- Looking to get into the Medical Billing business. Want to know more from people involved?
- How difficult is it to obtain a career in medical billing/coding?
- Has anyone gone to school for medical billing and coding specialst?
- Does anyone have a medical billing certificate (instead of associates degree) and can find work easily?
- tax question. Started a medical billing agency need to know what tax form I have to give to the doctors?
- How can I get into medical billing and coding without experience?
- How can I advertise my medical billing company?
- Is there a lot of opportunity to do medical billing from home?
- how would you go about proccessing insurance claims or medical billing from home?
- Whats an easier way to learn these medical terms for my Medical Billing course?
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- Looking to get into the Medical Billing business. Want to know more from people involved?
- How difficult is it to obtain a career in medical billing/coding?
- Has anyone gone to school for medical billing and coding specialst?
- Does anyone have a medical billing certificate (instead of associates degree) and can find work easily?
- tax question. Started a medical billing agency need to know what tax form I have to give to the doctors?
Nov
13
how would you go about proccessing insurance claims or medical billing from home?
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c k asked:
Where would I go to find a job processing claims? Medical billing or other
Medical Billing Software for medical offices or medical billing services.
Where would I go to find a job processing claims? Medical billing or other
Medical Billing Software for medical offices or medical billing services.
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At home professions is a home study course that will give you a certificate in medical billing after you pass their course. This is long distance learning set up. After ‘graduating’ you will have to market yourself to local doctors and explain why they need to switch from their current billing service to you - with no background in this field, who will work from home and possibly, unintentionaly, create billing errors and lose them hundreds if not thousands of dollars because no one is auditing your claims while you learn how to bill in the real world.
You will also need to purchase a medical billing software to keep track of claims and make sure you have no timely filing issues, electronic transmission software or contract with a clearinghouse, as well as current and possiblly 1 year past issues of the ICD9, ICD10, HCPCS, CPT and I recommend a specialist book in the area you will be billing. Subscribe to a newsletter to keep up to date with the changes that happen ($300/year), high speed internet, unlimited calling, and a very comfortable chair because you will be sitting in it a long time.
Oh, Will you be coding the claims also? Need to get certified for coding and keep up with your CEU’s to stay eligible for certification.
I admit, I’m angry that medical billing has been portrayed as a quick home project that you can do in your spare time. This is a real job that requires real knowledge and attention to detail. One wrong code and someones insurance denies their claim leading to thousands of dollars in medical expenses for a patient.
My suggestion? Go ahead and take this course if you’d like, get an entry level job at a doctors office or hospital. Learn form people who actually do medical billing then in 5 years, if you think you have what it takes, start your own business and try to work from home. Remember, your dealing with people’s livelyhoods (the docs) and lives (patients ability to pay for procedures) this is not something to be taken lightly.