Ameirca still has plenty of jobs in the medical field, if you qualify, or can learn on the job!
Lets look at some important jobs in the medical field:
http://bit.ly/JB8vZo A Medical Coder is a professional in the health care industry whose main job is to analyse medical clinical statements and then assign standard medical codes using a medical classification system. A clinical coder must possess a good knowledge of medical terminology, medical clinical documentation, various legal aspects of health information, a good working knowledge of health data standards, medical classification conventions, and computer or paper based data management, which can be obtained through formal education or can be learned by on the job training.
A Medical Billing job requires a through knowledge of different insurance plans, the laws and regulations reguarding insurance plans, and the medical codes that comprise the claims proccessing of these insurance plans. The medical biller interacts with the insurance companies, insuring that all the correct paperwork is filed and processed accordingly to get an insurance payemnt to their employers.This all takes place while taking into account if the patient has a copay, deductible, or a coinsurance.
A Medical transcription position, also known as an 'MT', or alternately known as a Medical Language Specialist or MLS for short, works with a piece of equipment called a Medical Transcriber. A medical transcriptionist will convert a patient's medical records into text from recorded dictation. Medical Transcriber actually describes any electronic equipment used in performing medical transcription, which could be a cassette player with foot controls operated by the Medical Transcription person, or could be voice operated software on a computer. The MT will be very good with medical terminology and editing, and will also possess a very good aptitude for their ability to listen and type simultaneously. Medical Transcription education and training can be obtaned by many methods, such as dipolma or certificate programs, and on the job training or distance learning. typically, this traing will take from 18 months to two years.
Medical billing jobs