HIT 485 - Medical Billing and Reimbursement Systems

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 3.00
This course is designed to prepare students to understand the revenue cycle management processes of medical billing in a medical office or hospital. Students will learn the different types of health care coverage and reimbursement that are utilized in a health care setting.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of C- in HIT 205, HIT 305, HIT 355, and HIT 405.
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Validate assignment of diagnostic codes and groupings with official guidelines.
Describe the components of the revenue cycle in management.
Describe the components of clinical documentation improvement.
Summarize regulatory requirements within reimbursement methodologies.