This course provides an overview of the healthcare field. Topics include healthcare delivery systems, history of healthcare, careers in healthcare, personal qualities of healthcare workers, principles of teamwork, time management, human growth and development, cultural diversity, safety issues, and computer technology in healthcare settings. It covers the components of healthcare facilities including the governing board, the administration, and the professional/medical staff and explores strategies of student success in health information management systems. The course addresses current issues in healthcare in order to enrich students' understanding and breadth of knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system and the roles and functions of various healthcare professionals.
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This course assists students in establishing a solid foundation of medical terminology and abbreviations and introduces prefixes, suffixes, and word roots used in the language of medicine. It emphasizes understanding the medical vocabulary as it applies to the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the human body. Students study the functioning of the body systems, clinical/surgical procedures, and therapies and examine normal, pathological, clinical, and laboratory considerations in order to best prepare for entrance into the healthcare professions. This course also emphasizes correct spelling and pronunciation.
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This course is a continuation of HIMS 1120. It presents additional body systems, specialty medical areas, clinical procedures, laboratory tests, medical terms, and abbreviations. Students study practical applications with case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, and laboratory and x-ray reports. Upon completion, students should be able to pronounce, spell, and define a wide array of medical terms related to the human body.
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This course gives a foundation in the federal and state laws of the medical profession and ethical issues associated with working in a healthcare setting. It explores HIPAA regulations in detail. Topics include professional, social, and interpersonal healthcare issues. Coverage also includes identification of measures to promote confidentiality as major changes in electronic health record technology occur. Students learn investigation of techniques to maintain office safety as well as the safety and confidentiality of patients and medical records.
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This course introduces the fundamentals of human disease processes. Students gain knowledge in the study of the nature and description of disease, disease etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic evaluation procedures, complications, treatment, management, prognosis, and prevention of disease. The course organizes the coverage of diseases by major body systems. It also explores bacteriology as related to health, immunology, and infectious diseases. Students apply the knowledge learned and use critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to address case studies and complete team activities.
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This course provides basic information and guidelines for style, grammar, and specific medical transcription mechanics. Topics include career role and responsibilities, transcription tools and guidelines, medical records and reports, and correspondence and business documents. It emphasizes punctuation and capitalization; numbers, figures, dosages, and medical abbreviations; proofreading and quality assurance; utilization of reference materials; and word forms.
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This course explores the features of Microsoft Word to create, design, and produce professional documents commonly used in a medical office. It emphasizes character, paragraph, and document formatting. Students gain knowledge of additional features to include tables, columns, labels, envelopes, mail merge, AutoCorrect, macros, and templates. Students also gain an understanding of technologies used in the medical office environment such as the Windows operating system and Internet Explorer.
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This course focuses on the human body as a living, functioning organism. It explores important concepts about human anatomy and physiology. Students learn how cells, tissues, organs, and body systems function together to carry on complex activities. The course emphasizes all major body systems, their interaction with other structures and systems, and their role in the human organism.
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This course introduces the health insurance field, managed healthcare, and legal and regulatory issues, as well as reimbursement methodologies. It explores various types of private and governmental health, disability, and liability insurance in detail while focusing on claim form instructions, billing and collection practices, and reimbursement guidelines including the audit and appeals process.
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This course acquaints healthcare practitioners with management and supervision concepts essential to the understanding of the organizational environment in the healthcare field. Topics include management concepts; leadership and supervision; delegation and communication; financial management; planning, decision-making, and organizing; employment law; human resources management (staffing, performance evaluation, employee retention, training, and development); policies and procedures; compliance regulations; adaptation, motivation, and conflict management; and strategic management.
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This course provides a basic understanding of pharmacological concepts, emphasizing routes of administration, basic pharmacokinetics, and the specific pharmacology of drugs commonly used in the healthcare field. Students become familiar with drug names, drug classifications, and drug schedules and categories. Other topics include drug actions and the rationale for treatment, side effects, and contraindications. Students review current healthcare topics relating to pharmacology and ethical issues.
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This course provides fundamental instruction in transcribing medical reports from authentic dictated material using word processing software. Students prepare the following medical reports: history and physical, radiology, operative, pathology, discharge summary, autopsy, request for consultation, death summary, HPIP, and SOAP notes. The course explores formatting and medical office writing styles in detail.
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This course builds on the foundation provided in the beginning medical transcription course and bridges the gap between typically easy-to-understand dictation to the more difficult, often indistinct or ethnic dictation heard in the medical office environment. It emphasizes the office-style dictation of a variety of medical reports. Students use live dictation extensively.
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This course introduces basic coding procedures and insurance claim forms used in medical offices and hospitals. This course broadens coding knowledge and concept but not to gain employment as a coder. Students gain a basic knowledge of the ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS, and CPT classification systems to code diagnoses, conditions, and procedures.
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This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM) coding systems. Students learn the guidelines and terminology for correctly coding diagnoses in a physician's office, hospital, home healthcare agency, or other healthcare facility. Challenging practice drills test students' coding skills in a variety of realistic healthcare settings using real-life patient health records.
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This course provides in-depth coverage of procedural coding utilizing the HCPCS coding system composed of current procedure terminology and national level II codes. It includes detailed application of the CPT classification system for inpatient and outpatient services. The course emphasizes evaluation and management and surgery codes, as well as the use of modifiers and global services. Students apply coding and billing principles through the use of case study exercises and patient records. They examine prospective payment in ambulatory and outpatient services and explore the implications of coding.
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This course permits instruction in special content areas not included in other courses in the Health Information Management Systems program.
This review course is for coders who are interested in taking the American Academy of Professional Coders Certification (AAPC) examination. Students gain an in-depth look at the medical coding process by applying coding guidelines for hospital, outpatient, and physician practice services. Guidelines include ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding methodologies. Students receive a pass or fail grade. Upon completion of this course, a date is set for the student to take the five-hour certified professional coder examination. NOTE: To maintain accreditation as a CPC, the AAPC requires completion of 18 continuing education units (CEUs) annually. The CPC exam may be re-taken yearly in lieu of submission of CEU credits for that year. A passing score must be obtained to fulfill the CEU requirement. All exams must be taken prior to the renewal date.
This review course is for coders who are interested in taking the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) Certification-Hospital examination (CPC-H). It provides an in-depth look at the medical coding process by applying coding guidelines for hospital, outpatient, and physician practice services. Guidelines include ICD-9-CM, CPT, and HCPCS coding methodologies. Students receive a pass or fail grade. Upon completion of this course, a date is set for students to take the 5.5-hour examination. NOTE: To maintain accreditation as a CPC-H, the American Academy of Professional Coders requires completion of 36 continuing education units (CEUs) every two years. To maintain double core certification (CPC, CPC-H), the AAPC requires 48 CEU credits every two years. The CPC-H exam may be re-taken yearly in lieu of submission of CEU credits for that year. A passing score must be obtained to fulfill the CEU requirement. All exams must be taken prior to the renewal date.
This capstone course provides the opportunity to develop medical office management skills through individual and collaborative learning experiences. Topics include managing electronic health records, patient registration, appointment scheduling, procedure posting, insurance billing, payment posting, patient billings, report generation, data analysis and manipulation, preparation of various communications, and maintenance of patient records. The course integrates all of the competencies obtained throughout the program. Utilizing health information, patient data, coding and billing principles, and knowledge of healthcare reimbursement and regulatory standards to legally and ethically process healthcare claims, this course enables students to obtain a working knowledge of EHR management software.
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The internship places students in a working and learning environment to receive on-the-job training before graduation. To develop internships to meet academic and career goals, students must work with the faculty internship coordinator to secure a job in a related field. Students prepare a portfolio based on the successful completion of the HIMS program. Based on state guidelines, students must complete 160 hours of work.