HITT 2105 - Healthcare Reimbursement Systems

Credit Hours: 3.00

Prerequisites: Admission into the Health Information Technology Program; HITT 1201, HITT 1209, HITT 1210, and HITT 1211 all with grade C or better

Corequisites: HITT 2108 and HITT 2109

(formerly HITT 2102)

This course covers the complex financial systems in today’s healthcare environment. The student will obtain insight into how reimbursement systems have made an impact on providers, payers, and consumers. Students will develop skills in coding compliance, revenue cycle management and case mix management.

Billable Contact Hours: 3

When Offered: Fall semester only

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Transfer Possibilities
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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to distinguish between the various aspects of reimbursement.

Objectives:

Monitor coding and revenue cycle processes.
Apply policies and procedures for the use of clinical data required in reimbursement and prospective payment systems (PPS) in healthcare delivery.
Support accurate billing through coding, charge master, claims management, and bill reconciliation processes.
Use established guidelines to comply with reimbursement and reporting requirements such as the National Correct Coding Initiative.
Apply policies and procedures to comply with the changing regulations among various payment systems for healthcare services such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and so forth.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to integrate health data structure, content, and standards.

Objectives:

Collect and maintain health data (such as data elements, data sets, and databases).
Verify timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness of data and data sources for patient care, management, billing reports, registries, and/or databases.
Design and generate reports using appropriate software.

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply clinical classification systems.

Objectives:

Ensure accuracy of diagnostic/procedural groupings such as DRG, APC, and so on.
Demonstrate the ability to evaluate data quality, case‐mix analysis, severity of illness, and coding policies and procedures as required.
Compile patient data and perform data quality reviews to validate code assignment and compliance with reporting requirements such as outpatient prospective payment systems.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)
• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Communication: YES
Critical Thinking: YES
Information Literacy: YES
Quantitative Reasoning: YES
Scientific Literacy: YES

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE

Healthcare Reimbursement Methodologies
Clinical Coding and Coding Compliance
Voluntary Healthcare Insurance Plans
Government-sponsored Healthcare Programs
Managed Care Plans
Medicare-Medicaid Prospective Payment Systems for Inpatients
Ambulatory and Other Medicare-Medicaid Reimbursement Systems
Medicare-Medicaid Prospective Payment systems for Post-acute Care
Revenue Cycle Management
Value-Based Purchasing

Primary Faculty
Dunsmore, Kristin
Secondary Faculty

Associate Dean
Primeau, Paula
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine

Official Course Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088