| If you're wondering what the salary is for a | | | | which school you attended and how much |
| medical billing specialist or assistant I'll explain it in | | | | experience you've had in the field, before and |
| this article. First of all though, there are probably | | | | after your certification. And whether or not |
| not too many assistants. Most people in the | | | | you've had any experience in medical offices even |
| medical billing offices, clinics or departments are | | | | if it's not in medical billing. |
| specialists. They have taken training through | | | | A better way to find out what the salary is in |
| schools, understand medical billing software, been | | | | your area is to first find out what medical billing |
| certified nationally and hold a Medical Billing | | | | companies are in your area. If you're in a large |
| Specialist certificate. | | | | city or near one you should be able to find many. |
| If someone is an assistant, they may have been | | | | If not in a large city, find out what is available and |
| trained through their employer but there is no | | | | contact the large medical clinics and find out if |
| national exam or certification for an assistant. A | | | | they do their medical billing and coding in-house or |
| salary for an assistant would probably be | | | | send it out and to whom. You can always say |
| considerably less than for a specialist because | | | | you're working on a class assignment and usually |
| they haven't taken the training necessary to learn | | | | people will be eager to help. |
| how to become one. | | | | This is the best way to find out salaries because |
| Jobs in this market would likely be through large | | | | there will be differences in different geographical |
| medical billing companies who contract the work | | | | locations throughout the U.S. |
| through large and small medical clinics and a | | | | Make sure you know that you'll have a place to |
| variety of doctor-related and health-related clinics. | | | | work or even apply if you do decide to go ahead. |
| The exception would be - there are large clinics | | | | There is financial aid available through the |
| with many doctors who do all of their medical | | | | government too for online courses and |
| billing and coding in-house. | | | | on-campus too. Don't sign up for classes or |
| The salary for a Medical Billing Specialist can | | | | courses you don't need. And find out what is |
| average between $25,000 and $30,000 annually. | | | | required to take the national certification exam |
| A lot will depend on how much training you've | | | | for Medical Billing Specialists. |
| had, what classes, courses or programs you took, | | | | |