Healthcare Information Management

Healthcare careers offer job security, personal satisfaction, challenges, and rewarding experiences. Plus, as the healthcare field continues to grow, so does the need to administer and manage health data.

As the healthcare field continues to grow, so does the need to administer and manage health data. If you are entering the Healthcare Information Management field or already are part of it and you are seeking to broaden your job prospects, consider New Horizons as the training partner of choice to help you achieve your goals.

Reasons to consider a career in Healthcare Information Management

Medical Coding and Billing Specialists are two of the 13 fastest growing occupations in the country and are expected to grow 49% by 2010

• Employment rates, wages, and salaries in the health services industry is projected to increase more than 25% through 2010, compared with an average of 16% for all industries
• The field of Healthcare Information Management is expected to grow 28% by 2010
• 2.8 million health services jobs are opening up by 2010

Healthcare Careers Offer Job Security, Personal Satisfaction, Challenges, and Rewarding Experiences

Many interested in a career in the healthcare field decide to specialize in the medical billing and coding profession. Medical billers and coders are no longer restricted to only the doctor's or dentist's office but are now working in hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes, mental healthcare facilities, rehabilitation centers, insurance companies, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), consulting firms, and health data organizations, or even from home.

These highly skilled professionals are earning impressive wages everywhere they are. Typical duties of medical billers and coders include:

• Explaining insurance benefits to patients and clients
• Office bookkeeping and other administrative duties
• Accurately completing claim forms
• Explaining insurance benefits to patients
• Handling day to day medical billing procedures
• Adhering to each insurance carrier's policies and procedures
• Prompt billing of insurance companies
• Documenting all activities using correct medical terminology
• Scheduling appointments

Is Healthcare Information Management training at New Horizons for me?

If you are seeking the skills and knowledge to acquire a top-quality position in the medical billing industry and to excel at it, then yes, New Horizons’ Healthcare Information Management training is for you.

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