What is the Difference between Medical Billing and Medical Coding? With our fantastic reputation among online medical billing and coding schools, Blackstone Career Institute offers students the ability to obtain their medical billing and coding certification to enter today’s competitive health information industry, prepared! As our Blackstone students know, medical billing and coding are referred…
8 Career-Advancing Online Courses with Certificates You Can Take (and Actually Finish) This Summer! For many, summertime means months of vacation, relaxation, and ample time to accomplish long to-do lists of DIY projects and new hobbies. For others, it’s a season of business, making it easy to become stressed or overwhelmed. Whatever your summer schedule…
Allowing Your Career to Evolve: 5 ways to improve career growth By changing lives through education, Blackstone Career Institute teaches students new skills and prepares them for entry-level careers in today’s high demand fields. In a technology-driven world, taking online courses at Blackstone helps students stay familiar with the skills needed in a variety of…
Add Value to Your Career: Getting Started in the Health Information Technology Field By J. Harp, Medical Transcription Instructor Job Outlook Working in health information technology is a great way to enter the workforce in the growing healthcare industry. A health information technician is a unique job in healthcare, because it is one of the few…
Credentialing Exams for Blackstone Medical Transcription Graduates By P. Ireland, CMT, AHDI-F Medical Transcription Consultant, Instructor You’ve Completed Your Medical Transcription Training! What’s Next? Now that you have earned your certificate of completion from the Blackstone Medical Transcription course, you are ready to sit for the RHDS credential, one of the Credentialing exams for the…
Unspoken Paralegal Expectations By J. Hauck, Paralegal Instructor EXPECTATIONS Law firms, like most employers, carry spoken and unspoken expectations of their paralegal employees. A higher paying firm will be more likely to place greater expectations on an employee’s responsibilities. Many good lawyers echo the famous sentiment, “To whom much is given, much is required.”…
Specialize in the Paralegal Field Why Specialize? Broaden your skill set in a specific area of law to enhance and build on your general paralegal training. Consequently, this may increase your advancement opportunities and earning potential. Sharpen your paralegal resume with advanced industry-related knowledge in a legal specialty. Therefore, additional credentials show initiative and may…
Certified in Medical Billing and Coding? You are Eligible to Sit for These Exams While certification exams aren’t a requirement for every job, they do help appeal to candidate’s qualification. Hence, medical billing and coding certification exams have become a standard rule. Similarly, Blackstone’s online medical billing and coding course provides further proof of your…
You’ve Earned Your Paralegal Certificate. Now, Get Promoted At Your Law Firm By J. Hauck, Paralegal Instructor Within Blackstone’s Paralegal Certificate programs, you can learn some of the best ways to get promoted in a paralegal career. For example, a balance of interpersonal relations and commitment to personal excellence in are very important. In other…
Need Help? Blackstone’s resources and services are available to you! Many people hesitate when they hear “distance education school,” afraid that the coursework will be too challenging or that help will be unavailable. To alleviate a few intimidating parts of an online education, check out the resources Blackstone Career Institute offers their students during their…
