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Career Center
The Pennsylvania Health Information Management
Association welcomes you to our Career Center. The
Career Center is the place to find information about
Health Information Management Careers, where to find a
college, allied health school or other program to obtain
a credential, and to search for a new job. Are you
searching for the formula to success? Then consider
combining these ingredients for a career with tremendous
potential—healthcare and information technology.
The health information management (HIM) field places you
right where the expanding arena of healthcare meets the
cutting edge of technology. As an HIM professional, you
are the expert on patient data that doctors, nurses, and
other providers rely on to perform their jobs. By
maintaining, collecting, and analyzing health
information, your work makes an important contribution
to the delivery of quality care.
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Careers website!
About HIM Credentials
Individuals who possess the following HIM or medical
coding credentials have been certified by the American
Health Information Management Association. Certification
is a process in which individuals demonstrate a level of
competence required to deliver quality health
information.
Types of Credentials:
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RHIA
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A Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) is someone who has
successfully completed an approved baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate
educational program and subsequently passed a national RHIA certification exam.
Typically, RHIAs assume managerial roles as directors of or consultants to HIM
departments. RHIAs also assume managerial positions in clinical, financial, and
other administrative areas-wherever patient data is used.
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RHIT
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A Registered Health Information Technician
(RHIT) is someone who has successfully completed
an approved health information technology
program and subsequently passed a national
certification exam. As of 2002, eligibility for
RHIT certification requires a minimum of an
associate's degree.
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CCS
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A Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) is an individual who has successfully passed a
national medical coding certification exam designed to measure his or her
understanding of:
CCSs are usually employed to assign diagnosis and procedure codes to patient
data in an inpatient healthcare setting. The CCS reviews documentation in
patient medical records, and applies national and facility guidelines to select
the proper diagnosis and procedure code.
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CCS-P
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A Certified Coding Specialist-Physician-based
(CCS-P) is an individual who has successfully
passed a national medical coding certification
exam designed to measure his or her
understanding of:
CCS-Ps are usually employed to assign diagnosis
and procedure codes to patient data in physician
offices, group practices, multi-specialty
clinics, and specialty centers.
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CCA
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A Certified Coding Associate (CCA) is an
individual who has successfully passed a
national medical coding certification exam
designed to measure his or her understanding of
entry-level coding applications, including:
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CHP
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A Certified Healthcare Privacy (CHP) Officer is
an individual who has successfully passed a
national exam designed to measure his or her
understanding the following as they relate to
privacy:
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Regulatory, accreditation, and other standards
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Ethical standards
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Individual rights
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Business relationships
and contracts
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Policies and procedures
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HIPAA compliance,
program management, and public relations
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Security technology
A CHP is often employed as the Chief Privacy
Officer in a health related setting and is
responsible for the development and
implementation of privacy-related policies and
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For information on how to begin your education in a
Health Information Management Profession, please see the
PHIMA
Pennsylvania Program Directory. For information
regarding other options, including distance learning
education, see the AHIMA website at
www.ahima.org. |
