decisionhealth Newsletters, Coder Pink Sheets - 2018 Issue 8 (August)
Coders, medical staff take home higher paystubs; merger activity continues
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Article Overview
This article summarizes results from the 2018 DecisionHealth Salary Survey focused on medical coders and physician practice staff. It covers compensation trends, factors used to evaluate job performance, workplace satisfaction, practice settings, staffing growth, and merger and acquisition activity across different regions. The piece is useful for coding professionals, practice managers, compliance staff, and others tracking employment conditions in physician practices.
Why This Topic Matters
It helps readers understand broader workforce and organizational trends affecting coding and practice operations, including pay, staffing, and consolidation patterns that can influence productivity, compliance support, and job expectations.
Article Sections
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Overall workplace satisfaction
This section reviews employee views on compensation stability, benefits, work resources, time for keeping up with industry changes, and alignment between current duties and original job expectations.
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Job settings and growth trends
This section describes the types of medical practices represented in the survey, staffing growth, merger and acquisition activity, and geographic salary variation across regions.
What You Will Learn
- How compensation trends are changing for medical coders and physician practice personnel
- What workplace factors are commonly used to evaluate performance in coding-related roles
- How survey respondents view benefits, resources, and job expectations
- What practice settings and specialties were represented in the survey
- How staffing growth and practice consolidation are affecting medical offices
- How salaries vary by region in the survey results
Who Should Read This
- Medical coders
- Coding managers
- Physician practice administrators
- Compliance staff
- Revenue cycle professionals
- Medical office managers
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