Synopses & Reviews
Are you ready for your exam? Use the Professional Review Guide for the RHIA and RHIT Examinations, 2010 Edition and the interactive CD-ROM to help you prepare for the AHIMA Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) and Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT) certification examinations. This packed resource maps to the most current AHIMA-COC standards and provides strategies, test-taking skills, and a great comprehensive mock examination to practice.
Review
I want the students to practice the format which the exam will be given in and apply what they have learned in the practice sessions. Breaking up the questions with each section that the students will be responsible for answering helps the students gain the confidence in sitting for that 5 hour exam. The CD is great as this is how the exam is offered. The students can study from the PRG and then practice with the CD-ROM which is just like the actual exam. Mary M. Cantwell, RHIT, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, RMC, Professor, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska.
About the Author
A self-employed entrepreneur, Patricia Schnering, RHIA, CCS, is the founder, owner, author, and publisher for Professional Review Guides Inc. and PRG Publishing Inc. In addition to earning a baccalaureate degree in business administration from the University of South Florida, she is a graduate of the health information management program at St. Petersburg College and holds both CCS and RHIA certifications. Prior to entering the health information management (HIM) field, Schnering worked for 13 years with a national corporation in departmental management. Since 1993, she has worked in health information services supervisory positions, as a HIM consultant, and as an adjunct HIM instructor at St. Petersburg College. She has served as president of her local professional association (GCHIMA) and a delegate to the state organization (FHIMA), where she has served on the board of directors, been a committee member, and received the FHIMA Literary Award in 2000 and 2006. Currently, she serves as a delegate to the FHIMA and is on the advisory board at St. Petersburg College. She is also a member of AHIMA and the Assembly on Education (AOE).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION. I. EXAMINATION STUDY STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES. II. TEST-TAKING SKILLS. III. HEALTH DATA CONTENT AND STANDARDS. IV. INFORMATION RETENTION AND ACCESS. V. CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND SECONDARY DATA SOURCES. VI. MEDICAL BILLING AND REIMBURSEMENT SYSTEMS. VII. MEDICAL SCIENCE. VIII. ICD-9-CM CODING. IX. CPT CODING. X. INFORMATICS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS. XI.HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY AND SECURITY. XII. HEALTH LAW. XIII. HEALTH STATISTICS AND RESEARCH. XIV. QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT. XV. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT. XVI. HUMAN RESOURCES. Evaluation Form.