How do you make an effective resume? Here are some resume tips that can help aspiring medical billers and coders. In addition to obtaining certifications from the AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) and being confident in your skills set, one…
Tag: Medical Billing
- Mon, 03/16/2015 - 14:48
- Mon, 02/09/2015 - 19:41
Before entering any career field, it is important to research the status of the industry. You would not wish to spend your time, effort, and money to train and enter a career field that is not growing or is in severe decline. The Occupational Outlook…
- Wed, 01/08/2014 - 18:24
2013 has been quite a year for the whole allied healthcare industry. A number of high-profile cases concerning coding and billing fraud made headlines last year, and so did the hullabaloo surrounding the impending ICD-10 update. Found below are the top…
- Thu, 02/21/2013 - 14:00
When the ICD-10 implementation date moved to October 1, 2014, just about everybody in the medical community and healthcare industry heaved a big sigh of relief. The collective reaction is understandable. Transitioning from the current ICD-9 code set to…
- Wed, 01/09/2013 - 01:46
If you're in the medical or healthcare industries (especially if you're involved with billing and payments), you probably already know the American medical community is preparing to implement ICD-10, the new medical coding system. ICD-10 was originally…
- Thu, 12/20/2012 - 17:34
Are you ready for ICD-10? Physicians—and those of us who work with them—are dealing with a lot of changes in how we'll handle billing, health records and claims. The biggest of these changes is the new ICD-10 diagnostic coding system. ICD-10 is the 10th…
- Thu, 11/01/2012 - 16:34
If you work with medical documents or health insurance companies, you probably know that you dodged a bureaucratic bullet in 2012. Many in the medical community heaved a collective sigh of relief when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius…