An overview of health care systems and the health information management profession. Introduces data collection standards and data quality methods, forms design, patient record automation and control procedures, and health care statistics. Presents the uses of record content in reimbursement, risk management, and planning. Professional Practice Experience: Students use a virtual electronic health record environment to gain hands-on experience in the use of health information technology.
CRN
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INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
40722
TD1
Leslie Gordon
DIST ELIVE
3/10 - 6/27
Co-requisite: HIM 135.
Web-based, real-time online meetings. Students must have access to a computer with a microphone and the internet. Contact with the instructor via email or phone. Additional information available at UAS Online. Order textbooks from MBS Direct: http://direct.mbsbooks.com/ualaska.htm. Go to: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
An introduction to root forms, prefixes and suffixes, and medical abbreviations. Focus is on terminology of body systems related to symptomatology, diseases and treatment.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
37981
TD1
Ruthie Dearborn
DIST ELIVE
Tuesday
5:00p - 5:59p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: Placement at ENGL S110 or higher.
This course is a stacked hybrid class with local Sitka students. Students participate in real time online meetings as scheduled. Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
Discussion of applications of alternative health care systems. Guest speakers will introduce students to emerging roles of health information professionals, and to challenges facing alternative care delivery systems. Students will complete a clinical lab at an alternative care facility.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
37982
TD1
Leslie Gordon
DIST ELIVE
Wednesday
5:00p - 6:00p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: Admission to HIM degree program.
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
An introduction to International Classification of Diseases (U.S.). Introduces coding of diagnoses and procedures, sequencing, coding conventions, and software. Professional Practice Experience: Students complete activities that provide an overview of Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). Topics include the interface between business office and health information management to optimize reimbursement, coding quality studies, and working with physicians for DRG management. Provides practice in analyzing actual medical records to identify data elements to be coded.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
37984
TD1
Martha Wade
DIST ELIVE
Monday
5:00p - 6:30p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: HIM 272 and admission to HIM program, or departmental permission.
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
Focus is on issues of billing and reimbursement for health care facilities. Includes an overview of the role of the health insurance specialist; third party payers such as Medicare, workers compensation and disability, Tricare and commercial insurance claims. Legal and regulatory considerations and ambulatory ICD-9 are covered. Students will complete a project focused on coding and reimbursement issues.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
37985
TD1
Leslie Gordon
DIST ELIVE
Wednesday
6:01p - 7:00p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: HIM S190 and admission to HIM program or departmental permission.
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class
Tuition and fees: $392 (additional charges may apply)
Review of legal implications of health records and related legal issues including the patient record as a legal document. Examination of emerging laws and legal trends impacting the management of health care information. Introduction to risk management and the role of the HIM professional as compliance and privacy officer. Students attend a court hearing and complete a project on the impact of recent regulatory laws on healthcare settings.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
38104
TD1
Rose Goeden
DIST ELIVE
Tuesday
5:00p - 6:00p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: HIM S111 and admission to HIM degree program.
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
Introduction to total quality management and improvement including history, philosophy, definitions, and tools. Explores performance improvement through review of case studies, with an overview of the historical development of case management. Introduces project management as related to HIM and implementation of electronic health information.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
38105
TD1
Kathryn Kunemund
DIST ELIVE
Tuesday
7:01p - 8:30p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: HIM S111 and admission to HIM program.
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
Concepts of management including management functions. A case study approach is employed to discuss responses to a variety of management functions through the use of guest speakers. Evaluation will be based on class participation, oral presentations, and completion of case studies.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
38106
TD1
Rose Goeden
DIST ELIVE
Thursday
5:00p - 6:30p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: Completion of all lower level HIM courses. Corequisite: HIM S291
Course is every other Thursday Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
An overview of the clinical, research, and administrative applications of computers in the health care industry. Emphasizes the role of this technology and the data collected in accomplishing the objectives and procedures of the principle functional areas, and the interrelationships of the organizational units with respect to data acquisition, storage, analysis, retrieval, and use.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
38107
TD1
Rose Goeden
DIST ELIVE
Thursday
5:00p - 6:30p
1/13 - 5/3
Course is every other Thursday Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
Eighty clock hours of professional internship in an assigned health care setting. Application of operational management theory for a health information service. Orientation to all aspects of practice as a health information manager. Completion of management projects designed jointly by student and clinical supervisor. Student writes project report and site evaluation.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
38127
TD1
Leslie Gordon
DIST ELIVE
Monday
5:00p - 6:00p
1/13 - 5/3
Prerequisite: HIM S280 (may be taken concurrently).
Go to http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $392 (additional charges may apply)
An introduction to root forms, prefixes and suffixes, and medical abbreviations. Focus is on terminology of body systems related to symptomatology, diseases and treatment.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
52146
TD1
Ruthie Dearborn
DIST ELIVE
Tuesday
5:00p - 6:00p
5/19 - 8/9
Prerequisite: Placement at ENGL S110 or higher.
Order textbooks from MBS Direct: http://direct.mbsbooks.com/ualaska.htm. Go to: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $568 (additional charges may apply)
A continuation of HIM S210 with in-depth focus on coding issues, including coding validation, data accuracy, coding guidelines and training; and reimbursement issues including Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs), Ambulatory Patient Classifications (APCs) and Resource Based Relative Value scales (RBRVs). Impact of coding and DRG accuracy on financial stability of facility. Overview of specialist credentials: CCS and CCS-P.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
52147
TD1
Martha Wade
DIST ELIVE
Tue, Thu
5:00p - 6:30p
5/19 - 8/9
Prerequisite: HIM S210 and admission to HIM program or departmental permission.
Order textbooks from MBS Direct: http://direct.mbsbooks.com/ualaska.htm. Go to: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/sitka/support/learning.html to get started in your class.
Tuition and fees: $392 (additional charges may apply)
Introduces basic concepts underlying various pathological processes. Students draw on their knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology to understand how pathogenesis of disease occurs. Discussion of diseases, diagnostic process testing, and treatment options. Introduces drug terminology, administration, toxicity, vocabulary, standards and references. This course may not meet requirements for nursing programs.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
52509
TD1
Paul Bahna
DIST ELIVE
Tuesday
6:00p - 8:00p
5/19 - 8/9
Prerequisite: BIOL S111 and S112. Corequisite: HIM/HS S135 or permission.
No notes
Tuition and fees: $672 (additional charges may apply)
Eighty clock hours of professional internship in an assigned health care setting. Application of operational management theory for a health information service. Orientation to all aspects of practice as a health information manager. Completion of management projects designed jointly by student and clinical supervisor. Student writes project report and site evaluation.
CRN
SECTION
INSTRUCTOR
MEETS
52149
TD1
Leslie Gordon
DIST ELIVE
Wednesday
5:00p - 6:00p
5/19 - 8/9
Prerequisite: HIM S280 (may be taken concurrently).
No notes
Tuition and fees: $404 (additional charges may apply)
