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Do You Use Energy Drinks to Stay Awake at Work?
Not too many years ago, workers who needed an energy boost at work would reach for coffee, tea or maybe a can of cola. With the arrival of energy drinks, all that has changed. Now many workers with sagging energy are popping open cans of these new beverages. How safe are these beverages? Opinions vary, [...]
What Kind of Insurance Does Your Small Business Need?
If you are starting your own business as a medical biller and coder, what kind of insurance do you need? It might be tempting to say “not much,” especially if you are setting up a computer in a home office and working part time. But then you start to think. What would happen if your [...]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: How to Deal With Wrist Fatigue While Working at a Computer
After hours of working on your computer do you find that your wrists are sore and tired? If you are planning on entering a career in medical billing and coding, wrist fatigue could be a huge factor in preventing you from working efficiently. Medical Billing and Coding Blog has outlined the key medical problem associated [...]
State Alerts: What's Happening in Florida?
“Hot Jobs: Medical Coders Are in Great Demand,” an article by Scott Andron in The Miami Herald, reports encouraging news about the growing need for medical billers and coders in Florida. “Health information management might be for you, and a job as a medical coder might be the place to start,” Andron writes. The Miami [...]
A Web-Based System of Electronic Medical Records and the Need for Medical Coding Professionals
While America’s eventual transfer to electronic medical records (EMR) is a foregone conclusion, the ways in which we accomplish the shift is still being debated. The key is to create a system that makes doctors’ lives easier, and not more difficult. To achieve this goal, medical coding professionals are crucial to the future of electronic [...]
How to Stay Focused and Strong While Working and Studying Alone
Last Monday’s post covered some strategies for making the transition to working at home. This week, let’s explore some of the same concepts in more depth, with an emphasis on staying focused when you are working and studying alone. Work in dedicated time blocks. Don’t check your email or send text messages during your working [...]
Five Reasons Why Medical Billing and Coding is Booming
1. Federal stimulus money is being poured into the cause. a. As part of President Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”, $19.2 billion is being invested into America’s transition to digital health records. b. John Kerry’s recent legislation “The Small Business Health Information Technology Act of 2009” will make family doctors and small medical [...]
