27210 College Road
Centralia, IL, 62801
Program Director: Kendra Mueller , RHIA
Program Phone: (618) 545-3429
Program Email: kmueller@kaskaskia.edu
Content Delivery:
Online
Program Level: Associate
Enrollment Status: Active
Progress Report: Progress Report satisfactory and completed
Current Accreditation Award: Initial
Last Accreditation Date: 09/30/2022
Next Review Cycle: 2029-2030
Accreditation Actions
May 2023 Accreditation Action: Accept the Progress Report.
Rationale: The program is compliant with all Standards.
Accreditation Award: Initial Accreditation.
October 2022 Accreditation Action: Grant seven years of Initial Accreditation with a Progress Report. The program remains non-compliant with the following 2018 Standards:
The following Standards are Partially Met:
Standard 18. Curriculum. The following Curriculum Competencies are Partially Met:
IV.1 PM. Students are asked to apply codes and not to validate. No assignments were provided with groupings or application of guidelines.
IV.1 RM. Met with the following assignment IV.1.RM.OFTC 254 ICD10 CM PCS. Assignment. Week 3. chapter 3 Review Questions Even. The additional attached assignment IV.1.RM.OFTC 254 ICD10 CM PCS. Assignment. Week 14.ED Group Project Case for this competency is Not Met as it is simply an uploaded copy of a health record with no accompanying assignment.
IV.3.RM. An updated assignment has not been submitted for review.
Standard 19. Syllabi. The statement “program student learning outcomes” is utilized instead of the statement of “The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM) has approved AHIMA entry-level competency tasks for health information technicians.” The objectives of this course relate specifically to those tasks listed below for the competencies on the syllabi.
Additionally, OFTC 257 syllabus is lacking a weighted grading system under “evaluation methods.”