Re: Transcriptionist to Coder-need to rant-need advice
by Stacie Sh, CPC-A - I feel your pain, Angela. I left transcription in November, after 24 years. I grew tired of making less than I did 10 years ago, yet doing more work and feeling like a number instead of an integral part of patient care. I missed in-house transcription, but all of the hospitals and most of the clinics around me outsource to the national companies now to save money. My hope is that coding is the answer to staying in the medical field (in the background, where I like to be).