefits Coordinators
• Patient Registration staff
• Medical Records staff
• Purchased Referred Care Services staff

Virtual Trainings: Due to travel and training restrictions issued as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CMS Division of Tribal Affairs will be offering virtual training per IHS Area as indicated in the chart below. We encourage ITU staff to register for training being held for their respective areas as the agendas will be developed to address issues for particular Areas and State Medicaid/CHIP presentations for states located in the IHS Areas. However, if you are not able to attend a particular topic during your Area training event, you may register for webinars in other Areas.

Continuing Education Credits (CEUs): You will receive 1 CEU from AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) for each webinar you attend for up to a maximum of 14 CEU’s for the virtual training series.  Because the agenda presentations will vary from Area, the number of CEUs available for each training will vary.  You will need to participate in the full webinar and not log off early to receive the CEU certificate.  At the end of each training, you will be sent an online evaluation form to complete.  Your feedback is important to help us improve.  After completing the evaluation, you will receive your CEU’s for virtual training.  See the agenda and specific Save the Date Notice for deadlines for submitting evaluations in order to receive the CEUs.

Registration: Please visit https://regionalcmsitutrainings.com to register for CMS ITU trainings.  Once registration is open, please click on the link for the “Save the Date”, which includes detailed information about the training and registration.  Registration opens 30 days prior to training and training materials column will provide you with a link to access and print all training materials. 

 2023-2024 ITU Virtual Trainings

2023-2024 training planning are in progress and an update will be announced soon.