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Medical Billing and Coding

The education needed to get into the Medical Billing and Coding field is a relatively quick and effective stepping stone to a rewarding healthcare career. With vast amounts of information passing through medical offices every day, Medical Billing specialists keep it organized and coded, allowing doctors to be as up-to-date as possible with their patients. As demand on healthcare providers continues to grow, Medical Billers will be even more essential to a facility’s smooth and successful operation. This 5 month program leads to a Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) certificate with www.nhanow.com. It allows you to work in a medical office, in a hospital as a medical clerk or unit clerk, in a pharmacy, medical equipment company or in an health insurance company.

Job Description

Medical Billing school graduates are typically employed in a clinical setting, where lighting is good and work surfaces are clean and organized. They have little to no contact with patients, making their job more relaxed than most medical professions. Medical Billing professionals organize and code the treatment information recorded by doctors, keeping it for the facility’s records and sending it to insurance companies for payment. This could include information about symptoms, observations, treatment outcomes, or medical history. Their biggest responsibility is coding the information so it is completely accurate, and can be understood universally.

Certificate

The NHA exam will be taken at Ace Healthcare Training. The certification is for "Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)"

Requirements

  • High School degree or Equivalent (GED)

  • US Citizenship, Permanent Residency or Legal Work Permit

Medical Billing and Coding Program Details

Program Content

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Medical Billers can get their career started with a certificate program which, depending on the particular medical billing course being taken, can be completed in as little as 5 months.

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Some common course subjects taken by Medical Billing & Coding students:

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  • Medical Terminology

  • Anatomy

  • Physiology

  • Data Coding and Abstraction

  • Database Management

Textbook Used

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Computers in the Medical Office, 4th edition, Susan M. Sanderson

This revision incorporates the important changes both in the Medisoft program and in the medical office environment. It offers training and applications using full-featured, state-of-the-art software and current, realistic medical office cases while building transferable computerized medical billing and scheduling skills. Although it is correlated to Medisoft software, students who complete CIMO learn the appropriate terminology and skills necessary to use any patient billing software program with minimal additional training.

Signing up for the NHA exam

The exam (test) consists of questions about several areas of expertise. See CBCS test plan. You can sign up for the Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS) exam here. You will be able to take the exam at the schools of ACE Healthcare Training. Our company is approved to proctor the exam.

Medical Billing and Coding Earnings Information

Medical Billing Job areas:
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  • Hospitals

  • Insurance Carriers

  • Physicians’ Practices

  • Entrepreneurship

Medical Billing Salary Figures

According to Labor Bureau statistics, 188,600 Medical Billing specialists were employed 2014. Most were employed in hospitals, while the rest were employed mainly by physicians, nursing care centers, outpatient centers, and home health care services.

Average Medical Coder by Facility

Salaries

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
 

Offices of Physicians
 

Nursing Care Facilities
 

Outpatient Care Centers
 

Federal Executive Branch
 

Insurance Carriers
 

Grantmaking and Giving Services

$37,020
 

$29,030
 

$33,380
 

$31,440
 

$46,090
 

$42,820
 

$43,830

*Figures courtesy of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Employment & Wages database.

Medical Billing and Coding Career Outlook

The US Labor Bureau predicts a 15% increase in the number of Medical Billing school graduates employed through the years from 2014 to 2024. One reason for this demand is the growing number of medical tests and treatments performed by hospitals and clinics. This, along with heightened scrutiny of these procedures, has made accurate documentation a high priority in the medical field. Another factor is recent federal legislation, which has mandated that medical records be kept in electronic format. This has translated to even more demand for record-keeping personnel, especially Medical Billing specialists.

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