Staying at Home? Stay Compliant
Do You Have What It Takes?
Considering the information above, how do you feel about your remote work environment? Are you in a position to keep working from home because your office is secure, you have childcare, and you can dedicate the appropriate number of hours for which you are being compensated? Or are you better suited to going back to the office? As an AAPC member, you are bound by a Code of Ethics that carries with it the responsibility to make those difficult decisions.
If your temporary work-at-home situation has become permanent, AAPC’s Code of Ethics will keep you on course.
Learn how each of these principles applies to your work-at-home experience.
Maintain a Code of Ethics
Integrity
Respect
Commitment
Competence
Fairness
Responsibility
Integrity-Employees acting with integrity resist the temptation to engage in non-work-related activities during business hours.
Respect-professional conduct is respect
Commitment-Commitment is what transforms the promise into reality
Competence- Coding tells the payer why the patient presented for care, what happened, and when so the provider can get compensated for their service(s) & if the job is not done correctly there can be unpleasant consequences
Fairness-Treat others in the same fashion you want to be treated
Responsibility-You contribute to the success of your organization and your profession
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Medical coding jobs from home require a certain amount of trust between employers and employees. You are accessing sensitive information and doing a job with potentially serious consequences. Employers need to be sure you can do your job well. Traditionally, that means many companies have required all new hires to begin onsite. Many employers also have policies about dependent care during work hours you must abide by in your employee contract.
Employers tend to look for someone who is self-motivated, has a superior work ethic, is technically savvy, and has the ability to work without distractions in their own home. They tend to steer away from candidates who mention they work best in a team environment or need constant feedback. While most employees are a team, the environment is not a traditional team environment like it is in an office. The feedback is regular, but certainly not constant since they work independently with little to no direct supervision.
http://codercoach.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-reality-of-coding-from-home-with.html
Do You Have What It Takes?
Considering the information above, how do you feel about your remote work environment? Are you in a position to keep working from home because your office is secure, you have childcare, and you can dedicate the appropriate number of hours for which you are being compensated? Or are you better suited to going back to the office? As an AAPC member, you are bound by a Code of Ethics that carries with it the responsibility to make those difficult decisions.
If your temporary work-at-home situation has become permanent, AAPC’s Code of Ethics will keep you on course.
Learn how each of these principles applies to your work-at-home experience.
Maintain a Code of Ethics
Integrity
Respect
Commitment
Competence
Fairness
Responsibility
Integrity-Employees acting with integrity resist the temptation to engage in non-work-related activities during business hours.
Respect-professional conduct is respect
Commitment-Commitment is what transforms the promise into reality
Competence- Coding tells the payer why the patient presented for care, what happened, and when so the provider can get compensated for their service(s) & if the job is not done correctly there can be unpleasant consequences
Fairness-Treat others in the same fashion you want to be treated
Responsibility-You contribute to the success of your organization and your profession
Staying at Home? Stay Compliant
If your temporary work-at-home situation has become permanent, AAPC’s Code of Ethics will keep you on course. In these ever-changing times, one thing is If your temporary work-at-home coding situation has become permanent, AAPC’s Code of Ethics will keep you on course.
Medical coding jobs from home require a certain amount of trust between employers and employees. You are accessing sensitive information and doing a job with potentially serious consequences. Employers need to be sure you can do your job well. Traditionally, that means many companies have required all new hires to begin onsite. Many employers also have policies about dependent care during work hours you must abide by in your employee contract.
Employers tend to look for someone who is self-motivated, has a superior work ethic, is technically savvy, and has the ability to work without distractions in their own home. They tend to steer away from candidates who mention they work best in a team environment or need constant feedback. While most employees are a team, the environment is not a traditional team environment like it is in an office. The feedback is regular, but certainly not constant since they work independently with little to no direct supervision.
http://codercoach.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-reality-of-coding-from-home-with.html