Medical Billing: A Work From Home Option or Scam?

I’ve stated this before, but I have an acquaintance who purchased a “medical billing at home kit” and because of no background in the field never “took off”.

Others - who’ve earned their stripes, so to speak, in a medical office - could just pull this off.

From Work At Home Momma

If you are already doing this kind of work and just want to take your experience and build a work-at-home medical billing service then at least you have the leg up in that regard. Besides training there is the expense you will incur in order to purchase equipment, coding and reference books, software, supplies, liability insurance, and more.

If you aren’t already trained in medical billing practices you are probably researching the many companies that advertise about starting your own medical billing business. This is where the scams are plentiful. Before you spend a dime ‘investing’ in one of these ‘you don’t need experience’ training courses do your homework.

Check out the companies creditentials, past clients, length of time in business, and reputation. Be realistic about whether or not you will be able to get trained, outfitted, and hired within a reasonalble amount of time.

A business is tough to start, no matter what kind of business. The business of medical billing isn’t any different.