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What Can You Expect Salary-Wise With Your Certification?

Posted: February 10, 2012 by Anthony

For excellent information on the salary ranges you might expect to earn as a medical billing and coding professional or medical office assistant, I recommend the site: www.simplyhired.com. There you can enter in the position you’re expecting to fill once you’ve completed your course of study at the Allen School Online. It also offers functionality […] Read More

The Best and Worst of Fast Food Burgers

Posted: February 8, 2012 by Anthony

As part of this blog’s ongoing series highlighting some of the best things and worst things to put into your body, I offer health.com’s recently published list of the best and worst fast food burgers (from a health perspective). Now as a rule, burgers are probably not the healthiest thing you could choose to eat. […] Read More

Take a Page From the G-Men and Persevere

Posted: February 6, 2012 by Anthony

In December 2011, the NY Giants were possessed of a middling 7-7 record. No one was predicting they’d make it all the way to win Super Bowl XLVI. And yet, they did just that. To what do they owe this amazing feat of come-from-behind grit and determination? One word: Perseverance. If you’ve recently lost a […] Read More

Happy Change Your Passwords Day!

Posted: February 1, 2012 by Anthony

Online students of the Allen School use their computers for a lot more than the average person. And although your course work may not be something of value to would be thieves, it is safe to say that you probably also do your banking online and other financial management activities. This is why it is […] Read More

CNN: Healtcare Jobs a Bright Spot For Hiring

Posted: January 30, 2012 by Anthony

CNN recently reported on something that as an Allen School Online student you’re likely already hip to. If you’ve not yet decided to study medical billing and coding or medical office assistant with Allen School Online, you should read this article from Yahoo! Education entitled, “How to Prepare for a Booming Health Career”. The money […] Read More

Doing Away With Spam

Posted: January 25, 2012 by Anthony

So you spend alot of time online and tethered to your online responsibilities like studying medical billing and coding at the Allen School Online. This means you most definitely understand the time-sucking, productivity-draining effects of spam. From scores of unwanted emails and text messages every day to unsolicited advertisements on Facebook to the always annoying […] Read More

Study Tips from Top Academic Institution

Posted: January 24, 2012 by Anthony

Dartmouth University has an exceptional webpage chock full of documents and videos all on the subject of how to optimize your studies. Everything from the best places to study to how to boost concentration and informational retention is covered. This page here contains links to numerous articles and vids. Take tips from one of the […] Read More

RIP Etta James

Posted: January 20, 2012 by Anthony

I know this is sort of out of character for this blog, but this blogger mourns the passing of the great, Etta James. Enjoy this awesome video on a cold Friday afternoon. Read More

SOPA and PIPA – What it All Means

Posted: January 19, 2012 by Anthony

Well online students of medical billing and coding, did you notice that yesterday, Wikipedia and many other favorite websites were intentionally darkened to protest something called SOPA and PIPA? Made it rather tough to do any research for your Allen School Online course work I imagine. It did succeed in raising the awareness about these […] Read More

How to Prolong the Life of Your Technology Products

Posted: January 16, 2012 by Anthony

Hey online students! If you’ve elected to study medical billing and coding with Allen School Online, you’re likely a heavy user of technology products. Laptops, tablets, desktops, wireless smart phones, etc. We all love how liberating it is to study at your own pace and at your own place, whether that be your bedroom or […] Read More