Medical Billing Work from Home

The medical billing work from home business opportunity is a classic work at home scheme and many working moms have fallen for this scam.

What is the medical billing work from home scheme?

The medical billing work from home schemes have ads for pre-packaged businesses known as billing centers. Medical billing work from home schemes ads are everywhere, in newspapers, on TV and online. If you respond to one of these medical billing work from home ads, you will get a sales pitch that may sound like there are alot of medical billing claims to be processed and there aren't enough people processing them.

Example of a medical billing work from home scheme ad:

"there is a crisis in the health care system due partly to the overwhelming task of processing paper claims. The solution is electronic claim processing. Because only a small percentage of claims are transmitted electronically, the market for billing centers is wide open."

Are the medical billing work from home opportunities legitimate?

The ads for medical billing work from home schemes may tell you that many doctors who process claims electronically want to 'outsource' or contract out their billing services to save money. You may be promised to earn a large sum of money working full time or part time providing services such as:

• billing
• accounts receivable
• electronic insurance claim processing
• practice management to doctors and dentists

Most of them say no experience required and that there are already clients eager to buy your services or they have qualified salespeople who will easily find clients for you.

The Medical Billing Work from Home Scam

What these medical billing work from home schemes don't tell you when you enquire is that you will have to sell.  There may be sales staff but when its time for you to sell, they will often make excuses. When you inquire about the medical billing work from home opportunity, the promoter will send you materials such as:

• a brochure
• application
• sample diskettes
• a contract (licensing agreement)
• disclosure document
• testimonial letters
• video cassettes
• reference lists

For an investment of $2,000 - $8,000, the medical billing work from home schemes promoter will promise:

• software
• training and technical support

If you are serious about a medical billing work from home business, make sure you verify that the business opportunity is legitimate. Call the references and meet with them in person. Some references have been paid to give good testimonials and you shouldn't trust everything you hear.

Has anyone been successful doing medical billing work from home?

Very few people who have purchased the medical billing work from home kit have been able to find clients and make any money. They have to find clients themselves and it is hard to start the business just like it would be hard to start any other business. Most people never recoup the investment they made in the medical billing work from home kit. Medical billing market is competitive and there are many large, well established firms to compete with.