[nabop] starting a new career

[cheryl echevarria]

They can also do Medical Billing:

I am in the process of writing an article for the Braille Monitor it will 
not probably be printed until after the convention from what Barbara Pierce 
has told me, I have already writen one.  Also like anything if anyone wants 
to know about medical bill I will post here as well, been very busy with 
over time.  But this field has a lot of openings.  Going to school depends 
on the school and how will they are going to make sure that you get the 
stuff you need.

I am a certified medical insurance specialist and this is something when 
looking into school they also teach medical transcribing in this with with 
the billing. Any good school in this field should be between 9 - 12 months 
and don't be fooled by 2-3 month certification programs they only teach you 
what is called Medical Manager which is the only student version of billing 
programs out there, and this is a DOS program.

I got to learn it from help.

Another misconception about this field and I have heard it a lot that there 
is a lot of paperwork involved. not correct.  now if you work stictly in a 
dr office that might be the majority but all dr offices must comply with the 
government and become all electronic billing or they will pay fines to the 
government.

You can work with Insurance companies, hospitals, medical laboratories, 
medical collections, work in any business that needs medical insurance 
understanding in Human Resources many different fields out there.  Including 
doing it at home, but that take a least a good knowledge of the field and 
working in the field for 1-2 years before going out on your own.

Also when it says billing/coding.  You will be taught what coding is and how 
to read the codes.  The coding system is also online and they also have the 
coding ICD-9 books in electronics format.  But working in a hospital as a 
Coder or working stickly as a Medical Coder.  You need a 4 year college 
degree in Health Information Technology and then you need to take the AHIMA 
(AMERICAN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION) certification test, 
which is about $700.  But again you can get buy and make money without this 
in plenty of fields.

if anyone has questions.  Please post.


Cheryl Echevarria

skype: angeldn3


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Office Professionals" <nabop at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nabop] starting a new career


> Hi Kathy,
> I'll be looking into careers soon.  So wanted to follow up on your path.
> Did you find something in the health field?  Yes the visually impaired can
> do medical
> transcription.  I think I read about in the braille monitor.
> I don't know about accessible school courses.
> Do you want to work hands on with patients?  I think you can be a nurse's
> assistant.  You can use your vision for some tasks.  Also they have 
> talking
> machines that you could use like talking scales, blood pressure cuffs, and
> thermometers.
>
> I'm not interested in that field but know its doable.  Hope you found
> something.
>
> Ashley
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kathy P." <kpingstock at zoominternet.net>
> To: <nabop at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:27 PM
> Subject: [nabop] starting a new career
>
>
> > Good afternoon to all,
> >
> > I am new to this list. I am wanting to know what career are good for the
> > visually impaired in health. Does anyone have information on good
> > accessible schools on line? I was thinking about medical transcription,
> > but I am noticing there are a lot of software issues. Does anyone have
> > comments on this particular career?
> >
> > Kathy Pingstock
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