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? on this being a feasible work at home - Sandra Houtz

Posted: Jun 07, 2013

Is the coding/billing a feasible work at home possibility?

Not to the extent that MT is. - nm

Not really, no. - See Msg

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First, there is a difference between coding and billing. Most coders don't do billing and vice versa.

You should not expect to find an at-home job in either field, although some do exist. There are some in coding, but they are typically positions which require a considerable amount of experience and all are going to require credentials. Some will only take RHIAs or RHITs, or a CCS.

Most, in fact, aren't "at home" jobs like you see in MT, but are employee jobs at facilities which allow their coders to work remotely some of the time. You still may be required to be in the office for training, meetings, and some workdays, and you might not get to work remotely until you have worked at a sufficiently high level of productivity and accuracy in the office for anywhere from months to a year or so.

Employer putting off allowing newly hired coders to work remotely - due to ICD-10

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I just had a job interview with a 600+ bed medical center. I didn't ask about working at home, but the coding manager mentioned that they decided "from this point forward" to not allow newly hired coders to work remotely for at least a year and a half due to the upcoming ICD-10 requirement. Previously if a new hire wanted to work from home, they allowed this after training was completed. Just an FYI

Not surprised to hear that - sm

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I think you will see that everywhere before long.

ICD-10 is a good reason due to the need to coordinate training activities over the next year and a half. There are a lot of issues outside of that which make working from home difficult . . . software, hardware, security, supervision, and perceptions about productivity.

Employers have been slow to jump on the remote bandwagon in part because it causes new problems that may outweigh their interest in saving space at the office. The recent move by a certain software company to move remotes back in and studies showing a dropoff in performance for remotes will fuel employer interest in stopping the practice.

Coders have been working remotely for a few years now, long enough for employers to figure out the drawbacks. ICD-10 is coming at a perfect time to stop those programs. No one can argue with it.

Working at home is not all it is cracked up to be. Never has been. MTs, of all people, should know that. Just look at the numbers of people here who cannot meet productivity, can't get enough work, can't get management to pay attention, and who have absolutely no contact with coworkers and constantly suspect cherrypicking, while having to resort to an anonymous internet board to get questions answered. And that is with a job that typically requires less interaction than coding.

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