A medical billing specialist works with patient information, medical records, insurance company documents, patients and doctors in order to correctly bill insurance companies for services that a doctor performs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical billing specialists have a comfortable working environment.

Office Environment

According to Suzan Hvizdash of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, medical billing specialists work in office settings. Environments can range from large corporate office buildings, office parks or doctor's offices.

Shifts

Hvizdash writes on healthcarejobs.org that although medical billing specialists typically work during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, some organizations require overtime or shift work. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that organizations that are open 24 hours a day usually need medical billing specialists to work night or weekend shifts.

Hours Per Week

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, medical billing specialists usually work 40 hours per work week. Government statistics show that approximately 14 percent of medical billing specialists worked part-time (less than 40 hours per week) in 2008, the last year that data were available.

Home Office

According to Hvizdash, some medical billing specialists work in their homes. In these cases, large medical billing firms, insurance companies or even group physician practices generate work for home office specialists and send it to them electronically.

Consulting

Hvizdash reports that medical billing specialists can be consultants, working independently for themselves. Medical billing specialists who consult seek out physician offices as clients and perform medical billing work on a contract basis.

Source:

Medical Billing Jobs: Working Conditions

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Medical Records and Health Information Technicians