Describe how you may apply information in your current or future career.

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Journal

 

Certified Specialist Intelligence (CSBI) Reflection Parts 1 and 2 of 6

In Week One, you will purchase CSBI study materials. This week you will focus on Domains I and II of the Certified Specialist Business Intelligence (CSBI) Study Materials.

Go to www.hfma.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

  • Sign in with your username and password
  • Click My Account
  • Click My eLearning
  • A new window or tab will open. Find the title of the course “Certified Specialist Business Intelligence” and click Launch/Continue to begin, and complete Domains I and II.
  • If you have any questions with this process, contact HFMA’s Member Services at memberservices@hfma.org

 CSBI Domain I: Industry Understanding

  • HealthCare delivery models
  • Key healthcare drivers
  • HIPAA/HITECH -PHI
  • Terminology

Useful business intelligence requires people with the capabilities to inspect, clean, transform, and model data with the goals of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision-making. We will reference HFMA’s CSBI course throughout this course. The CSBI course presents methods and tools for data review in support of effective information gathering and decision-making in healthcare organizations.

CSBI Domain II: The Business of Providing Healthcare Services

  • The three business functions in the context of a healthcare provider organization
  • Delivery of Healthcare: A multidisciplinary professional practice involving: clinical, finance, payers (others?); (internal stakeholder analysis; tied to data within each stakeholder channel)
  • Understanding financial processes, data available and its use – financial & operational
    • Revenue Cycle
    • ABC costing
    • Productivity
    • KPI’s
    • Budgeting & Planning
  • Understanding clinical work & processes, data available & and its use – financial & operational business management

During this course, you will spend two to four hours per week preparing for the CSBI exam, which will be taken in Week Six. As you prepare, you will reflect on what you’ve learned in the form of a journal.

A journal entry containing your reflections on the CSBI content should be submitted for each domain completed. This week, your journal should contain one page on Domain I and one page on Domain II, and should include the following information:

  • Title Page according to APA formatting.
  • Describe what you learned from the Domain.
  • Describe how you may apply the information in your current or future career.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

During this course you will be required to access the HFMA site for journal assignments. Given below are instructions for accessing this site. These are given under the  Course Materials > Required Resources (code for free access is  ADSFASH, and are reproduced here for your ready reference.

Website

Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) website: HFMA (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for Certified Specialist Business Intelligence (CSBI) program.

Sample email that students will receive from course faculty during Week 1:

We’re pleased to provide you with the opportunity to pursue the Certified Specialist Business Intelligence (CSBI) program through the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA).To begin, you will need to go to HFMA’s website and do the following:

Click on:

https://www.hfma.org/selfstudy/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

eLearning Self-Study for Individuals | HFMA (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

www.hfma.org

HFMA provides eLearning courses, which are available to both members and non-members. They’re ideal for individuals independently studying a healthcare finance topic.

Select Certified Specialist: Business Intelligence and “Add to Cart”

Hit “Create Account” to establish a web user account with HFMA.

When you click on the link, you will be asked to establish a web user account with HFMA if you do not already have one. You will be asked for your contact information. It is important that you fill this out correctly and completely. You’ll establish a Username and Password at this time. Once you’ve done this, follow the instructions to return to HFMA’s Shopping Cart.

When you are in the cart, enter the following Discount Code in the Discount Code Box: ADSFASH. This will bring your balance to zero for the course.

By using this code, you agree not to share it with anyone else, and you agree to abide by HFMA’s Terms and Conditions of use of the course.

As soon as you check out from the HFMA cart with zero balance due, you will receive an email from memberservices@hfma.orgwith confirmation of your purchase, and a link to launch the CSBI course and exam. If you’re not quite ready to start the course at that time, you can access it at any time from HFMA’s website:

Go to www.hfma.org (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Sign in with your username and password Click My Account Click My eLearning A new window or tab will open. Find the title of the course “Certified Specialist Business Intelligence” and click Launch to begin.

If you have any questions with this process, contact HFMA’s Member Services at memberservices@hfma.org

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