• Your online medical billing, medical coding, and electronic health records program is affordable, supportive, and available according to your schedule.
• Success starts with topics such as e-book learning, time management, and becoming certified in career-critical workplace soft skills.
• Students are confident and prepared to take certification exams in about 12 months or less.
• You can work from home and take all your classes online.

• Gathering/reviewing essential information
• Verifying required documentation before patient information is released
• Preventing fraud/abuse by auditing billing
• Supporting coding and billing process
• Assigning codes for diagnoses and procedures
• Submitting claims for reimbursement
• Auditing billing
• Coaching healthcare providers to achieve optimal reimbursement
• Auditing patient records for compliance
• Abstracting clinical information for reports
• Performing basic coding to submit reimbursement claims
• Processing Release of Information (ROI) requests for medical records
• Reviewing patient demographic and insurance information
• Discussing patient information with physicians and insurance professionals

The billing and coding processes are different from one another, yet they both play an essential role. Coding medical records and clinical documentation involves extracting pertinent information from them accurately to be billed, and billing uses those codes to create insurance claims and bills for patients. Billing and coding specialists who have knowledge and expertise in both fields are multi-skilled and an asset to any medical office. 

Medical billers and coders work in a variety of medical environments, though most report to hospitals and physician offices, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2017). Many medical billers and coders can work from home because this is a computer-based profession. As for their training, there are a variety of online medical billing and coding programs available in all parts of the country. To protect patients’ privacy, these professionals must maintain discretion regardless of their work environment. 

Electronic Health Records (EHR) specialists manage and maintain a patient’s health record, ensuring the information is accurate and up-to-date. In order to provide the best medical care, they interact with patients, physicians, and insurance professionals. They also use medical coding to submit claims for reimbursement. See more about medical billing and coding on our YouTube channel.