Karen couldn’t understand why letters to doctors requesting a chance to show her medical billing abilities received no response.
We took a look. Uh, they were so poorly written that health care providers, who are college graduates, didn’t take her seriously. Even one misspelled word can turn off someone with a graduate school degree.
So we made [...]

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How important is health care to the U.S. economy? The Rand Corp., a non-partisan think tank, has some startling stats showing medical billers will be even busier in coming years.
Health care spending is growing faster than the overall economy. Americans spent $2.1 trillion in 2006 and $2.25 trillion in 2007 with an expected annual growth [...]

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Americans spent more than $2.4 trillion on health care last year, according to Health Affairs magazine. The publication estimates spending will increase this year from 16.6 percent to 17.6 percent of gross national product this year and double by 2018 to more than $4.4 trillion.
What’s that mean to you? Business. Steady and increasing business. Not [...]

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