I haven't been perusing as many coding sites and Facebook pages recently as I was a couple of years ago, but I did recently come across ...

My blog is over six years old!  Seriously, I just checked.  In the last six years as I've put myself out there as the Coder Coach, I...

I'm afraid today's topic won't be quite the entertainment fodder that many of my readers have come to enjoy because this is a se...

In case you haven't been paying attention lately, there are a few things happening in the health care industry.  We have Obamacare, the ...

Here is a link to my latest post on the HI Careers blog: http://hicareers.com/Blog/BlogArticle.aspx?Id=92 .

I recently looked over my past blog postings to see what material I haven't covered. Well, there's a lot. And I realize my last fe...

When I started the HIM program at the local community college in... ahem, a few years ago (sly smile), I split my time working as a file cle...

Do I seem like a stranger? Because I feel like a stranger. These days I have two things on my mind: ICD-10 and the CPT coding changes for va...

I know many of you out there are looking for jobs. And I know that many of you are also suffering from a lot of rejection. And although I...

I know, I know. It's been a long time since I've blogged - I once again defer to my blog entitled "It's Coding Season...

By high school, we all had learned about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which states that if basic human needs are met, people are motivated t...

If you haven't heard yet, the coding system is changing on October 1, 2013 from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. I have told a lot...

Are you currently a coding student? Are you nearing graduation? Are you waiting until you graduate to look for a job? If you answered yes...

About 10 years ago when I was working as a coding supervisor in a hospital, I received a phone call from a woman who was asking me how she c...