CCM EXam, Questions and Tips

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:confused: I'm going to be taking the CCM Exam for the first time this Fall, and would like to hear from those who have taken it; i.e. what study materials (if any), did you find useful, and which areas of the test were the hardest? Thanks!:wink2:

What CD

Specializes in Occupational Health Nurse/ case manager.

The CD by CertiStep. It has over 1000 questions in each of the 6 domains. But if I were you, I would give CCMC more time to process your results---you may be pleasantly surprised!!! Good luck....I know the waiting is killing you!!!

Specializes in Occupational Health Nurse/ case manager.

Demi,

I checked the CCMC website and noticed they have a Help Center number to check your name for certification:

It is..... 651-789-3744

Hope this helps!!!!

I found my name - thanks for the tip. I passed!

Ii did not pass. They said I was really close

I will take it again. Dang it man. Next time for sure

I will pass.

I passed. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For anyone who is going to take this test all I can say that it was God. I did not feel good or bad after taking the test. I studied for two months straight and I did not feel that it helped to prepare me for this test. So if you believe in the power of prayer. Start praying and ask God to lead and guide you.

I will be taking the CCM this July. Anyone ever signed up for casemanagerexam.com and recommend it?

I thought about buying the Case manager's study guide by Fattorusso but heard it's useless. Need advice for most efficient way to study and get the best out of studying. Please respond!

I subscribed to casemanagerexam.com and found that it was very helpful. More so than the study guide.

Has anyone considered going the FAACM (Fellowship in the American Academy of Case Management) way instead via American Institute of Health Care Professionals? Pam :-)

For anyone who's interested, just took my CCM exam today. 7/17/2010. Felt like I knew only half the stuff. The other half...well, it's just difficult to prepare for. Some of the questions that I can recall were regarding the ADA; EAHCA and free education for the disabled; A Sentinel Event (that's pertaining to a death); What the Physical medicine doctor's goal should be when returning an disabled individual to the work place; Voc Rehab; The Dictionary of Occupational Titles; Many questions on Medicare; OASIS (pertaining to Home Health); The difference between Home Health and Hospice and the one thing that would benefit Hospice patients that is exclusive to Hospice (I put continuous nursing care as HH has limits per Medicare. Hope that's right.); Payer Systems i.e. Captitation, Fee for Service, Case Rate, etc.; Managed Care; The Social Security Act; SSDI; Medicaid; Case manager responsibilities; Communication with the patient; What should the Case manager should do when meeting w/ the patient for the first time; Substance Abuse behaviors; Some Psych pertaining to behaviors; RTW; Clinical Pathways; Patient Guidelines; Some stuff on ethics; Team concepts i.e. collaboration; Working w/ a difficult patient; and that's about all I can remember for now. It's important to know the concepts, as well as some specifics like the rules and laws. I found great info, up to date, on the CCMA website. I even found some free on-line CEU courses pertaining to Case management that I think helped. Now I have to just wait. Four to six weeks? Ugh! Pray for me!

Thanks so much for this information. I will be taking the test this week! Wish me luck. From what others have told me about the test....they all say the same thing..."I am not sure how I did on that. There are things on the test I never studied." That makes me nervous. Are the questions really tricky? Are there lots on Work comp and disability? Not sure how much more I can study! What's passing? Do you have to score 80%? Thanks for the info!

also what is a case load calculation. the CCMC website indicates that is something that might be on the exam. thanx

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