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mt'ing not going to be here forever... - sm

Posted: Nov 25, 2009

So does anyone have a career to fall back on? I'm choosing to go back to school for billing and coding, it seems along the same lines as MT'ing, working behind the scenes in the medical field. Anyone else thought of this particular career or others? I noticed MQ offers billing and coding employment.

billing/coding - wondering

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wondering how long billing/coding will be a US profession? Have had many people I know laid off from their job do to outsourcing and/or offshoring.

They offshore those jobs too. - nm

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long-haul trucking - L&L

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Let's face it...anything done primarily with computers can be done anywhere (you know where).

Aside from manufacturing, which has been long dead in the US, the only jobs not going overseas are those which require hands-on physical involvement. Think a lot of lower-level patient involvement careers.

Actually, I personally would like to India take over our meth production and concomitant problems...maybe then they'd be less able to steal our jobs.

Coding will be eliminated as well. - sm

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I'd suggest something like nursing. Nurses will always be needed especially smart ones because they usually are the ones that make the diagnosis and then contact the doctor at least that's how it was at the hospital I worked for. The nurses were the ones who gave the most care. The doctors only make rounds.

There are a lot of places that import nurses - Old and Tired MT

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They pay nurses from the Philippines to come over here to work, set them up in housing, pay expenses, etc. Pretty soon, there won't be any jobs available for U.S. nurses because the foreigners will work for a lot less. They do the same with doctors. Why do you think there are so many foreign hospitalists? They are employees of the facility they work for. No U.S. doctor wants to be an employee, but the foreigners think it is great because they can make so much more here and they don't have to worry about setting up a practice, etc. Sleep well, Americans----.

perhaps not, but editing always will and at some point, sm - I am at least hoping

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they will have to offer a better rate for VR as transcriptionist will not be able to take positions at these low rate jobs and will find jobs other than VR jobs amounting to the same pay per hour on VR.

Reality check... - Just passing through

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The ILPs will be happy to take these positions at a lower rate. You will never see VR rate go up and probably more likely it will go down, especially at the few companies that are currently paying at or a little above 50%.

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