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NCCAP Annual Report
By Cindy
Bradshaw, ACC
Executive Director
Executive
Director Annual Report (4/02)
Year
in review:
·
Re-engineering committee meets in New York, in the fall
of 2001, to develop the initial plan for rewriting/updating
the MEPAP training manuals
·
Board of Directors fall meeting held in Virginia Beach,
11/01
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Board approves full-time position for Executive Director,
11/01
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Part-time clerical vacancy, filled 12/01
·
90 day expiration postcards implemented, and effective
for retention of current certified individuals 01/02
·
NCCAP gives CMS input for the standards revision
·
New chart of accounts developed for more effective bookkeeping
procedures
The
certification renewals are coming in at a steady pace.
90 day reminder "pink" postcards were implemented
to determine if a "last reminder" would encourage
individuals to maintain their professional credential.
It has at the rate of 6 - 21 per month, which would
have expired and been deleted from the national registry
otherwise. This was just one of the many great ideas
from Betty Cooper, Data Operator for NCCAP. Betty also
maintains the instructor list as of 2/02--with the assistance
of our new webmaster.
Audrey
continues to work closely with the volunteer reviewers
to ensure that the applicants have the utmost assistance
with their professional goals. She checks the files
prior to mailing for anything not included in the application,
as well as reviews the previous renewal or materials
to determine the eligibility of current information.
The files for the most part are turned around within
a 5 - 8 week time. This is much quicker than in the
past.
Rachel
now fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Doris
in 11/01. Rachel meets the clerical needs of the office
to include: filing, making copies, destroying deleted
files, and processing the renewals and reminder postcards
each month.
With
the standard changes in July 2001, the challenge to
increase the number of certified members has become
a bit more creative. For example - While the intent
of raising the number of required hours of work experience
from 2000 to 4000 hours was to meet the minimum qualifier
for the federal regulations, that also left some individuals
just short of the experience requirements. Some of these
individuals could become certified as an ADPC and then
level change to a director upon completion of their
4000 hours. Others are simply on hold until the experience
is achieved. Another area to look at will be the effect
if any of adding the requirement of the MEPAP 1 (NCCAP
Board at their Spring 2001 voted to require the MEPAP
1 for all initial ADC and ACC levels of certification)
will have on the potential applicants, and what areas
may need to be reviewed further, prior to implementation.
Letters
were mailed to all 50 state licensing boards to explain
NCCAP, the certification process, and the requirement
for the 90 hour course(s) to be taught by pre-approved
individuals. Future letters will go out to the various
healthcare associations as well as to identified areas
in which certification numbers are not as solid as they
could be.
This
was the 5th year for the ADPC level of renewals; which
currently allow a person with 3 of the 5 requirements
of ADC Track 4, to be certified with the provision that
they will complete the remaining 2 components within
a 5 year time frame. While most individuals did indeed
fulfill the final 2 components, and went on to be certified
as directors there were a few who did not, and therefore
were placed at the AAC level, according to their qualifications.
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