New Video: Medical Coding Academy Makes THE HOMELESS a Priority At Medical Coding Academy, we value giving back to the community and we want to see all of our students succeed. Our founder, Mrs. Delissa Ortega, recently learned the tragic story of Evette, a recent graduate from our program who was homeless at one point and…
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7 Products That Will Help Your Medical Coding Career There’s nothing more satisfying than doing something right the first time. This can apply to testing a recipe for dinner, attempting a new sport or taking your first medical coding certification exam. We’ll be focusing on the latter today. Wouldn’t you like to pass your medical…
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All About Medical Auditing If you think all medical coding jobs are the same, think again. Becoming a Certified Professional Coder (CPC®) is just the first step in your medical billing and coding journey. The next step? Choosing an additional certification to hone your craft and develop your specialty so you can increase your earning…
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5 New Year’s Resolutions for Medical Coders and Billers When the New Year comes along, many people use it as an opportunity to lose weight or eat better. Others try and kick a bad habit, like smoking. Still others try and get their finances on track. While these are all well and good, they don’t…
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The 12 Days of Coding Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Medical Coding Academy! We’re nearly at the end of the year and 2019 has been fantastic for both us and our students. Not only were we able to visit and train medical coding students across the country (like we normally…
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Our 10 Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019 Don’t look now, but we’re quickly approaching the end of 2019. In honor of the New Year, let’s take a look back at some of our top blog posts from the past year. It was the first year we started blogging as a company, so there were…
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5 Things You Need to Become Medical Coding Certified Life is a mix of character and character being put into practice. Take riding a bike, for example. The actual balancing and riding of the bike is one thing, but the knowledge of how to ride it is quite another. Miss one of these elements and…
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The Importance of a Compliance Officer Credential (CPCO) Compliance Officers are required to have a vast knowledge of government laws, regulations and guidelines since the officer develops and monitors compliance departments, including internal compliance reviews, audits and risk assessments. Read on to learn more about what CPCOs are, the career opportunities you’ll have with a…
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The Importance of a Specialty Medical Coding Credential All industries have specialists. In the medical industry, for example, you have general doctors who address a wide variety of issues, but you also have those who specialize in feet, hands, the spine and more. Medical coding is no different. While you can get your medical coding…
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3 Things We’re Grateful for This Thanksgiving As Thanksgiving arrives this year, we’d like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude for several different areas of our lives. Medical Coding Academy wouldn’t be possible without any of the following, so we’re eternally grateful. Here are three things we’re grateful for this Thanksgiving: 1.…
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