Infection Prevention Solutions Across the Continuum of Care

Serve patients and staff with confidence, knowing your facility is safeguarded by the experts at IP&MA.

About IP&MA

Our Services

  • CMS Financial Penalty Risk Reduction

    Targeted intervention to reduce healthcare-associated infections, and recover CMS penalty dollars

  • Consulting

    Short term problem solving and performance improvement for focused issue resolution or special projects

  • Program Management

    Fill the infection preventionist role in your facility with contract-based staffing

  • Crisis Response

    Rapid response for urgent or time critical infection prevention and control issues

  • Gap Assessment

    Identify gaps in program and processes and support corrective actions

  • Surveillance Support

    Remote HAI surveillance and quality validation

  • Survey Support

    Ongoing survey readiness and survey response and remediation

  • Outside Healthcare

    Infection prevention and control solutions for industry and community settings

  • IP Training & Skills Assessment

    Infection preventionist training, certification preparation and competency validation.

Services Overview

HAI Financial Penalty Risk Mitigation

IP&MA partners with acute-care hospitals to improve infection prevention programs, reduce healthcare-associated infections, and recover CMS Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (HACRP) penalty dollars through structured, evidence-based engagement.

Reduce your hai penalty burden

  • 4.7x

    Average Year-1 ROI on program fee

  • 30-40%

    Typical CDI reduction within 12 months

  • 20-30%

    SSI rate reduction with bundle implementation

  • 3

    Simultaneous assessment workstreams, Starting Day 1

Infection Prevention Education & Training

IP&MA provides educational programs and competency assessments in a variety of formats to help your team meet your training and education needs.

Education Overview

  • CIC Certification Prep Course

    Most years, less than ¾ of candidates pass the CIC certification exam. More than 95% of our students have passed the exam on their first try. Our CIC exam preparation program is now available as a self-paced online course.

  • CIC Exam Readiness Assessment

    Our certification readiness assessment can help you determine whether you are ready to take your CIC exam, and where you may need more study.

  • Infection Surveillance Skill Assessment

    Accurate infection surveillance is critical for infection prevention program success. Our Infection Surveillance Interrater Reliability Assessment utilizes validated case scenarios to assess mastery of application of NHSN surveillance definitions.

  • Web Course: Influencing Without Authority

    This session explores practical leadership, communication and relationship-building strategies to held drive change and improve healthcare outcomes

  • Open Access IP Training: 2026 NHSN Updates

    This free training session covers changes to the 2026 NHSN healthcare infection surveillance definitions.

  • Upcoming Training Courses

    A new self-paced course focusing on Infection Prevention Fundamentals will be launching soon. Sign up with your email below for more information on release date and other news.