About Medical Insurance Billing Jobs
Medical insurance billing is a back office job in health care that involves a support role rather than a patient-contact role. Medical billers perform a very important function to the institutions or physicians that employ them.
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Function
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Billers submit payment requests for services performed on patients to insurance companies. After the claim is submitted, billers may need to communicate with contacts at the insurance company to answer questions or provide information in order to receive payment for the claim.
Environment
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Billers may work directly for a medical provider or hospital or for a third party billing agency; they may work part-time or full-time and may have the opportunity to work overtime at some companies.
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Training
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Medical billers typically receive a certificate or associate's degree from a community college or vocational school. The training typically involves basic medical terminology and information about insurance company types and procedures.
Compensation
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The median average wage for medical billers is $13.00 per hour, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Warning
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There are a number of work from home scams that involve promises of an online or mail order training course that will allow prospective billers to study and then work from home for a fictitious company. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that only 2 percent of medical billers work from home, and people who receive correspondence about such opportunities should be extremely cautious.
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