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Early Draft of Healthcare Bill Reveals Imminent Changes

Posted: June 10, 2009 by Anthony

On Friday a partial draft of the healthcare legislation currently wending its way through Congress was released. While the bill is likely to undergo significant revision, there are several sweeping changes proposed that are likely to be included in the final legislation. One of the more interesting of the proposed changes involves the creation of a […] Read More

Transition from Manufacturing to Heathcare

Posted: June 8, 2009 by Anthony

With the closure of hundreds of Chrysler and GM dealerships across the country, there are going to be thousands of folks joining the ranks of the unemployed. Read More

Friday Follies

Posted: June 5, 2009 by Anthony

With the “TGIF” spirit at heart, let’s take a look at a place you might want to one day visit to celebrate your graduation from Allen School Online and entry into the medical field. Read More

Best and Worst Cities for Healthcare Jobs

Posted: June 3, 2009 by Anthony

As part of my series on job markets across the country, I will explore these top 5 best cities, one by one, in subsequent posts. Read More

File Under: Easier Said Than Done

Posted: June 1, 2009 by Anthony

Nearly two decades after the beginning of the information revolution, while the technology has grown exponentially there has been little will to apply it to medical record keeping. Read More

Did You Know that Billing and Coding Specialists are Health Information Management professionals?

Posted: May 29, 2009 by Margie

So who are health information professionals? We are credentialed professionals who manage individual health records as well as aggregate data. Read More

Best Job Markets in the US – Part 1

Posted: May 28, 2009 by Anthony

Since lately I seem to be stumbling across a lot of state-by-state lists of “Top Growth Jobs”, I have decided to write a series of posts detailing the career environments in different areas of the country for people with medical billing and coding expertise. Read More