Wiki Work from Home Poll

Coders, where do you work?

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ataylor77

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Hello!

I am wanting to discuss the option to work from home with my company's CEO. I wanted to present him with a poll that I am sure shows very few coders work from home daily or at all. Thank you for your participation!
 
ataylor77 said:
That is for medical records specialists. I need to show him specifically coders.
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The 63.3% is the current statistic for AAPC members/medical coders who have responded to the AAPC Salary Survey and work full time remote.

The sentence about Medical Records Specialists relates to the 2017 statistics showing how much that has changed in recent years. In 2017, approximately 70% of workers in the broader category of Medical Records Specialists worked on-site. That's a pretty big swing in 7 years, going from one extreme to the other.

(The Bureau of Labor Statistics categorizes Medical Coders in the broader category of Medical Records Specialists, so I assume that's why the 2017 comparison statistic came from the Medical Records Specialist category.)
 
I voted hybrid, but I only go in about one day a week. I don't live very far from the office, so going in occasionally helps me to stay connected with clinical staff and co-workers.

I have worked full time remote before as well, especially when I have worked for companies who are out of town/out of state.
 
ataylor77 said:
That is for medical records specialists. I need to show him specifically coders.
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They lump it all together and call it medical records specialists, if you read into the results. Even if it is not specifically coders, I think it gives a good picture because it is thousands of respondents.
"Every year, tens of thousands of medical records specialists — a term that encompasses medical coders, billers, auditors, practice managers, and compliance officers — take AAPC's salary survey to provide an overview of compensation and income trends within the industry. If you participated in our latest survey, we sincerely thank you."

One thing is some of the employers who have remote coders can only accept them from certain states where they have a foot print. For example, a large hospital system in CO that has remote coders may only be able to employ those living in CO, WY, KS, NE, as an example.

Are you trying to make the case for yourself to go fully remote? Your statement is a little confusing. If you want to ask to work from home, wouldn't you want to show a poll that shows MOST coders work from home (not very few?). "I am wanting to discuss the option to work from home with my company's CEO. I wanted to present him with a poll that I am sure shows very few coders work from home daily or at all."

I voted so you have the data, I am 100% remote. I have been 100% remote since 2019 both as a production coder and auditor. Unless a company is fully remote to begin with, I think newer/green coders should probably not be remote at all. I also think if the company is an on-site or hybrid model, an individual should have to prove accuracy and meeting production before they are allowed to go remote. As a hiring manager and manager of large coding teams in the past, I feel most of the team should not be remote unless they can prove their work metrics are met both on-site and remote. There are positives and negatives of it. Remote coders need to be able to get the support and guidance they need for mentoring and coaching/feedback. Some employees express feeling disconnected and not supported when they are remote. I think it depends on the size and type of work, and how good the company is at connecting to employees as well as managers of the coder or home worker.
 
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