A study of supervisory and management functions with focus on planning, organizing, staffing directing, and controlling health care organizations. Special emphasis will study managerial techniques to supervise, motivate, counsel, lead, train, and communicate with staff in health information services. (Course was formerly HIT 270)

Semester Availability: FALL ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

Course may be offered through TN eCampus.

Equivalent Course: HIT 270

Prerequisites: HIMT 1305

Contact Hours: 45 lecture hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programsThis course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits: (3)

This course focuses on advanced topics in health care reimbursement. The course includes and introduction to third party payers, revenue cycle management and chargemaster development and administration. It also focuses on principles of health care reimbursement including health insurance plans, government-sponsored health care programs, managed care plans, fee schedules, resource based relative value system for physician payment and prospective payment for various health care settings. (This course was previously HIT 230)

Semester Availability: SPRING ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

Course may be offered through TN eCampus.

Equivalent Course: HIT 230

Prerequisites: HIMT 1303

Corequisites: HIMT 2301

Contact Hours: 45 lecture hours per semesterVocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programsThis course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits: (3)

This course provides opportunities for students to relate classroom theory to actual functions of health information, such as assembly and record analysis, medico legal procedures, information retention, filing and retrieval, and the use of technology. Students will meet objectives through assignment to a health care facility or through the use of virtual simulation projects. (Course was previously HIT 281C)

Semester Availability (Subject to Change): FALL

Prerequisites: HIMT1301, HIMT 1202

Corequisites: None

Contact Hours:30 Lecture hours and 45 practicum hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programsThis course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits: (3)

This course instructs students in health data collection, commonly used health care statistical computations and interpretation, presentation and reporting of data, indices, databases and registries along with statistics computed for daily operations of the health information management department. This course also includes basic research principles along with purpose of Institutional Review Board and its role in research. (Course was formerly HIT 240)Semester Availability: FALL ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

Course may be offered through TN eCampus.

Semester Availabilty: Fall

Prerequisites: HIMT 1305

Contact Hours: 45 lecture hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programsThis course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits: (3)

A survey of the political economic, social, cultural and diplomatic phases of American life in its regional, national, and international aspects up to 1877. (Same as RODP HIST 2010)

PREREQUISITE: Acceptable placement scores or completion of all Learning Support Competencies in Reading and Writing

COREQUISITE: None

GEN ED: Course can be used to meet Minimum General Education Core requirements.

CREDITS: (3)