Trends to watch: More hospital-centered billing & coding

There’s an interesting article in a recent Physician News Digest about the medical billing & coding challenges that are occurring as more and more physician practices are being centralized under the auspices of hospitals or larger health care organizations. When it comes to the discipline of medical billing and coding, outpatient vs inpatient have very […]

More than 50% of physicians move to EMR

Physician use of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is gaining critical mass. According to a survey recently conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, physician adoption rates have topped 50% for the first time in history. The accelerating rate of adoption is attributed to several factors, including peer pressure and financial incentives available through the American […]

AHDPG now offers Medical Billing & Coding training programs

Did you know that we’ve recently expanded our curriculum to include  Medical Billing and Coding to our course offerings? We’re offering them in partnership with AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders), the nation’s largest training and credentialing association for the business side of medicine.  Courses will leverage the highly regarded AAPC curriculum and be taught […]

Military Spouses: MyCAA may cover up to 100% of your education

Good news! As of October 25, 2010, the Department of Defense’s popular Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts Program (MyCAA) was reinstated, which means that if you are a military spouse of an active duty Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine service member, or activated Reserve member in pay grades E1-E5, W1-W2, or O1-O2, you may […]

An Exciting Profession!

Welcome to AHDPGTM Healthcare Documentation Blog!  We are a workforce development company that specializes in education and career development in allied healthcare through healthcare documentation.   One of our program offerings, medical transcription, is an area to explore. Medical transcription is an exciting profession in the expanding world of healthcare documentation.  If you are looking for […]