Information About The CCO Internship Program

You can apply to become a CCO intern at: https://www.cco.us/cco-intern-candidate-application/

The program is free and there are no costs associated with becoming an Intern. You do not need to be a member of the CCO Club or a past student of CCO. Anyone is welcome if they meet the requirements below. 

We created the CCO Internship program to help new coders with the following two pain points after certification:

• Interns can help CCO with coding research in exchange for industry-related experience that can be added to their resume.
• Interns can acquire one year of industry-related experience to help remove the “A” Apprentice from their CPC-A.

Requirements:

• You must be a resident or citizen of the United States of America.
• You must be Certified.
• You must have a free Gmail email account.
• You must have a free Podio account that was created using the free Gmail account mentioned above.
• You must be comfortable using internet-based software such as Google Drive, Podio, etc.
• Current year ICD-10 and CPT manuals are required. Interns are often checking the accuracy of coding questions and answers so the current year’s manuals are essential.
• Interns must provide a total of 250 trackable hours during a continuous 1 year period to be eligible for A removal via CCO’s Intern program. The 250-hour requirement is an internal CCO policy to ensure at least 5 hours of time were provided weekly over the course of the year. To be clear, you must complete 250 hours in 1 year so both targets must be met. Interns cannot finish this internship early or “speed up” the one (1) year experience process by completing 250 hours in a few months. Likewise, Interns cannot simply wait for 1 year while completing minimal projects and request a completion letter. We must see 250 hours during a continuous 1 year period to issue a completion letter or letter of recommendation.
• This is an unpaid Internship program. Interns are not official CCO employees and are not extended employment opportunities. The agreement can be terminated by either party at any time for any reason.

Please note that Internship acceptance is not guaranteed. We have many applicants and only a few intern openings so someone will contact you if you are considered for an intern position after filling out the application. We do not release information about the number of applicants, chances of approval, or enrollment rates.

Subject Matter Expert (SME)/Researcher – Intern Position Description

Title: Subject Matter Expert/Researcher

Purpose: Develop content that supports learning objectives for educational products and/or job tasks identified by the bodies of knowledge for certification/CEU products

Key Responsibilities:

• Create nuggets for CCO Club and/or courses
• Demonstrate ability to navigate and use Intern Nugget and Intern Project applications within the Podio Intern workspace
• Contribute core content and original material by using Pearl Template in Google Drive and provide a completed document based on Google research
• Supply source materials and provide links for all resources used
• Provide links to any other quality resources found in the public domain related to given topic that may be shared with students
• Incorporate appropriate graphics based on research, ensuring that they are based on CCO’s policy on usage rights and creative commons
• Write multiple-choice review questions to go with completed documents
• Meet all agreed-upon turnaround time for projects

 Qualifications:

• Knowledge of medical coding
• Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate in a professional, concise manner while at the same time providing enough information that will leave few unanswered questions
• Capacity to see a project through to completion

Time Commitment:

• The time commitment may vary by project. The scope will be established (and reviewed with the Subject Matter Expert) at the onset of the project

Training/support provided:

• Project orientation video
• Guidance on the development process
• Conference calls or online development meetings as necessary

Benefits:

• Opportunity to provide coding research in exchange for experience
• Ability to improve your resume based on having worked for CCO and by working towards having the “A” removed from your credential
• Ability to network with other coders and Subject Matter Experts
• Gain recognition by sharing your skill

PLEASE NOTE: INACTIVE INTERNS WILL BE REMOVED AFTER 30 DAYS OF INACTIVITY SO WE MAY PASS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AN INTERN WHO HAS TIME TO BE ACTIVE IN THE PROGRAM.