CADS Certification

CADS Certification Overview

July 22, 2026 7:30 AM - Registration

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM - CADS Session

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM - CADS Session

4:00 - 6:00 PM - MIH Portion and Exam Note: If you have already completed CADS, you may attend the MIH portion only.

Module Description

Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) and Community Paramedicine programs operate at the intersection of emergency medical services, primary care, public health, and social services. As these programs expand, documentation has become one of the most critical, and scrutinized, components of care delivery. This module is an add-on to the Certified Ambulance Documentation Specialist (CADS) course and provides MIH clinicians with practical guidance for creating documentation that accurately reflects patient care, supports clinical quality, demonstrates medical necessity, and withstands payer, regulatory, and legal review.

Participants will learn how MIH documentation differs from traditional EMS patient care reports, how to effectively document longitudinal and non-transport encounters, and how to capture clinical reasoning, social determinants of health, care coordination, and outcomes. Through real-world examples and best practices, clinicians will develop the skills needed to produce documentation that is clinically meaningful, defensible, and aligned with program sustainability and value-based healthcare models.

Upon completion of this module, participants will be able to:

1. Differentiate documentation requirements for mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) and community paramedicine encounters from traditional emergency medical services (EMS) patient care reporting.

2. Describe the key components of high-quality MIH documentation, including encounter authorization, patient consent and capacity, comprehensive clinical and social assessment, interventions, and follow-up planning.

3. Demonstrate the ability to document medical necessity and clinical reasoning in treatment-in-place and non-transport encounters in a manner that supports regulatory compliance and payer expectations.

4. Incorporate social determinants of health, care coordination activities, and patient education into MIH clinical documentation to reflect the full scope and value of community-based care.

5. Construct clear, defensible narrative documentation that accurately reflects patient condition, supports quality assurance and program evaluation, and withstands payer or regulatory review.