| Best for | For rehabilitation, medical, and vocational professionals working toward the Certified Life Care Planner or Canadian CLCP (CCLCP) credential. The ICHCC sets specific eligibility requirements to sit the exam - see the official candidate handbook (linked below) for the details that apply to you. | Generally pursued by professionals in workers' compensation case management, legal or insurance case management involving work-related injury claims, social services case management of injured workers, rehabilitation case management (including CRCs and CDMSs), and case management of Medicare beneficiaries. | For health care, workers' compensation, legal, and HR professionals who need to project the future cost of medical care - including CLCPs/CCLCPs in good standing, case managers, disability management professionals, rehabilitation specialists, nurses, PT/OT and their assistants, physicians and physicians' assistants, chiropractors, speech therapists, social workers, insurance claims adjusters, attorneys, paralegals, HR professionals, and qualifying government employees. |
| You'll be able to | By the end of the program, you'll be able to develop a defensible life care plan from intake through cost projection, apply the standards of practice and ethical guidelines that govern the credential, and identify the vocational and forensic considerations that shape a plan. You'll finish having completed a peer-reviewed sample life care plan - the last requirement to apply for the CLCP or CCLCP exam. | By the end of the program, you'll understand why and when a Medicare Set-Aside is required, how it's used in the settlement process, and how CMS reviews and prices a WCMSA submission. You'll finish having completed a peer-reviewed sample MSA report - the last requirement to apply for the MSCC credential. | By the end of the program, you'll understand the full Medical Cost Projection process - from referral intake through injury-specific review, coding, and pricing. You'll finish having completed a peer-reviewed sample Medical Cost Projection report - the last requirement to apply for the CMCPS exam. |
| Prerequisite | Evidence of completion of an ICHCC-approved training program | Evidence of completion of an ICHCC-approved training program | Education: at minimum an Associate's degree (exceptions for diploma RNs, licensed insurance adjusters/agents, and paralegals with a paralegal certificate) |