HIM 1506 - HIM Compliance

College of Health Sciences

Credit(s): 1
Contact Hours: 30
Effective Term Spring 2020 (570)

Requisites

Permission of the Program and
Pre- or Co-requisite HIM 2510 with a minimum grade of C and
Admission to Health Information Technology (Associate in Science) (HIT-AS)

Course Description

This course is an introduction to healthcare compliance.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will identify the components of an effective compliance program by:
    1. Summarizing the major functions of the compliance officer.
    2. Differentiating the individual components of a compliance program.
    3. Listing the enforcement agencies that oversee HIM compliance.
  2. The student will use case scenarios to demonstrate consent and documentation requirements by:
    1. Critiquing the common illegal practices for HIM reporting and the impact PQRI has on physicians’ offices.
    2. Performing qualitative analysis of documentation with the health records to evaluate compliance.
    3. Classifying the essential components of a written consent and quality documentation.
  3. The student will evaluate facility-wide adherence to health information services’ compliance by:
    1. Comparing and contrasting various types of audits.
    2. Conducting qualitative analysis to ensure documentation in sample health records supports the diagnosis, reflects progress, clinical findings, and discharge status.
    3. Identifying the various levels of disciplinary action for non-compliance.
    4. Identifying compliance of regulatory requirements including coding guidelines, compliance policies, as well as federal and state laws.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum 78% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 09/05/2019, BOT Approval: 09/24/2019, Effective Term: Spring 2020 (570)

Related Programs

  1. Health Information Technology (HIT-AS) (640) (Active)