Health Information Technology Program Arapahoe Community College 5900 South Santa Fe Drive Littleton, CO 80120 Director: Annette Bigalk, RHIA Ph: 303-797-5795 Email: annette.bigalk@arapahoe.edu www.arapahoe.edu HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MEDICAL RECORDS) Associate of Applied Science Degree The Health Information Technology (HIT) program enables the student to develop the technical skills necessary for managing health information within the healthcare delivery system. The health information field has employment opportunities in hospitals, physician offices, long term care, ambulatory care, mental health, and insurance companies as well as other private industry. Upon successful completion of the program, the graduate is eligible to write the national certification examination and upon successful passing of this examination, receive the RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) credentials. This program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) in cooperation with the Council on Accreditation of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). AHIMA is located at 919 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Their phone number is 312.787.2672. The following are the basic requirements for admission to the Health Information Technology (HIT) program: 1. High School graduation or GED equivalence 2. Interview with Chairperson 3. CPT scores of 83 on sentence skills, 86 on reading comprehension, and 37 on arithmetic* Students must contact Annette Bigalk, RHIA, HIT Program Chair for counseling and program planning prior to enrolling in any courses that are part of the HIT curriculum (303.797.5795) or Annette.bigalk@arapahoe.edu. Major Core Courses 50 CreditHours HIT 101 Health Information Management Science 6 HIT 105 Physician Practice Coding & Reimbursement 5 HIT 111 Health Data Management 3 HIT 112 Legal Aspects 2 HIT 188 Health Information Practicum 1 2 HIT 221 Coding 1 5 HIT 222 Quality Management 3 HIT 288 Health Information Practicum 11 2 HIT 225 Health Information Management 3 HIT 231 Coding 11 5 HIT 241 CPT Coding 2 HPR 178 Medical Terminology (formerly ALH 105) 3 MOT 125** Basic Medical Science 1 3 MOT 133** Basic Medical Science 11 3 MOT 135** Basic Medical Science 111 3 General Education Courses 15 Credit Hours ENG 121 English Composition 1 3 CIS 118 Intro to PC Applications 3 PSY 101 General Psychology OR PHI 112 Ethics 3 SPE 115*** Public Speaking OR 3 SPE 125 Interpersonal Communications General Education Elective 3 Physical Education**** 1 Credit Hour PED activity course 1 TOTAL 66 CREDIT HOURS All major and general education courses required for this degree must be completed with a "C" or better to meet graduation requirements. All courses are offered online except for HIT 188 and HIT 288. *Students who do not achieve the required Math score for arithmetic must complete Fundamentals of Mathematics, MAT 030. **Students planning to transfer credits to another institution should complete BIO 201 and BIO 202 (Anatomy & Physiology 1, 11) and BIO 216 (Pathophysiology) instead of the Basic Medical Science courses. ***Students planning to transfer their speech credit to another institution should complete SPE 115. ****The PED requirement will be waived for students who are 35 years of age or older at the time of the most recent admission to the college. Appropriate credit must be taken to substitute for the 1 credit hour waived. Click here to download a sample 2 Year Curriculum 2 Year Curriculum — MSWord Format Click here to download a sample 3 Year Curriculum 3 Year Curriculum— MSWord Format