| A career as a Medical Office Specialist continues | | | | to earn an education in medical billing and coding |
| to be one of the quickest growing opportunities in | | | | should be able to pay close attention to details, |
| health care. One of aspects of this career is | | | | cooperate well with others, provide quality |
| Medical billing and coding. Medical billers and coders | | | | customer service and effectively work with |
| are necessary in efficient and successful medical | | | | numbers and math. A successful medical biller will |
| administration management. In the hospital billing | | | | be trained familiar with required coding, anatomy, |
| process, they work to correctly code medical | | | | functional medical terminology and proper form |
| procedures and patient health conditions. Both the | | | | completion. Basic computer knowledge is also a |
| government and insurance companies are putting | | | | job requirement. Many companies also prefer a |
| more effort into controlling potentially abusive or | | | | certified biller who can type over 35 words a |
| fraudulent claims. Doctors, insurance companies, | | | | minute. |
| hospitals, pharmacies and health care providers | | | | Medical billers and coders usually work in an office. |
| are constantly hiring skilled medical billers as a | | | | Often, they are able to work from the |
| result of this. | | | | convenience of their own home. They also have |
| Education and training in the field of medical billing | | | | the choice to work as independent contractors or |
| has become more convenient and attainable than | | | | for larger firms that send them insurance claims |
| in years past. Many schools are beginning to offer | | | | electronically. |
| convenient classes that allow a person to work | | | | Advancement in this field can be quick, since |
| full-time and still obtain an effective education. | | | | medical offices are in continuous need of |
| Many health care workers are able to complete | | | | managers, supervisors, clerks, directors of billing |
| their medical education or training while working full | | | | and billing management departments. An entry |
| time jobs in less than two years. High school | | | | level medical biller can start by earning $8-10 an |
| graduates often choose to complete a medical | | | | hour and make up to $30-40 an hour with |
| office administration specialist certificate in lieu of | | | | experience. |
| a four year university degree. | | | | Choosing to obtain a degree in medical billing and |
| How do you decide if this career is the correct | | | | coding can be a rewarding and challenging career |
| choice for you? | | | | choice that only takes a short period of time. |
| A person who chooses to embark on the journey | | | | |