OnlineCareerAdvancement.com has developed new 70% discounted medical billing and coding courses to help high school and GED graduates successfully pursue medical coding specialist national certification and get good paying jobs. The Certified Coding Associate (CCA) credential requires only a high school or GED diploma and average starting pay is about $35,000.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, allied health careers, such as medical billing and coding specialist, are among the fastest growing and most in-demand across the nation.

Getting educated and certified as a medical coder can help participants successfully pursue other careers in healthcare or medicine (such as nursing, pharmacy, or even physician practices). In this way, medical coding can serve as a major foundation and gateway to other healthcare careers.

OnlineCareerAdvancement.com (OCA) was started by college professors in Boston, Massachusetts. OCA has successfully trained and certified students from the some of the most prominent hospitals and physician practices around the world.

Founding professor, Leonard Cox, says "most of our students are already in the medical coding and/or billing field. Even though we are honored to be able to satisfy their professional development needs, part of the mission of OCA is to help alleviate the critical shortage of certified medical coders; of course, this means that we must provide incentives for people to consider entering the profession."