It’s a common question we receive at Medical Coding Academy. Will having a medical billing certification or medical coding certification actually help you get a job with a potential employer? While many colleges or universities would like you to believe that taking an 18-week course is the only way to guarantee employment, there’s really only…
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Some companies claim that they don’t read all of their reviews. They’re simply “proud of all the work they do.” Then again, other companies see them as opportunities for improvement and validation for a job well done and read them all. You can definitely count Medical Coding Academy in the latter category. We see our…
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The big day is here! Medical Coding Academy is proud to announce another exciting new way to learn medical coding: an online course. That’s right, you now have the option to learn medical coding with the flexibility and convenience that comes from being able to access the course online. We’ve already broken records by providing…
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The benefits of a career as a professional medical coder are no secret. For one, there’s an excellent average salary. Then there’s the flexibility of being able to choose the right position and company that’s right for you. Finally, there’s the pride of being able to say you’re a professional medical coder! The only question…
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You learn something new every day. Did you know, for example, that odontophobia is the fear of teeth? Or that cats sleep 16-to-18 hours per day? How about the fact that the “57” on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had? Let’s keep the learning going by exploring…
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We all love a good success story. At Medical Coding Academy, we love them even more when they’re one of our students. In fact, each and every one of our students is like a family member, so whenever one of them moves on toward a successful career as a professional coder, it validates everything we…
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We all love choices. Whether it’s coffee, outfits or educational institutions, it’s nice to have options. When it comes to medical coding, however, there’s only one option that is unmatched by all the others: Medical Coding Academy’s three-day course. Where else can you truly absorb the information you’re learning and obtain a certification in just…
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If you’re new to medical coding, you may easily get overwhelmed by all the acronyms and seemingly random letters thrown at you. CPC? CPB? CPPM? What do all of these mean? While we encourage our students to get their “alphabet soup,” we definitely don’t want the number of courses we offer to get lost and…
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In medical coding and billing, there are so many acronyms that it can be hard to keep up sometimes. Some particular acronyms you should definitely familiar with, however, are the CPB, CPC and CPPM. While the three-day CPC course focuses strongly on medical coding, the CPB places major emphasis on the billing side of the…
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Today’s blog post is about a very controversial topic. That being said, I’m a coder who has decades of experience, so I don’t comment on this lightly. This doesn’t come from someone who has no experience and is commenting on something they know nothing about. (Feel free to stop reading now… all, right I warned…
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