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Good News for Medical Biller and Coders
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has some pretty exciting statistics for medical billing and coding professionals: they’re earning about $3.00 more than the national hourly average for healthcare support occupations and about $7,000 over the national average for yearly salary within the same category1. Medical billing and coding also stacks up well against other [...]
Use Social Media to Get the Most Out Of Your Billing and Coding Career
Note: This post was originally published on our Medical Administrative Assistant Blog. Check it out for more information on the allied healthcare field! Social media is a big buzz word right now. From blogs to Twitter to Facebook, social media is quickly becoming part of our daily lives. Analysts are predicting where it will go, [...]
Why Medical Billing and Coding As a Career Change?
For those of you contemplating a career change and are thinking about healthcare, there are a few questions that you should ask yourself: - In what area of healthcare are you interested? - Do you want to work with patients? - Do you like to work with computers? - What type of work environment do [...]
Medical Billers and Coders are Crucial to Efficient Electronic Medical Records
According to an October 2009 article from the Washington Post, “In a healthcare debate characterized by partisan bickering, most lawmakers agree on one thing: American medicine needs to go digital”. The article, entitled “Electronic medical records not seen as a cure-all”, outlines many of the problems currently clouding the shift to electronic medical records (EMR). It is [...]
The Benefits of Electronic Medical Records
Electronic medical records will improve the efficiency and reliability of the healthcare system in America. Check out this report that outlines some of its benefits. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.3665635&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “The Benefits of Electronic Medical Re…“, posted with vodpod
Achieving an Electronic Medical Record
The implementation of an electronic medical record is not an easy task for medical offices. The process can be expensive, sophisticated, and time consuming, especially for smaller medical offices with limited resources. According to a study in Health Affairs it costs about $44,000 per physician to install an electronic health records system, and that is not [...]
