Anything About Nutrition Course Online
Q: I'm sorry that I don't know anything about their medical billing course,
but my husband took their Nutrition Course and was shocked at how good
it was. Even though it is a not-for-college-credit course it was one
of the most thorough courses I have ever seen -- with an excellent set
of textbooks and other related materials. My husband, who has an MS in
a scientific field was really amazed. He was just interested in the
information and wanted to know more for personal reasons and then felt
he received much more than he expected. Of course, no transferrable
credit to any college -- but what was important to him was the quality
of information and he was happy with the way they charge for the
materials ?
A:PCDI is great for certain subjects they teach but medical billing is
best taught by a school that specializes solely in educating those
interested in the healthcare industry.
As a eight year medical billing business owner I have come in contact
with many potential employees that have different levels of education
from different sources. I have concluded that the least favorable
because they are not subject/industry (medical billing) specific so
the teaching is usually surface/basic information usually taught at a
very high price. These big learning clearinghouses (as they are known
in the billing field) will make you into a medical billing jack of all
trades but a master of nothing and it will show when you enter into a
medical practice for employment, try to start your own home based
medical billing business or interview as a medical biller in a
hospital setting.
I usually tell folks that my first choice for medical billing
education would be the vocational/trade schools found in their local
yellow pages or trusted newspapers. The next would be to take courses
at a local college (although in many states this is just as or more
expensive than PCDI). Finally if travel is out of the question or if
it's more convenient for you I would suggest taking the online medical
billing course taught and owned wholly by medical billers and medical
billing business owners ($500