highlights ealth care - Owens Community College
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H<strong>ealth</strong> Information Technology<br />
The H<strong>ealth</strong> Information Technology Associate<br />
Degree Program was developed after a needs<br />
assessment conducted within the community<br />
indicated the need for h<strong>ealth</strong> information<br />
management professionals.<br />
The first class started in Fall of 2000 and<br />
graduated students in 2002. The program was<br />
accredited in 2002 by the Commission on the<br />
Accreditation of Allied H<strong>ealth</strong> Education<br />
Programs in cooperation with the Council<br />
on Accreditation of the American H<strong>ealth</strong><br />
Information Management Association.<br />
The students are eligible to apply to<br />
write the national qualifying examination<br />
for certification as a Registered H<strong>ealth</strong><br />
Information Technician (RHIT).<br />
The HIT Program has a state-of-theart<br />
laboratory with 25 computer stations<br />
and the latest software that is used in the<br />
industry. The curriculum consists of courses<br />
in general education, biomedical science,<br />
information technology, h<strong>ealth</strong> data content<br />
and structures, h<strong>ealth</strong> <strong>care</strong> delivery systems,<br />
organization and supervision, h<strong>ealth</strong> <strong>care</strong><br />
statistics and data literacy, clinical quality<br />
assessment and performance improvement,<br />
clinical classification systems, reimbursement<br />
methodologist, and legal and ethical issues.<br />
The program, through selective admission<br />
criteria, accepts 25 students each fall semester.<br />
The class has been at capacity enrollment in<br />
2004 and 2005 with a waiting list for 2006.<br />
The Medical Coding Certificate Program<br />
was initiated in 2002 to meet the needs of the<br />
community in the area of coding specialists.<br />
This is a one-year certificate program that<br />
graduates between 10 and 15 students each<br />
year. These students are eligible to apply<br />
to write the national qualifying examination<br />
through the American H<strong>ealth</strong> Information<br />
Management Association for certification<br />
as a Certified Coding Associate (CCA).<br />
Many of these students apply and are<br />
accepted into the Associate Degree for H<strong>ealth</strong><br />
Information Technology.<br />
Bonnie Hemp,<br />
Chair,<br />
HIT Program<br />
Teresa McGaharan,<br />
full-time faculty,<br />
HIT Program<br />
The Medical Transcription Certificate<br />
Program was initiated in 2002 to meet the<br />
growing needs of the transcription industry.<br />
This is a one-year certificate program that<br />
is offered totally online with the use of a<br />
program through Career Steps. The students<br />
receive an education in medical terminology,<br />
anatomy & physiology, disease processes,<br />
applications and pronunciations. The students<br />
practice their listening and transcription<br />
skills through typing more than 500 reports<br />
during the year-long course. The students<br />
are eligible to apply to take the national<br />
exam through the American Association for<br />
Medical Transcription to become a Certified<br />
Medical Transciptionist (CMT).<br />
The Medical Reimbursement Specialist<br />
Certificate program began in 2004.<br />
This program focuses on educating the<br />
students in the assigning of the appropriate<br />
diagnosis / service codes, completing billing<br />
forms, to appealing denial of medical<br />
insurance payments. The students receive<br />
education in coding, insurance bills and<br />
reimbursement and legal concepts. By<br />
applying for the national exam through the<br />
American Medical Billers Association, the<br />
students may become a Certified Medical<br />
Reimbursement Specialist (CMRS).<br />
Administrators<br />
of the 90s<br />
Alumni<br />
We welcome alumni news.<br />
Where are you?<br />
What are you doing?<br />
Please send information about your<br />
professional accomplishments to:<br />
Dean Janell Lang<br />
School of H<strong>ealth</strong> Sciences<br />
<strong>Owens</strong> <strong>Community</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
P.O. Box 10,000<br />
Toledo, OH 43699-1947<br />
Call: (567) 661-7398<br />
Email: janell_lang@owens.edu<br />
(Front Row, L to R): Pam Bensman, Barb Hetrick, Marty Johnson and<br />
Beth Ann Kneisley.<br />
(Back Row, L to R): Trudy Palmateer, Liz Reom, Linda Myers and Janell Lang.<br />
School of<br />
H<strong>ealth</strong> Sciences<br />
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