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Herzing University’s Kenosha campus recently hosted a multi-campus viewing of the powerful documentary “Stranger at the Gate”, an Oscar-nominated short film detailing one U.S. veteran’s incredible journey from hate to understanding. The event is one of Herzing’s first public efforts through its new Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success (CEVSS), a program created through a $600,000 U.S. Department of Education grant awarded in 2022.
With Herzing University, you have several potential options to consider:
- Master of Science in Healthcare Administration. After earning a bachelor’s degree in HIM, this online 16-month program can help you qualify for job opportunities in health administration which may require a master’s degree.
- Master of Business Administration (MBA). You may also choose an MBA pathway to strengthen your business acumen. Our bachelor’s degree program features a dual credit option in which you can apply credits earned towards an MBA degree.
There are a few primary differences between medical billing and coding and health information management.
Those who work in medical billing and coding, who may be referred to as medical records specialists, play a key role in the healthcare revenue cycle, ensuring Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are assembled accurately and entered into health information systems properly. They communicate with healthcare staff, insurance companies, and patients to best represent services provided (coding) and secure payment for those services (billers).
Health Information Management professionals (sometimes referred to as Health Information Technology – HIT) are responsible for maintaining, analyzing, and optimizing these systems. Their role is more on the backend, emphasizing informatics and Information Technology (IT). These professionals create, manage, and analyze the systems billers and coders rely on to maintain the Electronic Health Record (EHR). They can also play a wider role in data analysis, management, protection, and administration of patient health information.
Herzing University, an accredited, private nonprofit institution, announced today the creation of a new Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) online Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) program. The PNP program will offer two tracks — a classic program to advance from a Bachelor of Science in Nursing to a PNP and an accelerated MSN-PNP program for current registered nurses (RN) and those who have completed an Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree.
Working with kids can be incredibly rewarding—particularly for primary care pediatric NPs who can help their patients have a healthy childhood and grow from infancy, through adolescence, and into adulthood.
Even within pediatrics alone you’ll encounter great patient diversity in the age range from birth to roughly 21 years old. Every day will bring new challenges with young people at different stages of development and health issues for you to solve.
Kids are fun!—and some of the most determined, impressive patients you’ll ever work with.