Worried About COVID-19? Start a Career from Home

The impact of COVID-19 is only starting to be felt. No matter what happens, you will need an income to support your family. If you’re not sure of your job’s future, you can build a new career in Medical billing that you can do from anywhere.

What Does the Job Entail?

 Your job will be to transmit information between patients and their insurance companies accurately. The accuracy of these billings will ensure payment to the medical professional and the hospital or clinic. Your attention to detail will need to be very good, so plan a workspace where you can focus with few distractions.

How Long Does the Training Last?

 Your medical billing training will take between 50 and 60 hours to complete. Our course is designed to prepare you for the detail the job requires. It’s also designed to help you do well on the certification test. Finally, our course can help you create your own business by following step-by-step instructions. We want you to have more than a job opportunity at the end of our training. Because you will be handling extremely private information, it’s critical that you follow the training steps to confirm that you have the ability and the practical resources to protect the data of any patients.

What Does the Career Pay?

 As an employee, you can make anywhere from $32,00 a year to $46,000 a year. You can also start your own business, which is much more lucrative. Once you have built your skill set, you can market yourself as a medical billing business and receive a monthly fee per physician. The more doctors you work for, the more you can make. You may also be able to pair this work with other work from home jobs, as there are positions that allow flexible schedules.

 Your new career could be just around the corner. COVID-19 has turned the medical world on its head and made working from home a great way to support yourself and your loved ones. If you’re ready to pick up the skills you need to grow your finances in this very uncertain world, contact us for more information. 

Tri Smith, Instructor

Tri Smith is a Managing Partner and Instructor at MedicalBillingCourse.com, where he leads both the strategic direction and instructional delivery of the program. With over six years of experience, he works closely with students and internal teams to ensure the course remains aligned with real-world medical billing practices while continuing to evolve with industry needs.

His work focuses on guiding learners through the full medical billing lifecycle, from foundational processes to more advanced topics such as claim accuracy, payer communication, and compliance. He is directly involved in how the course is structured, how assessments are designed, and how students are supported as they progress from training into practical application.

Under his leadership, MedicalBillingCourse.com launched the 2026 edition of the course, which includes the new Medical Billing and Coding certification track and reflects a more modern, structured approach to training. These updates emphasize clarity, real-world readiness, and scalable learning systems that support both new students and returning graduates.

Tri has helped thousands of students complete their certification and move into roles ranging from remote billing positions to in-office healthcare settings and independent billing businesses. His approach emphasizes practical execution, consistent standards, and the ability to turn training into a real opportunity.