Health Information Specialist
This course equips you to earn both the CEHRS and CBCS certifications to level up your future career in the healthcare administration field.
46 Weeks
Program Length
CEHRS
Certification
Issuing Authority
Career Insight
What does a Health Information Specialist do?
As medical records and health information technician, you’ll need to bring a lot of skills to the table. Your work will require tech knowledge, but you’ll also need to be an effective communicator with strong analytical skills. Health Information Specialist is one of the few jobs in the medical field in which there’s no direct patient care. Rather, you’ll be working in an office setting and spend the bulk of your workday on a computer. While other responsibilities might vary, the typical health information specialist can expect to perform the following duties:
Reviewing patient records for accuracy
Tracking patient outcomes for quality assessment
Maintaining confidentiality of patient records
Recording data for collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and reporting
Collecting electronic health care data
JOB OUTLOOK
Potential Career Paths
As a Health Information Specialist, you can work in almost every type of healthcare facility: hospitals, health clinics, physician offices, and other healthcare businesses. Most positions are full-time and in an office setting.
With NTI’s Health Information Specialist program, you will gain the skills you need to enter one of the most essential fields in allied health as a medical records specialist. This course prepares the student to take the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) certification exam. Individuals who have earned the CEHRS credential have the skills to find jobs as:
Health Information Specialist
Clinical Data Manager
Medical Records Specialist
Health Information Technician
21,490
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE US
Note: Salaries can vary widely depending on education, experience, employer, and even geographic area. Job and salary information is from Burning Glass Labor Insights, ziprecruiter.com, and the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Data is updated annually to reflect industry changes.
21,490
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE US
Note: Salaries can vary widely depending on education, experience, employer, and even geographic area. Job and salary information is from Burning Glass Labor Insights, ziprecruiter.com, and the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Data is updated annually to reflect industry changes.
JOB OUTLOOK
Potential Career Paths
As a Health Information Specialist, you can work in almost every type of healthcare facility: hospitals, health clinics, physician offices, and other healthcare businesses. Most positions are full-time and in an office setting.
With NTI’s Health Information Specialist program, you will gain the skills you need to enter one of the most essential fields in allied health as a medical records specialist. This course prepares the student to take the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS) certification exam. Individuals who have earned the CEHRS credential have the skills to find jobs as:
Health Information Specialist
Clinical Data Manager
Medical Records Specialist
Health Information Technician
COURSE OVERVIEW
Health Information Specialist
This course will provide the instructional tools needed to facilitate student learning of the electronic health record process. Administrative, clinical, and billing applications are discussed, as well as real-world situations that the students will encounter in the workforce.
With the Medical Billing program that is also included in this course, you will gain the skills you need to enter one of the fastest-growing fields in allied health as a medical billing specialist. In this program, you will gain hands-on, practical experience working with the main coding manuals in the field, the ICD-9-CM, and the CPT. In addition; you will be introduced to the new ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding system. You will also master the legal, ethical, and regulatory concepts that are central to this field.
Upon successful completion of the program, the student is prepared to sit for the following certification: National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS)
Scheduling Details
Schedule: Coursework available 24/7
Total Course Hours: 455
Estimated Completion Time:
- Students who commit 20 hours/week can complete in 23 weeks.
- Students who commit 10 hours/week can complete in 46 weeks.
Maximum time to complete: Students have access to the online course materials for 46 weeks.
Instruction & Evaluation Strategies
- Self-directed study
- Skills demonstrations and online activities to aid learning
- Quizzes and Exams
Books and Materials Used:
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Buck’s 2023 HCPCS Level II (Physical Book)
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Buck’s 2023 ICD-10-CM for Hospitals (Physical Book)
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CPT 2021 Professional Edition (Physical Book)
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Fordney’s Medical Insurance 16th Edition (eBook)
- Workbook for Fordney’s Medical Insurance 16th Edition (eBook)
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The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office, Third Edition (eBook)
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Software: SimChart for the Medical Office
Textbooks are included in the cost of tuition.
Outline/Modules
Electronic Health Records Specialist Career Prep Curriculum
- Module 1: Introduction to Electronic Health Records
- Module 2: Overview of SimChart for the Medical Office
- Module 3: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
- Module 4: Administrative Use of the Electronic Health Record Patient Letter
- Module 5: Clinical Use of the Electronic Health Record
- Module 6: Using the Electronic Health Record for Reimbursement
- Module 7: The Personal Health Record and Patient Portals
Medical Billing Career Prep Curriculum:
- Module 1: Career Role and Responsibilities
- Module 2: Introduction to Health Insurance
- Module 3: Documentation and Coding for Professional Services
- Module 4: Claims Submission in the Medical Office
- Module 5: Revenue Cycle Managment
- Module 6: Health Care Facility Billing
- Module 7: Employment
Upon successful completion students will be able to:
- Identify administrative, clinical, and billing applications.
- Utilize medical terminology systems.
- Identify body structure and the main systems of the human body.
- Recognize, pronounce. build and spell words related to the body structure.
- Demonstrate working with the main coding manuals in the field, the ICD-10-CM, and the CPT.
- Master the legal, ethical, and regulatory concepts.
- Review patients’ records for timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness of data.
- Organize and maintain data for clinical databases and registries.
- Track patient outcomes for quality assessment.
- Use classification software to assign clinical codes for insurance reimbursement and data analysis.
- Electronically record data for collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and reporting.
- Maintain confidentiality of patients’ records.
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