How do you know if you are ready to start your own medical billing business? You hear about the success stories‚ you dream about working out of your home‚ and making that six-figure paycheck‚ but are you ready? If not prepared you could be setting yourself up to fail. Read on to get yourself thinking about if you are ready‚ and if not‚ what do you need to do get ready. You know your “why” You know your business‚ goals and objectives best. So‚ ask yourself‚ ‘why do I want to start my own business
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Silvestri: Companion CD-ROM for Saunders Comprehensive Review of Nursing for the NCLEX-PN® Examination‚ 4th edition This CD is designed to run on both PC and Macintosh. Your computer should meet the following minimum requirements: Windows® Windows 2000 or above operating systems Intel Pentium III processor (or equivalent) / 600 MHz or greater (may be sluggish with processor speeds below 800 MHz) 256 MB RAM 50 MB Free disc space At least an 1024 x 768 pixels screen resolution Thousands
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importance of a thorough knowledge of medical terminology in coding. The health care industry has one common language‚ medical terminology. Medical terminology which is used in health care is multi-syllabic and has precise meaning. It is specific to diseases and refers to every part of the human body. It is transferrable so the patient can have continuity of care from one physician to another physician‚ along with all the health care workers. Coders will need to know medical terminology to understand what
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maintain the coding workflow at acceptable and adequate levels‚ each member of the coding team is expected to meet the established patient type daily health record productivity standard on a monthly basis. Productivity standards have been developed using a data collection through management observation and employee reporting. 2. Scope This Policy applies to all HIMT Medical Center medical coders and personnel responsible for performing and supervising medical coding. a. The HIM coding staff are required
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Need A New Career? Consider Medical Coding If you like working in an office setting and are drawn to the health field‚ then you may want to pursue a career in medical coding. Medical coders don’t have direct patient contact‚ but they work with patient charts and medical histories. Coding is interesting work that is in demand since medical records are primarily digital today. Here’s a look at this occupation and how you train for it. What Medical Coding Entails A numerical code is applied to each
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Medical Billing and Coding Linda Purdy Everest 2 Smarthinking’s E-structor Response Form (Your marked-up essay is below this form.) HOW THIS WORKS: Your e-structor has written overview comments about your essay in the form below. Your e-structor has also embedded comments [in bold and in brackets] throughout
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Becoming a Medical Billing Specialist Keisha Marselis SLS 1105-65 Strategies for Success March 20‚ 2010 Becoming a Medical Billing Specialist I love working with people and on computers. So I looked for a career where I can do both. Deciding to become a Medical Billing Specialist was the perfect choice for me. When I first entered into the medical field‚ I became a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant). I love doing my job because I was able to help others in need. As time passed I knew I wanted
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high school‚ my mother had always tried to steer me towards a career in the medical field‚ specifically as a nurse. Being an individualist who loves to be unique in her on ways‚ time and time again my mother and I would disagree and argue about my career choice. Thankfully‚ she allowed me to spread my wings and find out on my own what it was exactly I was searching for. Back in 2008‚ I decided to pursue a career as a medical billing and coder. That was not exactly what my mom had in mind‚ but I
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health care field as it relates to my academic experience that would make me marketable in the workforce of the healthcare industry of today. For this reason‚ I am pursuing a Certificate in Medical Coding to support the advancement of my career as a Medical and Health Services Manager. This progression in career comes with much urgency. As a result I have researched programs in which the required courses and training can be completed online and in approximately one year. This certificate program will
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Medical Billing and Coding Medical billing and coding is one of today’s high paying careers. The definition for Medical – code is descriptions that physicians and the heath care providers‚ and facilities use to describe healthcare procedures and diagnosis into numeric or alphanumeric designations. Coding is the descriptions of diseases‚ injuries and procedures into numeric or alphanumeric codes‚ there are three basic steps in locating codes. First we locate the term in the Alphabetic Index
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