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 Health Information Management (HIM)
Degrees
Alfred State College offers two online
health information management programs:
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Associate of Applied Science in Health Information
Technology/Medical Records (HIT).
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Certificate in Coding & Reimbursement Specialist
(CRS).
Students who successfully complete the HIT
program are eligible to take the national certification examination to
become a Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT). Students who
successfully complete the CRS program are eligible to take the national
coding certification examinations offered by the AHIMA (e.g., CCA) and the
AAPC (e.g., CPC-A). (For information about certification exams, visit the
http://www.ahima.org and http://www.aapc.com Web sites.)
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Health information management
professionals are responsible for managing patients’ health information.
Their primary function is to ensure that all the information collected
about an individual is complete, accurate, and protected, yet at the same
time, readily available for healthcare providers when needed.
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Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology
professionals are responsible for maintaining components of health
information systems consistent with the medical, legal, accreditation, and
regulatory requirements of the health care delivery system. The health information
professional maintains, compiles and reports health information data for
reimbursement, facility planning, marketing, risk management, utilization
management, quality assessment and research; abstracts and codes clinical
data using appropriate classification systems; and analyzes health records
according to standards.
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Coding & Reimbursement
Specialist
Securing accurate and appropriate payment
for health care services challenges health care providers, insurance
companies and patients. Today's complex health care insurance and governmental
payment systems depend on medical coding to determine proper payment. The Coding and Reimbursement Specialist
Program incorporates the knowledge and skills needed to assign the correct
code for prompt and accurate reimbursement.
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