Experienced HIM Professional Shares CCA Preparation Journey Through Weekly Course Coverage

BEDFORD, Mass. - Oct. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- Rebecca Harmon, MPM, RHIA, an experienced HIM professional who regularly writes and speaks on education, workforce issues, and management, is sharing her CCA preparation journey in a series of blog posts on her experiences taking Libman Education's CCA Exam Preparation course.

Titled Prepping for the CCA, this series is a week-by-week narrative of Rebecca's setbacks, victories, and everything in between. However, it is not just about a single coder's personal journey; it is intended to foster a community experience through challenges shared by fellow coders, and by encouraging them to relate their own journey.

“The Prepping for the CCA series is a reach-out to the coding community; a way to not only share ideas and discoveries, but to receive them as well,” said Rebecca. “When preparing for a coding credential, we all go through moments of excitement, anticipation, and uncertainty; and we all experience setbacks, standstills, and milestones. By sharing my own experiences, I hope to be an encouragement to my peers – and I look forward to being encouraged by them as well.”

Rebecca returned to HIM practice in a leadership role after spending several years as an HIM educator. Having a history of diverse healthcare experience that began with a tour of duty in the U.S. Navy, she regularly writes and speaks on education, workforce issues, management and life.

With Rebecca’s vast experience and current role in HIM leadership for a major medical center, one might wonder why she is undertaking a CCA credential.

“I've decided that after all this time as an RHIA, I need to expand my horizons and add a coding credential to my resume,” she explains. “As an HIM manager I know how critical coding is to the revenue cycle of the hospital and, in fact, to the survival of the healthcare system. Although I have never worked as a coder, I'm very interested in ‘closing the loop’ in my HIM experience.”

To begin reading the Prepping for the CCA series, visit http://www.libmaneducation.com/cca-prep-student-perspective-part-1-new-challenge

Libman Education’s CCA Exam Preparation is an online course that provides valuable study and test-taking strategies, a review of medical terminology and common diagnoses by body system, and intensive ICD-9-CM and CPT coding practice.

For more about the course, visit http://www.libmaneducation.com/cca-exam-preparation-course

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