- and that's good!
From about 1995 to 2010 Medical Billing was one of the hottest trends for those wanting to work from home, but gradually many would be freelance medical billers came face to face with real world 101 i.e. building a customer base is a grind. If you're starting scratch, with little experience, and no resume, it's especially hard. Income for the first few years is usually small and/or inconsistent. For those of who can get over that hill (and it can feel like Mt. Everest or K2 sometimes!) the rewards are a nice income, a feeling of accomplishment, knowing you don't have to "dance on the strings, held by all those bigshots" (as Don Corleone once said) not having to fight rush hour traffic to and from the office 5 days a week, and a lifestyle and daily schedule closer to what we want.
The point of all this is being less trendy means there are fewer people entering this field, and acquiring and keeping good provider clients will get a little easier for established billers in the years to come. Let us give thanks we're not "trendy" anymore!