#SMT EP #195 | The Invisible Workforce: Medical Coders Uncovered

Pour your tea and pull up a chair — because this conversation is long overdue. In Part 1 of our 3-part series "Respect the Code: The Invisible Workforce Powering Healthcare," the team at the Saturday Morning Tea led by Clarice Warner— breaks down how the medical coding profession became one of the most indispensable and simultaneously most overlooked workforces in all of American healthcare.

Topics covered in this episode:
The $19+ billion industry that runs on coder expertise — and what coders earn in return
How the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics misclassifies medical coders
The 30% workforce shortage that is now a 2026 financial emergency for hospitals
The real cost of offshoring and outsourcing coding for "cost savings"
Why coders are being left out of AI and technology decisions — and why that is a critical mistake
Historical context: from ICD-9 to ICD-10-CM and the complexity coders now absorb
Three career pivot pathways for coders ready to claim their seat

It could all be so simple — if the industry truly saw this workforce.

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