Credit market crashes, bailouts, stock market crashes, and hurricanes. This sums up the financial disaster that occurred in the United States in 2008. So what serious work needs to be done? Those who still can, should consider recession-proof jobs and jobs.
Recession-proof jobs are so essential to our society that we can’t do without them. One of these jobs is medical programmers. Why? There are two main things going on in our society: people living longer and being born more. Note that baby boomers (the hippie generation) are retiring, yet their parents are still alive. Older people need medical attention, whether it is preventive or active medical care. So they make regular visits to clinics and hospitals.
Also, in 2007, a record number of baby boomers was born, a number not seen since the baby boom years. Although experts have not yet revealed the sources of the birth, one thing is certain, these children need care. They will also visit clinics and hospitals to get appropriate care.
It will be up to the medical programmers and other health information technicians to accurately record these visits for computer accessibility and readability. In addition, medical transcribers have the opportunity to work from home. They usually receive their assignments from an agency or directly from a hospital or clinic and take them home to complete.
Another great thing with medical coders is that they can negotiate their own contract directly with a clinic or hospital as an independent contractor instead of working as an employee. Hence, the future of jobs in this field is great.
What are medical programmers
Medical programmers specialize in the field of health information. They organize and evaluate patient records for accuracy, collect, prepare, and analyze statistical data, diseases and software processes for insurance purposes, and generally provide quality control.
Health information technician salaries and potential medical programmer
The median annual income for health information technicians was $28,030 in May 2006, according to a survey by the National Bureau of Labor Statistics. The highest earner had more than $45,260.
How to become a certified medical coder
Medical coder schools offer classes in health information technology, medical terminology, legal training, anatomy and physiology, statistics, and computer science.
Generally, those who finish their education in medical coding will earn an associate’s degree. It is best to become a registered health information technician with certification from the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Medical coding courses and AHIMA certification preparation classes are available as both traditional and online classes.