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Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Department of Labor) predicts that the demand for qualified medical billers is expected to rise much faster than the average for any other occupations. As per estimates, about 18% of the medical billing posts remain vacant due to the shortage of trained and experienced medical billers. Various medical insurance companies and the government are constantly looking for these highly skilled professionals to provide actual reimbursement of healthcare providers for medical services offered to patients and also diminish fraud and abusive claims practices. Medical billers are finding opportunities in healthcare information management department of various organizations including hospitals, multi-practices clinics, pharmacies, medical laboratories, and rehabilitation centers, diagnostic imaging firms, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and third party payers such as insurance companies, governmental agencies and consulting firms and legal offices that provide medical billing and coding services to healthcare institutions. Medical billing job opportunities include the chance of advancement in the following specialties: 1. Billing Specialists 2. Medical Coding Specialists 3. Patient Account Representative 4. Electronic Claims Processor 5. Medical Claims Analyst 6. Medical Claims Processor 7. Claims Reviewer 8. Billing Coordinator 9. Reimbursement Specialists 10. Medical Collector 11. Claims Assistant Professional 12. Medical Office Secretary Besides working directly for licensed healthcare providers or insurers, a certified medical biller can move in to one or more of the following areas: 1. Consultant: Providing advise on medical billing and claims service issues to a variety of clients 2. Educator: Experienced medical billers may become teachers working in specialty schools and colleges or provide training to healthcare provider’s office employees. 3. Writer/Editor: Writing newsletters, brochures and booklets to give details about the different health insurance coverage. 4. Entrepreneur: Offering medical billing and coding services to healthcare providers who can’t have the funds for recruiting a team of medical billing specialists. 5. Consumer Claims Assistant: Submit claims and plea for low reimbursement on behalf of patients. 6. Private billing practice: Files claims for aged and disabled patients. Regards, Lara :blink:

Medical billing, a highly specialized area of allied healthcare services, is the backbone of financial reimbursement procedure of physicians and hospitals who don’t receive the medical expenses of different treatments and healthcare services provided to hundreds of patients day after day. Healthcare providers are on a financial dilemma when claims are rejected or delayed due to certain medical billing and coding errors. Individuals expert in medical billing serve as the savior of healthcare providers to keep reimbursement flowing. In fact, several large medical clinics and hospitals maintain a separate billing department to get rid of this problem. Medical billing is a supportive system for any healthcare organizations; steady and dependable flow of reimbursement from the governmental agencies and health insurance companies for the medical services provided is entirely dependent upon the medical billing process. Earlier, the patients used to pay the bills for medical and healthcare services of their own. A greater number of people were becoming sick because of the primal mode of diagnosis and treatment of diseases even if the medical expenses were nominal. Due to the newly advanced medical techniques and the overall improvement in healthcare services, health insurance became necessary because of the increased cost of medical care. In 1965, US government created Medicare and Medicaid to provide insurance coverage for healthcare services depending upon the paper bills made by the physicians, manually. Those days are gone, now physicians don’t do the billing because of the complicated nature of the billing procedure. Every medical office requires a well efficient team of medical office staffs to run the healthcare business smoothly. Medical billers are that experienced individuals who can take care of the whole process of preparing and submitting claims together with the necessary information. With their proven skills and sound knowledge of medical billing, they make sure of receiving payments of healthcare providers from the insurance companies. Regards Lara