Comments for Medical Billing Software Blog http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog Info, Issues, as it relates to Medisoft Medical Billing Software for Medical Offices Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Looking to get into the Medical Billing business. Want to know more from people involved? by smiling_freds_biz_info http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/23/looking-to-get-into-the-medical-billing-business-want-to-know-more-from-people-involved/#comment-32 smiling_freds_biz_info Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:09:34 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/23/looking-to-get-into-the-medical-billing-business-want-to-know-more-from-people-involved/#comment-32 Start with learning accounting?? and then marketing?? Writing a business plan might be a first step, however. Start with learning accounting?? and then marketing??
Writing a business plan might be a first step, however.

]]> Comment on How difficult is it to obtain a career in medical billing/coding? by rnmomof4 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/how-difficult-is-it-to-obtain-a-career-in-medical-billingcoding/#comment-34 rnmomof4 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:02:36 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/how-difficult-is-it-to-obtain-a-career-in-medical-billingcoding/#comment-34 Medical billing/coding is an easy certificate to get. Most of the techincal institutes offer courses. I think the programs are close to or less than a year long. As far as how easy a job would be to land, most of those institutes have placement. Good luck. Medical billing/coding is an easy certificate to get. Most of the techincal institutes offer courses. I think the programs are close to or less than a year long. As far as how easy a job would be to land, most of those institutes have placement.
Good luck.

]]> Comment on How difficult is it to obtain a career in medical billing/coding? by Cat http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/how-difficult-is-it-to-obtain-a-career-in-medical-billingcoding/#comment-33 Cat Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:44:15 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/how-difficult-is-it-to-obtain-a-career-in-medical-billingcoding/#comment-33 If you have data entry experience, then taking a course in medical coding may be all you need. There are lots of medical coding jobs out there. (It's part of what's wrong with our whole health industry. The administrative and paperwork overhead is weighing down the whole thing.) *ahem* Sorry about the soapbaxing there. Yes, there are lots of jobs in the field. See if there are classes in medical coding. An entire degree is not necessary, but if you're not expereinced in it, you'll need a little training. If you have data entry experience, then taking a course in medical coding may be all you need.

There are lots of medical coding jobs out there. (It’s part of what’s wrong with our whole health industry. The administrative and paperwork overhead is weighing down the whole thing.)

*ahem* Sorry about the soapbaxing there. Yes, there are lots of jobs in the field. See if there are classes in medical coding. An entire degree is not necessary, but if you’re not expereinced in it, you’ll need a little training.

]]> Comment on How can I advertise my medical billing company? by GlobalJobsTrading.com http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/18/how-can-i-advertise-my-medical-billing-company/#comment-52 GlobalJobsTrading.com Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:12:58 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/18/how-can-i-advertise-my-medical-billing-company/#comment-52 Cold calling is not a solution to get customers (if you divide the time and cost you spent making all the calls by the numbers of customers that you've got you will know what I mean) since a long time ago. Do you like when you receive cold calls? Who likes it? If you really want to succeed you have to use different tactics and strategies. My point is: try to find and work with potential customers that are willing to BUY from you, or willing to buy the same type of service/product that you provide (they have the mind pre-set and willing to buy something, you just have to show them why to buy from you), instead of trying to SELL your service/product to potential customers that don't need it. I can give you a few points, and we can talk more in private if you want. 1. Do you have a website? It is search engines optimized? Most of the traffic that comes trough a website (between 50% to 70%, sometimes even more) comes from search engines. Why is that important for your business? Because people are searching for certain keywords, which means they are potential customers, with the mind pre-set to buy a product similar with yours (there should be a good reason why they are searching for those keywords). 2. Once your website is well design, the content is reflecting the product or service you provide, and it is well optimized for search engines, you can start marketing your website on-line. How and where? Post your website on medical web directories, local directories, etc., so potential buyers of your service can find you easier. Also, by having your website listed on the directories you will start building trust from potential customers (imagine doing business with somebody that is nowhere to be found on the internet). The descriptions that you post on these web directories linking to your website must contain certain keywords based on the service you provide and the market that you want to target. There is a whole technique behind this, called SEO, that we can talk about in private if you want. 3. After you submitted your website to web directories, you have to write some articles and press releases (PR) and post them on the internet. If you don’t know how to do it, we can help you with that. There are many websites where you can post your articles or PRs for free. Also, there are other websites that you have to pay to publish your article or PR, but they will usually send your article or PR to other websites. Some of the paid websites will submit your PR even to Yahoo News or Google News. Imagine a press release about your service being displayed on Yahoo or Google what impact will have on your business. Once the article or PR is posted on the internet, you can create a section on your website where you display links to these articles and prs so the visitors can go and read them directly, to the source. How will this benefit you? Imagine a potential buyer that will access your website. Having links to these prs, will show the buyer that you are appreciated, you have authority in your field. Also, these days any serious businessman is using the internet for background check of a potential customer/partner. They will check your company's name on the internet, and your name will appear being related to all these articles and prs all over the internet. The trust of the potential buyer in your expertise will continue to increase. Also, when you send an ad to a doctor's office, or you have a meeting with one of them, print and bring some of these articles with you. There is no resume stronger than a few pages containing news displayed by Yahoo or Google about your service. This will make you look like an expert in your domain. 4. Once you have all of these steps in place, now you can go and reach the doctors. By creating a strong on-line background your word will have power, authority in front of your potential customers. How do you reach the doctors? Obviously not by phone. :) They are very busy and more likely you will talk to a nurse or a receptionist. Also, how many calls can you make in an hour? How much are you willing to pay someone to make all these calls for you? What about the time that you have to spend training that person with your software so s/he’ll be able to answer the doctor’s questions? How many of the doctors reached by your calls are willing to buy your service and become your customers? See, this is the problem with cold calls: you invest so much time, money and energy, and the return is very low. Using cold-calls you try to sell something to people that in most of the cases don't need your product. Why not focusing then on the prospects that have the predisposition to buy your product? How do you do that? Here is one way: Buy or search yellow pages for a list of doctors from your area (it is better to start with your area first so they can start knowing you. If they will have trust in you, they will market your product to other doctors that might need it – this will cost you $0. How do you build the trust? Read the previous paragraphs) - and send them a package promoting your service. Insert some prints of your press releases from Google or Yahoo as well. A package from you has a higher chance to get into a doctor's hands than to reach him with a call. If the doctor is interesting in your service, he will call you. If he is calling you, he is willing to buy from you. If he is willing to buy from you, you don't have to sell your product to him. You just have to help him buy it from you. Don't believe it? Imagine you go to store to buy a TV. The first clerk sees that you are disoriented because you don't know where the TV section is, and he is pointing you to the right direction. When you get there, you start scathing you head because you don't know which TV to buy, so another clerk comes to you asking if you need his help. And you start telling him that you would like the TV to be this way, that way, this color, with a flat screen, etc. What the clerk does? He is going to help you choosing the TV you like, or, let me be specific, he will help you buy the TV you like. He doesn't have to sell you anything, because you have been already willing to buy from him. Did you get my point? These are few strategies that you can use to help growing your business. Our company, CRT Business Solutions, Inc., can assist you in this matter. If you don’t like what we told you :), you can use one of our websites to get in touch with other professionals from around the world that can help you building your website, doing the SEO of your website, writing articles or prs, etc. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. For contact please use the e-mail form from the following page: Thank you, CT. Cold calling is not a solution to get customers (if you divide the time and cost you spent making all the calls by the numbers of customers that you’ve got you will know what I mean) since a long time ago. Do you like when you receive cold calls? Who likes it?

If you really want to succeed you have to use different tactics and strategies.

My point is: try to find and work with potential customers that are willing to BUY from you, or willing to buy the same type of service/product that you provide (they have the mind pre-set and willing to buy something, you just have to show them why to buy from you), instead of trying to SELL your service/product to potential customers that don’t need it.

I can give you a few points, and we can talk more in private if you want.

1. Do you have a website? It is search engines optimized? Most of the traffic that comes trough a website (between 50% to 70%, sometimes even more) comes from search engines. Why is that important for your business? Because people are searching for certain keywords, which means they are potential customers, with the mind pre-set to buy a product similar with yours (there should be a good reason why they are searching for those keywords).

2. Once your website is well design, the content is reflecting the product or service you provide, and it is well optimized for search engines, you can start marketing your website on-line. How and where? Post your website on medical web directories, local directories, etc., so potential buyers of your service can find you easier. Also, by having your website listed on the directories you will start building trust from potential customers (imagine doing business with somebody that is nowhere to be found on the internet). The descriptions that you post on these web directories linking to your website must contain certain keywords based on the service you provide and the market that you want to target. There is a whole technique behind this, called SEO, that we can talk about in private if you want.

3. After you submitted your website to web directories, you have to write some articles and press releases (PR) and post them on the internet. If you don’t know how to do it, we can help you with that. There are many websites where you can post your articles or PRs for free. Also, there are other websites that you have to pay to publish your article or PR, but they will usually send your article or PR to other websites. Some of the paid websites will submit your PR even to Yahoo News or Google News. Imagine a press release about your service being displayed on Yahoo or Google what impact will have on your business. Once the article or PR is posted on the internet, you can create a section on your website where you display links to these articles and prs so the visitors can go and read them directly, to the source. How will this benefit you? Imagine a potential buyer that will access your website. Having links to these prs, will show the buyer that you are appreciated, you have authority in your field. Also, these days any serious businessman is using the internet for background check of a potential customer/partner. They will check your company’s name on the internet, and your name will appear being related to all these articles and prs all over the internet. The trust of the potential buyer in your expertise will continue to increase.

Also, when you send an ad to a doctor’s office, or you have a meeting with one of them, print and bring some of these articles with you. There is no resume stronger than a few pages containing news displayed by Yahoo or Google about your service. This will make you look like an expert in your domain.

4. Once you have all of these steps in place, now you can go and reach the doctors. By creating a strong on-line background your word will have power, authority in front of your potential customers. How do you reach the doctors? Obviously not by phone. :) They are very busy and more likely you will talk to a nurse or a receptionist. Also, how many calls can you make in an hour? How much are you willing to pay someone to make all these calls for you? What about the time that you have to spend training that person with your software so s/he’ll be able to answer the doctor’s questions? How many of the doctors reached by your calls are willing to buy your service and become your customers? See, this is the problem with cold calls: you invest so much time, money and energy, and the return is very low. Using cold-calls you try to sell something to people that in most of the cases don’t need your product.

Why not focusing then on the prospects that have the predisposition to buy your product? How do you do that?

Here is one way:

Buy or search yellow pages for a list of doctors from your area (it is better to start with your area first so they can start knowing you. If they will have trust in you, they will market your product to other doctors that might need it – this will cost you $0. How do you build the trust? Read the previous paragraphs) - and send them a package promoting your service. Insert some prints of your press releases from Google or Yahoo as well. A package from you has a higher chance to get into a doctor’s hands than to reach him with a call. If the doctor is interesting in your service, he will call you. If he is calling you, he is willing to buy from you. If he is willing to buy from you, you don’t have to sell your product to him. You just have to help him buy it from you. Don’t believe it? Imagine you go to store to buy a TV. The first clerk sees that you are disoriented because you don’t know where the TV section is, and he is pointing you to the right direction. When you get there, you start scathing you head because you don’t know which TV to buy, so another clerk comes to you asking if you need his help. And you start telling him that you would like the TV to be this way, that way, this color, with a flat screen, etc. What the clerk does? He is going to help you choosing the TV you like, or, let me be specific, he will help you buy the TV you like. He doesn’t have to sell you anything, because you have been already willing to buy from him. Did you get my point?

These are few strategies that you can use to help growing your business. Our company, CRT Business Solutions, Inc., can assist you in this matter. If you don’t like what we told you :), you can use one of our websites to get in touch with other professionals from around the world that can help you building your website, doing the SEO of your website, writing articles or prs, etc.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. For contact please use the e-mail form from the following page:

Thank you,
CT.

]]> Comment on Does anyone have a medical billing certificate (instead of associates degree) and can find work easily? by Homegirl http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/21/does-anyone-have-a-medical-billing-certificate-instead-of-associates-degree-and-can-find-work-easily/#comment-36 Homegirl Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:19:54 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/21/does-anyone-have-a-medical-billing-certificate-instead-of-associates-degree-and-can-find-work-easily/#comment-36 Are you talking just medical billing or billing and coding? Most billing jobs are created by the individual soliciting accounts themselves. There is a LOT of money in it but it IS difficult to find the clients. Are you talking just medical billing or billing and coding? Most billing jobs are created by the individual soliciting accounts themselves. There is a LOT of money in it but it IS difficult to find the clients.

]]> Comment on How can I get into medical billing and coding without experience? by Lady Di http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/19/how-can-i-get-into-medical-billing-and-coding-without-experience/#comment-31 Lady Di Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:45:28 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/19/how-can-i-get-into-medical-billing-and-coding-without-experience/#comment-31 Ask if they (your community college) have internship in your class curriculum. I studied Medical Billing and got my job just where I was an intern. I know it's difficult getting a job without experience. Don't give up and study all the possibilities. Sometimes you have to work for free in order to acquire experience. I know... :S God bless you Ask if they (your community college) have internship in your class curriculum. I studied Medical Billing and got my job just where I was an intern. I know it’s difficult getting a job without experience. Don’t give up and study all the possibilities. Sometimes you have to work for free in order to acquire experience. I know… :S

God bless you

]]> Comment on Whats an easier way to learn these medical terms for my Medical Billing course? by RememberMeTravel.Com http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/13/whats-an-easier-way-to-learn-these-medical-terms-for-my-medical-billing-course/#comment-111 RememberMeTravel.Com Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:15:19 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/13/whats-an-easier-way-to-learn-these-medical-terms-for-my-medical-billing-course/#comment-111 If you just learn the prefixes and suffixes - everything else is just a small word in between. If you just learn the prefixes and suffixes - everything else is just a small word in between.

]]> Comment on How to get started doing medical billing or transcription from home? by Chris http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/13/how-to-get-started-doing-medical-billing-or-transcription-from-home/#comment-22 Chris Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:52 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/13/how-to-get-started-doing-medical-billing-or-transcription-from-home/#comment-22 Call your local community colleges. Some will have (or at least know who offers) medical transcription courses. Once you complete the course work, the good schools will help you find a job. Call your local community colleges. Some will have (or at least know who offers) medical transcription courses. Once you complete the course work, the good schools will help you find a job.

]]> Comment on How can I get into medical billing and coding without experience? by princesslele1981 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/19/how-can-i-get-into-medical-billing-and-coding-without-experience/#comment-30 princesslele1981 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:00:39 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/19/how-can-i-get-into-medical-billing-and-coding-without-experience/#comment-30 Just keep trying, and keep looking, keep positive, if you don't get the job, say well it wasn't right for me, the right one is out there... With a degree/certificate you should be able to get one, just keep looking!!! don't let it get you down... Just keep trying, and keep looking, keep positive, if you don’t get the job, say well it wasn’t right for me, the right one is out there…

With a degree/certificate you should be able to get one, just keep looking!!!

don’t let it get you down…

]]> Comment on Has anyone gone to school for medical billing and coding specialst? by Drake's Mommy http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/has-anyone-gone-to-school-for-medical-billing-and-coding-specialst/#comment-71 Drake's Mommy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:00:32 +0000 http://www.medicalbillingsoftware.com/blog/2008/11/22/has-anyone-gone-to-school-for-medical-billing-and-coding-specialst/#comment-71 I got my A.S. degree in "Health Information Management". To do medical billing, you can go to pretty much any college and probably get a job anywhere. To do medical coding, you can't just go to any school and get a job anywhere nowadays. Although some places will hire you, many places now have guidelines that you must be certified as an RHIT through AHIMA (unless you already have experience or a CCS). To be certified, you have to go to an accredited school that makes you eligible to sit for the RHIT exam. Most schools that offer medical billing/coding are NOT accredited so don't expect to get your degree and be an RHIT unless you do the research and make sure you'll be eligible. I do coding, and I love it. I find it interesting to read through the charts and find the diagnoses and what the codes are. You have to be an investigative type of person to like it I guess. It seems to be pretty easy to find a job in coding. I see them listed a LOT. Of course many places want you to have experience, but not all places can get that lucky. :) Check out the website listed below for more information on RHIT credentials, which schools are accredited, and AHIMA in general. I got my A.S. degree in “Health Information Management”.
To do medical billing, you can go to pretty much any college and probably get a job anywhere. To do medical coding, you can’t just go to any school and get a job anywhere nowadays. Although some places will hire you, many places now have guidelines that you must be certified as an RHIT through AHIMA (unless you already have experience or a CCS). To be certified, you have to go to an accredited school that makes you eligible to sit for the RHIT exam. Most schools that offer medical billing/coding are NOT accredited so don’t expect to get your degree and be an RHIT unless you do the research and make sure you’ll be eligible.

I do coding, and I love it. I find it interesting to read through the charts and find the diagnoses and what the codes are. You have to be an investigative type of person to like it I guess. It seems to be pretty easy to find a job in coding. I see them listed a LOT. Of course many places want you to have experience, but not all places can get that lucky. :)
Check out the website listed below for more information on RHIT credentials, which schools are accredited, and AHIMA in general.

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