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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Supervised experience in health information departments and other areas of health care facilities. Includes applied laboratory assignments for HIM professional courses.
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1.00 Credits
Supervised experience in health information departments and other areas of health care facilities. Includes applied laboratory assignments for HIM professional courses.
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3.00 Credits
Three-week (40 hours per week) supervised clinical experience in a health facility or health-related organization at the end of the junior year. Written and oral reports of experience, with classroom discussion. Not required of registered health information technologists (RHITs). Prerequisite: Completion of junior-year courses and lab assignments or per mission of the department chair.
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4.00 Credits
The science of information and its applications to management and patient care in the health care industry. Informationsystems concepts, theories, technologies, and models; as well as an in-depth review of information-system creation and adaptation. General systems concepts in health care: analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance. Strategies for the successful management of information systems in an integrated or interfaced environment, with emphasis on health information applications. Future trends in information-system elements presented in conjunction with analysis of these trends in the health-record profession. Major term project includes the development of database specifications, inputs, outputs, implementation schedules, and maintenance plans.
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2.00 Credits
Financial aspects of health care involving prospective reimbursement system, analysis of various health care reimbursement schemes, and financial disbursements. Budget variance analysis, analysis of cost components, operating statements, and productivity related to a department budget. Examines financial accounting systems, financial evaluation ratios, and reports.
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4.00 Credits
Applies information-systems theory to the development of effective health care facility systems in preparation for transition to paperless patient records--including utilization of standard nomenclatures, vocabularies, and classification systems. Datamanagementstrategies-including data integrity, security, quality, and standardization. System security in all environments. Analyzes implementation of health care standards. Evaluates existing vendor software, hardware, and services. Major term project includes research, analysis, and presentation of a contemporary issue in information systems that impacts the practice of information management in health care. Laboratories include field trips to institutions for demonstrations of optical imaging and EHR applications. Prerequisite: HLIN 401.
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4.00 Credits
Basic principles of law related to the health care field. Law-making process. Analysis of legislation. Risk-management aspects of medical documentation. Overview of the court system in the United States. Development of policies and procedures regarding confidentiality. Release of general, psychological, alcohol, drug, and HIV/AIDS documentation. Release of information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants. Analysis of consent forms. Assignment for The Federal Register. The concept of improper disclosure and negligence. Reporting requirements. Introduction to the contents of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), with emphasis on the privacy section, and its impact on health care. Field trip to a local legal library.
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3.00 Credits
Practical application of the guiding principles of corporate compliance in health care organizations. Analyzes standards and policies established by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Studies in-depth Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organization, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), qui tam laws, and fiscal intermediaries--emphasizing business ethics and integrity. Includes the process of institutional audits.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced coding concepts and comprehensive review of all health care coding systems. Current procedural terminology (CPT) at the beginning and intermediate level. Management issues in reimbursement using DRGs, APC, and other prospective payment systems. Reviews the federally supervised coding auditing process--including state and federal codingand billing regulations, chargemaster maintenance, coding ethics, coding quality, and coding compliance. Various code sets and terminologies used in health care systems. Prerequisite: HLIN 304; or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Quality improvement methodology. Data retrieval, display, and follow-up for various sectors of health care. Mechanisms for promoting facility-wide participation in achieving optimum patient care, as delineated in medical staff-information management, accreditation, and government standards. Risk management as an integral facet of quality improvement. Relationship to corporate compliance.
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