Carl

I have been in the medical billing industry (I own a home based medical billing business) for years now and I can tell you with confidence that there are no legitimate companies that will hire or even contract you to do medical billing/coding from home.

The only way you are going to be employed by a practice, clinic, hospital, etc., to do medical billing/coding from home is if:

1. Your employer has a telecommuter program already set up so you can securely receive and deliver your completed workload via some sort of network. Most small practices are not even networked yet and the medium/big offices that are won’t just allow you to work from home until:

2. You have been an employee of theirs for at least six months to a year. No office or business at this stage of the game (especially HIPAA enforced) is going to let a new employee to have that much access to protected health information without them (you) proving to your employer over time that you are a competent biller/coder, can follow the directions and policies that the practice puts forth, you are deemed the personality that is trustworthy and can function without having a boss over your back to make sure things get done in a timely fashion and the list goes on and on.

Your question is one that we in the business see time and time again. If you were asking about doing medical transcription from home then your prospects would be a lot better. The transcription field has several companies in the USA that will contract those that have the know-how, speed and dedication to get the job done and it seems people think you can do the same in the billing/coding field.

3. The only other way to break into the industry is by starting you own home based medical billing business. I can’t go into what you need to do here to make that a reality because it would take days for me to spell everything out but you should read all the links that I will list below my name.

Lastly, here are two great resources that you should read on doing medical billing from home before you do anything connected to this industry:

Home Based Medical Billing Beginners Book-> http://medicalbillingbook.tripod.com

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Starting Your Own Successful Medical Billing Business Book -> http://www.urlfreeze.com/medbill/Starting_A_Medical_Billing_Business_Book/

Good luck to you,

Lori

I’d suggest getting part time experience in a doctor’s office to prove yourself and asking to do the work at home then perhaps.