How to Become Indispensable in your New Medical Office Job

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So you’ve gotten your medical billing and coding or medical office certificate from Allen School Online.  You’ve landed an exciting new position in the offices of a local physician or hospital.  Want to know the secrets of how to be the one person in the office they’d never even think of letting go?  Business Insider […] Read More

Free Stuff

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As students of medical billing and coding, you’re in the company of students everywhere who are frequently, as the old cliche goes “starving”.   Having been a starving student myself once, working on studies without enough time to work for more money, I would have been thrilled to find a place where they were  giving […] Read More

Don’t Say That!

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One of the most popular posts ever on the Allen School Online blog was entitled 10 Common Reasons People Get Fired!  You can read it here. No other post has generated anywhere close to the number of reader comments.  Probably because everyone knows a co-worker who does some of these “termination worthy” things (like failing […] Read More

Early Spring? Early (Allergy) Suffering

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If you live in the Northeastern United States (as many Allen School and AS Online students do), you know we’ve been treated to a very early Spring.  After an exceptionally mild and mostly blizzard-free Winter, the temperatures have been in the mid-60s to 70s for the last 10 days or so.  The forecast is for […] Read More

11 Ways to Hurt Your Career

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Studying medical billing and coding or medical office assistant training at Allen School Online does a great job of preparing you for a career position.  The coursework focuses on many important subject matter areas that you’ll need to successfully execute the position you’ll earn in a medical office or hospital.  But what you may not […] Read More

Adapting to Daylight Saving Time

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It’s hard enough for busy Allen School Online students to find enough time for a good night’s sleep.  Then along comes daylight saving time where we “Spring forward” losing an hour of sleep in the process.  It may not seem like much, but losing that hour can effect your focus over the course of several […] Read More

Non-Verbal Cues that Can Torpedo Your Job Interview

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You only get one chance to make a first impression.  This is especially true in the interviewing for a job position.  With so many applicants for each available job, you need to put your very best foot forward.  Just try not to be tapping your best foot all through the interview.   Allen School Online students […] Read More

Great Data from BLS on Medical Billing and Coding Employment

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The website, medicalbillingandcoding.org is chock full of tools and data you can use to learn more about the employment environment for your chosen career field. And I have to say, the data looks pretty good. The salary figures, the projected growth of the industry, and other related statistics all point to a positive environment for […] Read More

Fast Food Industry Fails to Disappoint

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Long time readers of the Allen School Online blog know that I have a penchant for covering the strange and life-shortening oddities produced at seemingly regular intervals by the US fast food industry.  These items — like KFC’s Double Down and the recently-proven-fatal Triple Bypass Burger at Vegas’ Heart Attack Grill — are major contributors […] Read More

Get a Real Job! **UPDATED**

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This story has been exposed as a hoax.  Sorry for any inconvenience! You may have seen this story on the Interwebs today about the sneering banker who left a 1% tip on a $135.00 lunch tab at a restaurant in tony Newport Beach, CA.  Worse than that, he circled the “tip” line on the credit […] Read More