Health Care Training

Overview

The Center for Health Industry Solutions at Corporate College, a division of Cuyahoga Community College, assists organizations with customized clinical and non-clinical training programs. Our experienced instructors utilize a comprehensive curriculum and resources to deliver a quality, value-based program. We work with clients to meet their timeframe and budget requirements.

Client Engagement Approach

Our team uses an approach to transform your organization. We begin by learning about your culture and business strategy, then partner with you and key stakeholders to understand your goals, concerns and needs. Furthermore, we summarize our findings relative to your current organizational landscape and recommend a training solution that will help achieve your goals.

Program Areas

Comprehensive Professional Medical Coding

The program utilizes the American Academy of Professional Coders Curriculum (AAPC). Training is designed to prepare individuals to take the Certified Professional Coder examination and students will be given access to the AAPC online Practicode tool which provides authentic coding case studies and exercises to develop coding skills.

• CPT Coding- This program will emphasize the rules and guidelines in the CPT coding manual and is designed to help the beginner or experienced coder gain additional knowledge and practice to improve their speed in preparation for the coding certification exam. 
• HCPCS Coding- Learn how to report claims and be compliant in medical billing and medical coding based on the Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System (HCPCS), the foundation of how medical claims are submitted to commercial health insurers and government health care programs.
• ICD-10 Coding- Examine the differences and similarities between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM in structure and organization. Coding conventions as well as the use of coding guidelines and definitions will be used to determine the correct diagnosis codes. Additionally, code structure, system structure, index conventions and guidelines will be covered.
• Medical Terminology- Build skills in a format designed to increase retention and introduce a variety of learning methods and practices.
• Anatomy and Physiology- This program covers all the bodily systems playing a major role in human anatomy and material is presented in a practical and comprehensive manner. The focus is on the need-to-know facts that must be understood in order to pursue any health care career or related education in the field of science.

Comprehensive Patient Access Specialist

Gain knowledge to perform functions such as: admissions, registration, scheduling, insurance benefits verification, financial counseling, pre-certification, patient relations and telecommunications. Upon completion of the program, students may take the Certified Health Care Access Associate exam given by the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM).

• Medical Terminology- Build skills in a format designed to increase retention and introduce a variety of learning methods and practices.
• Essentials of Electronic Health Records- Electronic medical record system concepts, software and clinical workflow.
• Patient Access Specialist Fundamentals of Billing and Reimbursement- Understand the complete health care revenue cycle from initial patient encounter to collection procedures.

State Tested Nurse Aid Training

We can partner with long term care facilities in good standing with the Ohio Department of Health to offer on-site training to incumbent workers interested in moving into a clinical position. We utilize the Ohio Department of Health STNA curriculum and can work with employers to customize the training schedule to meet your needs. Training programs range from three to seven weeks, depending upon the class schedule.

Healthcare Informatics

The certificate in Healthcare Informatics is designed for information professionals, clinical personnel and health care support personnel who want to increase their knowledge of health information technology and prepare for the management of the complex social and organizational issues surrounding this major change in healthcare. The program integrates data science, social science, and healthcare to give students the skills and knowledge needed to help an organization improve the overall quality of healthcare and population health. The curriculum is built around the most relevant, real-world health care issues to ensure students will gain the skills needed to provide and implement immediate, impactful, and efficient Healthcare Informatics solutions.

The certificate in Healthcare Informatics prepares students who already have experience in either an IT-related field, or a health profession, to transition into the Healthcare Informatics workforce as effective members of teams that manage and perform the customization, implementation, integration and maintenance of healthcare information systems, data and components. It is recommended that students enrolling in this program already possess a bachelor’s degree.

This hybrid program is a combination of online and face-to-face sessions: 16 weeks of online course work, and four, eight hour, hands on workshops held monthly on Saturdays at Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights, OH. The team of facilitators bring together the most up to date experience in health informatics and data science. Learn more. 

Human Patient Simulation Training

The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C^®) Health Simulation Centers are centers for creative learning where the art and science of health care education meet. Located at the Westshore Campus and the Manufacturing Technologies Center at the Metropolitan Campus, the centers offer programming in numerous disciplines to promote the delivery of safe, advanced patient care.

Utilizing the latest technology and equipment, the centers address the training needs of employees in health care occupations including nursing, emergency medicine, occupational therapy, EMS and long-term care while promoting workforce education among Tri-C students.

Services available through the Health Simulation Centers include:

• Customizable Human Patient Simulator scenarios
• Train the Trainer
• New clinical staff orientation
• Standardized patient care pathways
• Computerized simulation case studies