10 Reasons to Start a Career in Medical Billing and Coding

Medical Billing is one of those professions that are highly in demand in today’s world. The healthcare industry values the specialized individuals who have a business in medical billing and coding.

 What does Medical Billing mean?

Medical Billing is a complex process that takes place with the patient’s visit to a doctor. It involves three main parties, i.e., the patient, the healthcare provider, and the payer (an insurance company is most cases). When the patient visits a healthcare provider, the personal data of the patient such as name, medical history, diagnosis, and the name of the payer is recorded. After that, the patient is provided the necessary healthcare services, and a bill containing the demographic information of the patient as well as the services …

HEALTH-MOROCCO: Civil ‘War’ Over Condoms

Abderrahim El Ouali

CASABLANCA, Jan 26 2006 (IPS) – When the Moroccan Association for the Fight Against AIDS launched a campaign last month to raise money to fight AIDS, it had no idea it would have another kind of fight on its hands.
The association is now fighting Islamists who accuse it if spreading the culture of the condom through its telethon to raise funds.

The telethon was a live programme on the 2M TV channel Dec. 9 to raise funds for people suffering from HIV or AIDS. It followed two earlier telethons for the disabled and for children suffering from heart conditions.

The television campaign organised by the Moroccan Association for Fight Against AIDS (ALCS), an independent group, raised 240,000 euro (295,000 dollars).

The organisation says ab…

Worse Than HIV, the Stigma

Mehru Jaffer

VIENNA, Jul 23 2010 (IPS) – Kiren Kaur, 37, has come to terms with HIV she contracted from her husband in 1997. The HIV positive status, per se, is not difficult to deal with. But dealing with the stigma that comes with it is an excruciating experience.
My HIV status does not bother me any more, she told IPS at the global conference on AIDS that concludes in Vienna Jul. 23. It is the double stigma that I face as a widow and an openly HIV positive person that is painful. It is stigma that prevents me from enjoying an intimate relationship (with my family).

Kaur was 24 years old when her husband died in her arms of AIDS. She suspects he contracted HIV before marrying her.

My husband was depressed after he was told he had AIDS and he did not talk …