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Kay Wadelton gave some great advice she has given me permission to share.


After my recent posts some mentioned the difficulty of finding a job...as a manager I thought I was share some insight on my end of the interview process...what impresses me...
Getting past the resume stage..
Make sure your resume looks professional..not too little info and not to much...they don't need to know where you worked at 16...sell yourself on your cover letter...again 1 page..dont write a book.. and spell check!

If you get an interview..

1..when you interview take the time to dress very well..you wont believe some people dress like they are going to grab milk at the store.And dressing like you are going clubbing is not good either...
2. Look up some information about the place you are interviewing and express your desire to work there because they ABCD...whatever it may be they are about..
3. Tell them... yes you are new BUT you have the desire and drive and passion to become an excellent coder to provide quality work for your employer and if given a chance they wont be disappointed..
4. This should be #1... look them in the eye..do not fidget in your chair..look calm and confident..
Hope this is helpful to those who are nervous about interviewing...

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Be ready if a hospital employment opportunity arises in a facility near you.​

In our changing health care environment, there may come a time when you need to look beyond your physician practice and branch out in another direction. For example, based on the latest trend, your practice could be bought out by a hospital. If that happens, you’ll need to be able to prove you’re a viable candidate to hospital coding managers. However, many physician trained coders find hospital requirements very different and the transition difficult. You’ll have a much easier time if you are prepared, and a good place to start is by reviewing the hospital revenue cycle, which has significant differences from that of the physician office.





 
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Charge Entry Specialist
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Clinical Documentation Specialist
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Coding Educator
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Front Office Coordinator
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CCO Intern program


Information About The CCO Internship Program​

  1. Internship
You can apply to become a CCO intern at: https://www.cco.us/cco-intern-candidate-application/
The program is free and there are no costs associated with becoming an Intern. We created the CCO Internship program to help new coders with the following two pain points after certification:
  • Interns can help CCO with coding research in exchange for industry-related experience that can be added to their resume.
  • Interns can acquire one year of industry-related experience to help remove the "A" Apprentice from their CPC-A.
Requirements:
  • You must be Certified.
  • You must have a free Gmail email account.
  • You must have a free Podio account that was created using the free Gmail account mentioned above.
  • You should be comfortable using internet-based software such as Google Drive, Podio, etc.
  • Current year ICD-10 and CPT manuals are required. Interns are often checking the accuracy of coding questions and answers so the current year's manuals are essential.
  • Interns must provide a total of 250 trackable hours during a continuous 1 year period to be eligible for A removal via CCO's Intern program. The 250 hour requirement is an internal CCO policy to ensure at least 5 hours of time were provided weekly over the course of the year. To be clear, the 250 hours is not the goal. The goal is one (1) year of experience to meet the AAPC policy. Interns cannot finish this internship early or "speed up" the one (1) year experience process by completing 250 hours early.
  • This is an unpaid Internship program. Interns are not official CCO employees and are not extended employment opportunities.
Please note that Internship acceptance is not guaranteed. We have many applicants and only a few intern openings so someone will contact you if you are a considered for an intern position after filling out the application. We do not release information about the number of applicants, chances of approval or enrollment rates.
Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Researcher – Intern Position Description
Title:
Subject Matter Expert/Researcher
Purpose: Develop content that supports learning objectives for educational products and/or job tasks identified by the bodies of knowledge for certification/CEU products
Key Responsibilities:
  • Create nuggets for CCO Club and/or courses
  • Demonstrate ability to navigate and use Intern Nugget and Intern Project applications within the Podio Intern workspace
  • Contribute core content and original material by using Pearl Template in Google Drive and provide a completed document based on Google research
  • Supply source materials and provide links for all resources used
  • Provide links to any other quality resources found in the public domain related to given topic that may be shared with students
  • Incorporate appropriate graphics based on research, ensuring that they are based on CCO’s policy on usage rights and creative commons
  • Write multiple-choice review questions to go with completed documents
  • Meet all agreed-upon turnaround time for projects
Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of medical coding
  • Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to communicate in a professional, concise manner while at the same time providing enough information that will leave few unanswered questions
  • Capacity to see a project through to completion
Time Commitment:
  • The time commitment may vary by project. The scope will be established (and reviewed with the Subject Matter Expert) at the onset of the project
Training/support provided:
  • Project orientation video
  • Guidance on the development process
  • Conference calls or online development meetings as necessary
Benefits:
  • Opportunity to provide coding research in exchange for experience
  • Ability to improve your resume based on having worked for CCO and by working towards having the “A” removed from your credential
  • Ability to network with other coders and Subject Matter Experts
  • Gain recognition by sharing your skill
PLEASE NOTE: INACTIVE INTERNS WILL BE REMOVED AFTER 30 DAYS OF INACTIVITY SO WE MAY PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AN INTERN WHO HAS TIME TO BE ACTIVE IN THE PROGRAM.
 

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This great information Lori. Very helpful for me trying to get my foot through the door. Thank you for putting everything together!
 
Jobs that use medical coding

A/R Biller
Account Receivable Representative
Account Receivable Specialist
Admissions Representative
Appeals Specialist
Biller
Billing Coordinator
Billing Data Entry Operator
Billing Representative
Billing Technician
Charge Entry Specialist
Charge Master
Chargemaster Analyst
Chart Processor
Claims Processor
Clinic Manager
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Coder
Coding Educator
Coding Instructor
Coding Technician
Collections Representative
Collector
Compliance Coder
Compliance Data Analyst
Customer Account Representative
Customer Service Representative
Customer Service Resolution Associate
Dental Tracker
DRG Coder
DRG Coordinator
Eligibility Advocate
Entry Level Billing
Entry Level Coding
Facility Coder
Front Office Coordinator
Front Office Assistant
Front Office Representative – Clinic
Health Information Coder
Health Information Technician
Health Insurance Specialist
Health Services Representative
HCC coder
Insurance Authorizations
Insurance Biller
Insurance Coordinator
Insurance Representative
Insurance Verification
Intake Coordinator
Medical Billing Specialist
Medical Insurance Claims Specialist
Medical Office Billing Administrative Assistant
Medical Records Clerk
Medical Records Coder
Medical Records Support Services Assistant
Medical scribe
Medicare Insurance Follow-Up Representative
Medicare Representative
Member Relationship Specialist
Office Administrator
Office Manager
Outpatient Coder
Patient Financial Representative
Patient Financial Service Representative
Payment Review Representative
Physician Billing Representative
Physician Coder
Physician Coding Compliance Specialist
Physician Documentation Specialist
Precertification Representative
Prepayment Review Representative
Pro-Fee Coder
Provider Services Call Center Representative
Registrar
Release of Information Specialist
Revenue Integrity Analyst
Reimbursement Coding Specialist
Representative Account Billing Specialist
Risk adjustment coder
Scheduler
Scheduling Coordinator
Self-Pay Medical Collector
Senior Patient Services Representative
Surgical Coder
Suspended Billing Representative
Technical Support Analyst!
This is the best thing I have ever seen! Thank you!!
 
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