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what department did you start out in the health department???
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Primary care, pediatrics and ob/gyn.... it's basically a grouo practice and the one I was at did all of these services so I got variety of experience. Look on your states website for jobs. It's not always stated as coding so you have to read the description of the job.
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I totally agree with "frustrated". In my area the bigger metropilitan areas are 1-2 hours away -- too far to communte and there is NOTHING in this area. I have searched weekly since May when I got my CPC-A. The same ol' story - the few jobs that are out there require 2-5 years experience. I am working at my old admin job 3 days a week and at an internal med doctor 2 days. He can't use me any more than that and I don't do any coding. (and they don't code correctly but won't listen to me). I do mostly A/R and answer phones and don't make much $. I am very discouraged and may just fall back on my years of administrative experience and forget this all together.
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I am finishing school and I also joined the AAPC and will be studing for the exam. I am really nervous about finding a job but after I pass the exam I am thinking of taking an XTern ship to get some experience along with sending out resumes. I have read the above responses and am trying to learn how to get employment coding.
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The Health Department is a great idea! I am going to check into this!!! I too am frustrated in finding any type of work in the medical field. I have applied for collections, billing, medical records, customer/patient relations-you name it. Seems I am overqualified for some jobs and underqualified to code.
An xternship would be super! There isn't anywhere in my area willing to sponsor one-paid or unpaid. I comprised a list of places and contact and submitted them to the AAPC. |
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Do a search for managed care organizations in your state. One I know of just hired 2 coders right out of school. It's payer work, but you can get some provider experience along with it.
I got my start in claims processing and am now a physican coder, so don't rule out insurance companies just because it isn't your ideal workplace.
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u r already a AAPC member - contact them about the Extern Program which doesn't pay but provides experience - this is what got me started today and I am trying to get answers as well to whether or not the locality I am in has any participants hiring externs - Good Luck D
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I was a claims processor with the insurance company for a year, then used that experience to get in the door at a hospital. I took a medical records position for 2 years while I was taking the coding courses part time. Right after graduation I took my CPC exam and started working as an ER coder at the same hospital within a month... so 3 years.
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