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Click here to access ASU-Beebe University Catalog 2007-2008

Health Information Assistant

ASU-Searcy Campus

See the Business and Agriculture Division or page 82 of the 2007-08 catalog.

For information on the Associate of Applied Science degree, click here to view the Business Technology for Medical Records & Health Information Technology plan.

Contact:

Karen Barger

Phone: (501) 207-4034
E-mail: kbarger@searcy.asub.edu
Location: ASU-Searcy

The field of medical records is growing rapidly. The Health Information Assistant program provides students with knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of health care managers. Through the use of textbooks, applications, and simulations, students are given the opportunity to develop the skills required for this field. These skills include ICD 9 CM and CPT coding, insurance billing, medical transcription, records management, and reception area responsibilities.

Another offering in the Health Information Assistant program is an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Business Technology with an option in Medical Records and Health Information Technology with specific courses taken at either the Beebe and Searcy campus locations. This program takes two years to complete with the student taking courses on both campuses.

Students will have three (3) years from the date of enrollment to complete all requirements of the program. A student re-entering after the three-year time period will have to repeat all courses in the program.

Additional Admissions Requirement for Health Information Assistant
Applicants must take the Wonderlic test

Requirements (36 hours)

Course # / Course Title

BSYS 1523 Keyboarding I

COM 1003 Career Communications
OR
ENG 1003 Freshman English I

HIA 1103 Medical Terminology I
HIA 1203 Body Structure & Function
HIA 1303 Medical Office Procedures
HIA 1603 CPT Coding
HIA 2103 Medical Terminology II
HIA 2203 Medical Office Applications
HIA 2303 Coding

HIA 2403 Medical Transcription
OR
BSYS 2573 Medical Transcription

HIA 2503 Internship/OJT

MTH 1403 Medical Office Mathematics
OR
MATH 1003 Intermediate Algebra

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