This course provides students with an overview of the healthcare field. Topics include evolution of healthcare, healthcare settings, professions, accreditation and regulation, management principles, health information systems, and healthcare data management. It addresses current issues in healthcare in order to enrich students' understanding and breadth of knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system.
Students gain knowledge of the healthcare delivery system in the United States. They analyze ethical and legal issues in the U.S. legal system in regard to record retention and consent of records; identify the utilization-related activities conducted by quality improvement; and review real-life cases for deficiencies in patient records. The course includes hands-on virtual lab exercises.
This course provides the terms, definitions, and formulas used to calculate healthcare statistics. Students evaluate clinical data through application of analytical tools used in performance, safety, and quality improvement. Hands-on activities reinforce student learning and encourage critical thinking about healthcare issues.
Students acquire an understanding of the components needed to successfully manage the insurance claims process and reimbursement methodologies. The course presents policies and procedures to comply with the changing regulations among various payment systems for healthcare services such as Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care. It covers analysis of payment methodologies and systems such as capitation, prospective payment systems, DRGs, and RBRVS. The course includes hands-on virtual lab exercises.
Students gain knowledge of the ICD-10-CM medical coding system, official coding guidelines, and assignment of codes to various clinical statements, scenarios, reports, and patient records. They explore utilization of coding resources and tools. The course includes hands-on virtual lab exercises.
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Students gain knowledge of the CPT/HCPCS medical coding system, official coding guidelines, and assignment of codes to various clinical statements, scenarios, reports, and patient records. They explore utilization of coding resources and tools. The course includes hands-on virtual lab exercises.
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Students gain a comprehensive foundation of inpatient hospital coding and inpatient classification systems for medical specialties. The course emphasizes ensuring accuracy of diagnostic procedure groupings, applying DRGs, and ICD-10 PCS. The course includes hands-on virtual lab exercises.
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Students discuss the most recent issues and trends in the healthcare field which impact health information management practices including the professional rights and responsibilities of a health information management professional and job seeking strategies. Students review and prepare for the national certification exam. This course is for students near the completion of the associate degree program for HCIA.
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Students practice the skills and knowledge gained from the HCIA program with on-the-job training in an acute care hospital and ambulatory and long-term healthcare facilities before graduation. Students collect, compile, and analyze patient information. Students must work with the faculty internship coordinator, secure a job in a related field, and attend seminar sessions periodically throughout the duration of the practicum. Students prepare a portfolio based on the successful completion of the HCIA program. This practicum provides HCIA students with the opportunity to earn 2.0 credit hours by working 80 hours in an approved onsite healthcare facility and completing required assignments.
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