Colorado Technical University

How do employers look at career training certificate's?

I'm considering doing a 300 hour program thur my local college for medical billing and coding, but I have been told by several different people employers aren't impressed and its hard to find a job in that field with just this certificate. Is it really worth my money to do this career training, will I be about to get a job?

Public Comments

1. I think it is a mindset by HR staff. People are taught to think in terms of college degrees (associate, Bachelors, masters etc.) and they tend to look down upon on certificates. I don't get it exactly..its like my B.S. Degree in Accounting. I went to school for 4 years (got my degree) but honestly, if I simply spent 1 - 2 years at a technical school learning how to be an accountant I could have learned the information faster / better. The problem..people want the damn College Degree (people can't break that thinking). I'd see if the College offers a 2-year associate degree in Medical Billing / Coding (4 years might be a bit over kill).
2. you need to talk to people who either have the job that you want or hire those people. i would doubt that most people in that field have a four year degree so your program sounds about right. i also don't know what the demand currently is for medical billing, but you don't what to be qualified for a job if no one is hiring.
3. Hello Armatlatic, Medical billing is not a specialized field and that is why there are no laws stating that a biller possess cerification as they do for instance with medical coding. Anyone in the field is well aware of this so they shouldn't have a problem with you having a certificate (even though they do). Recently there have been 2 – 3 medical billing organization that have been granted permission to allow people to take their exams and once the tester passes with a 70% or better they are awarded with some sort of national designation just like medical coders. So instad of going for only a certificate program you should take a course that will give you national certification which will be loked upon by employers more highly than a certificate. The course I have my medical billing employees take is taught by medical billing experts and medical billing business owners so you get only the best education while working online and at your own pace. If you are passionated and enthhusisatic the course should not take you more that 2 months to complete. The course is $500 and once you complete it you will be awareded the national certification of CMBP. I will give you the link below but once you reach the website click on the tab on the left marked “Bundled Programs” and once at the next page look for “Program 3 – Medical Billing Certification For Medical Billing Employment” http://urlfreeze.com/medbill/L-12bc/ Lori http://medicalbillingbooks.tripod.com/ http://medicalbillingbooks.tripod.com/medical-billing-training-courses.html