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This article is about a potential employer’s view on medical billing schools. My experience has been that they simply are not worth the time and money for the students. I have interviewed many medical billing candidates from many medical billing schools and I do not find that the education makes the individual a more attractive candidate than other inexperienced candidates.
In fact, when I do hire a medical billing school graduate they typically are started along side inexperienced new hires in our apprenticeship program. They start at the same pay and in need of almost the same training as individuals that have not spent the money or time on medical billing school. I would say at best, they start 3 months further up the learning curve than a completely inexperienced hire. This translates to about $0.50 per hour difference for 3 months (at best).
The reason for this is that the academic knowledge gained from medical billing school rarely translates well into practical, hands on medical billing skills. If anything, medical billing companies find that we have to undo incorrect concepts and lessons that have been learned in medical billing school. In addition, medical billing students often believe they have nothing left to learn and this makes them poor students in the real lessons of medical billing.
A better path into medical billing is to avoid spending money on a medical billing school and instead spend time finding a medical billing company or doctor’s practice that will let you start your medical billing career by calling on medical claims or verifying patient insurance information prior to the patient’s appointment.
Both of these activities give individuals a solid base for launching a medical billing career. They provide the individual with both a grounds up understanding of the building blocks of medical billing and a real medical billing job on their resume.
Finding a company that will allow you to start with these basic medical billing tasks may take a bit more effort than applying to medical billing school, but in the end you will have better medical billing skills, have a better resume and earn money while you learn the medical billing craft.
The certified coder that does not already have medical billing experience is typically hard pressed to find a coding position. Once, however, your have medical billing experience you can get real value from a certified coder certificate.
So, if you want to break into the field of medical billing please consider pursuing an apprenticeship model it will serve you (and your future employer) much better than a medical billing school education.
Copyright 2008 by Carl Mays II
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There's a company called Real World Training that provides QuickBooks seminars. There are a number of them coming up in your area. Here's a link to the site:
They also have online courses that you can take as well as CD training aids.
Silence is Golden Says:
The Republicans have not used ONE Filibuster in the newest Congress.
Can’t you folks tell the truth about anything?
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My GOD you are stupid. The real question is can you UNDERSTAND anything or are you really this stupid? THIS is the 111th congress. Did TP make this OBVIOUSLY TRUE claim about the 110th congress? Why yes they did. Are you too stupid to tell the difference? Obviously you are. Adult education, look into it.
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My original position on this issue boiled down to this: absent evidence that a significant harm is done, parents should be able to make choices for their children. Circumcision is a decision which some parents make often for traditional reasons, but also for religious ones, which barring evidence seems to do minimal harm.
Jim Moore cites two studies in the British Journal of Urology, which if accurately described, I would find persuasive, however the follow-up statements I find questionable:
“The American Academy of Pediatrivs in 1999 stated “There are anecdotal reports that penile sensation and sexual satisfaction are decreased for circumcised males”. As for STD’s, the prevalence of HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia in the United States, where 75% of adult men are circumcised, is much greater than in Europe, where circumcision is rare.”
The first statement that there are “anecdotal reports” raises the suspicion of a foregone conclusion. The second one sounds like a false correlation. For example, I could say the rates of HIV in Africa, where circumcision is rare, is much higher than in the US. Any number of factors, like education, sexual practice, condom use, etc. could account for the difference.
Adding questionable references and without ready access to the British Journal of Urology, my sum reaction is “perhaps”.
Jen’s statements that:
“*Use of medications for erectile dysfunction are profoundly lower in areas where men are intact.
*Circumcised men reach impotency an average of 7 years earlier than intact men.”
are so extraordinary, that uncited I tend to discount the entire post. Not saying it’s not accurate, but extraordinary claims, extraordinary evidence, etc…
Finally, Tony’s statements, which I find considered and nuanced.
His first argument, which I will summarize as: “the child starts out whole, any change is harm”, I reject. We also start out with tonsils, an appendix and wisdom teeth. In some cases these vestigial organs are prophylactically removed in an agressive fashion. Scarring alone I don’t believe, and this is personal opinion, rises to the level of significant harm (as I suggested with the tattoo example).
Second argument: “surgery has risks, unnecessary surgery should be avoided.” This is somewhat persuasive, but I perceive the risks as minimal to negligible. I would imagine that there are far more children harmed by the routine prophylactic removal of wisdom teeth than the foreskin, but I’m not willing to call that a bad decision on a parent’s part.
Third argument: “the foreskin has functions”, presumably needed functions. If the foreskin is not a vestigial organ, presumably the purpose is protection of the glans from the external environment, a secondary function might be preserving sexual pleasure in males (though given the fact that birth-rates to circumcised males probably are the same as uncircumcised, I find this evolutionary benefit highly suspect). For our naked ancestors, protecting the glans of the penis may have been an issue. For us, it is not.
The final argument which I don’t think you make but imply is the trauma argument. What a child later determines to be traumatic however is highly subjective. Since the vast majority of males do not report feeling traumatized by circumcision, I conclude that this is highly dependent on the individual, and should not be the basis for legislation.
All told, I’ve found the arguments made persuasive enough to change my position on the issue if the actual evidence is there to support a substantial diminution of sexual pleasure in males, but I remain skeptical of the evidence offered because I sense a strong element of trendy, Puritanical, elite thought on the subject.
For decades, a minority among educators has advocated alternate forms of teaching and learning. The umbrella term for these alternate forms is “open education,” (cf Opening Up Education, Kumar and Iiyoshi, MIT Press, 2008). The litany of alternate forms is long: co-op learning, experiential learning, service learning, internships, semester abroad, field study, authentic learning, problem-based learning, adult education, extension courses, and on and on. Each of these alternate forms was designed with the assumption that traditional classroom learning was the norm. With the dawning of Web 2.0, these alternate forms of teaching and learning are now becoming the “native” forms for this age. Open education, open knowledge, and open resources are different faces of the Web 2.0 revolution in higher education.
Tagged with: bBusinessccareerCollegedeeducationnoonline educationonline trainingppersonal developmentprofessionalprofessional developmentrReference & EducationschoolSocietyttraininguuniversityby Amy NuttWhen many people consider returning to school, they often reflect on what their high school experience was like. They have unpleasant memories of hard wooden desks and strict teachers. Todays adult education system is much more improved. Going back to school is now becoming a very popular choice
Definitely not. I read some statistics about my local communities that made me want to vomit a little…that most kids who aren’t reading at the right level and adults who can’t read on an adult level have lived here their entire lives. The education around here is top notch, and these people have just fallen through the cracks. I had a high school reading level by the time I was in 4th grade. I attribute that to always having my nose in a book, having a lot of encouragement (Most of my birthday and Christmas gifts growing up were books) and teachers who cared.
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There’s a lot you can still do with your life by acquiring some education, even as an adult. You can still get that dream vocation you frequently wanted, or get licensed to start up that business that has frequently been your dream. Adult education is all about possibilities. You know that lots of the fanciful jobs that are available these days are meant for educational elites. Without a sound educational background, you might never be able to get one of those. So what if you are over t
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“Whether you want to go back to get your GED or simply want to gain additional skills to use on the job, it’s never too late to pursue the great variety of adult educational resources out there. Online technology makes it easier than ever to bring courses, lectures and instructional videos right to your own home so you can learn without breaking the bank or even leaving the house. Here are 100 great adult education websites and resources we’ve pulled together to help you get the information you need for personal or professional development.”