Laurel Ridge Community College


Program Director: Kathy Ware , MS, RHIA, CPMA, CDEO, CPC, CPB, AAPC
Program Phone: (540) 868-7160
Program Email: kware@laurelridge.edu
Content Delivery: Online
Program Level: Associate
Enrollment Status: Active
Progress Report: Progress Report satisfactory and completed
Current Accreditation Award: Initial
Last Accreditation Date: 08/10/2017
Next Review Cycle: 2027-2028

Accreditation Actions

April 2018 Accreditation Action: Accept the Progress Report.
 
Rationale: The program is compliant with all Standards.
 
Accreditation Award: Continuing Accreditation.
 
August 2017 Accreditation Action: Grant 10 years of Initial Accreditation with a Progress Report. The program remains non-compliant with the following Standards:
The following Standards are Partially Met:
Standard 9. Advisory Committee Requirement Goal.  The Program was requested to expand the Advisory Committee meeting agendas to incorporate routine review and revision of the annual Program Evaluation Plan and to monitor the goals and target outcomes. A meeting was unable to be scheduled prior to submission of this report.
Standard 24. The Curriculum. A few Entry Level Competencies are not present in the curriculum and some are presented lower than the required taxonomic levels. The Program has provided an action plan to address the competencies identified as deficient.
Standard 25. The Program has requested a change in course offering (Pharmacology) which occurs too late in the curriculum to support coding instruction. The College Curriculum Committee does not meet until September 2017.