Remote healthcare jobs come in two kinds. Clinical roles (nurses, pharmacists, therapists, physicians) need a license in the state where the patient is. Non-clinical roles (medical coding, billing, patient access, claims) need training or a certificate instead, and they are where most career changers get in. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026 our feed tracked about 6,200 remote healthcare postings, and the cards below are the freshest of them.
Remote healthcare jobs, newest first
Live list, refreshed Nov 13, 2026
- H$44k to $66k
- C
$54k to $117k - P
$30k to $50k - E
- E
- CPatient Care Assistant - Virtual Integrated CareCabell Huntington Hospital/St. MaryRemote, United States · today
- G$20 to $26/hr
- S
$95k to $105k - A
$35 to $45/hr - M
$30/hr
Clinical or non-clinical: which side are you on?
Our median for remote healthcare postings that state pay, about $98k in the 30 days to November 7, mostly describes the clinical side. Pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physicians pull it up, and so do AI review gigs for clinicians, whose hourly rates we convert to a full-time yearly figure. If you are coming from customer service or admin, the number that matters to you is lower, and we show it in the next section.
There is also a middle lane people forget: work that wants a health or science background but no license. Clinical research associates, medical writers and health data analysts sit here. Drug and device makers like Thermo Fisher Scientific, PAREXEL and Abbott post a lot of it, though "remote" in clinical research often still means travel to trial sites.
What remote healthcare jobs pay in our feed
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Middle half of stated pay, US dollars per year (dot = median)
| Nursing | $79k to $115k |
| Medical coding or billing | $41k to $66k |
| Patient access or coordination | $43k to $80k |
| Pharmacy | $46k to $141k |
Only postings that state pay. Hourly rates are converted at 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. Pharmacy mixes pharmacists with pharmacy technicians, which is why its band is so wide.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
The gap between the lanes is roughly two to one. Remote coding and billing postings in our feed had a median around $54k, and patient access and coordination roles landed in the same place. That lines up with the BLS figure for medical records specialists, $51,140 a year in May 2025, so the remote versions are not paying a premium or a penalty.
Patient access has the wider band because the titles in that group run from entry-level schedulers to senior coordinators. Coding is narrower, and it climbs with credentials and specialty. For licensed roles, see our remote nursing jobs page, which breaks nursing pay down by type of work and explains the state license rules.
Who is hiring remote healthcare workers
| Mindrift | 265 |
| CVS Health | 114 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | 67 |
| Centene | 62 |
| AbbVie | 59 |
| Humana | 39 |
| Abbott | 38 |
| PAREXEL | 35 |
| TTEC | 33 |
| Bush and Bush Law Group | 32 |
Number of postings, not hires. Known reposters and staffing spam are already left out.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
One name on that chart needs explaining. In the 30 days to November 7, 2026, the biggest single poster of remote healthcare jobs in our feed was Mindrift, an AI training platform. It hires physicians and other clinicians as freelancers to write and grade medical answers for AI models. The work is paid, but it is task-based with no fixed hours, so read our guide to AI training jobs before you treat it like a salary.
The steadier employers are the usual ones. Insurers (CVS Health and its Aetna business, Centene, Humana) hire nurses, coders, prior authorization staff and member service reps. Drug and device makers hire clinical research and medical affairs people. Contact center companies like TTEC run healthcare customer service programs; our TTEC careers page lists its current openings.
| United States | 3,732 |
| India | 153 |
| Philippines | 114 |
| Canada | 108 |
| United Kingdom | 69 |
| Colombia | 28 |
| Mexico | 23 |
| Brazil | 13 |
Postings with a country tag only. A US tag usually means you must live and be authorized to work in the US.
Source: Our job data, Nov 13, 2026
Outside the US the numbers drop fast. India and the Philippines lead because a lot of US healthcare back-office work (coding, billing, claims, member support) is done there, usually through outsourcing firms. If that is you, our pages on remote jobs in India and remote jobs in the Philippines list the postings tagged to your country.
How to get a non-clinical remote healthcare job
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Start where your experience already counts
Customer service, front desk or call center experience maps straight onto patient access, scheduling, insurance verification and member services. These are the usual first remote healthcare jobs for people without clinical training.
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Learn the vocabulary before the job asks
Medical terminology, the basics of insurance (deductible, prior authorization, explanation of benefits) and HIPAA privacy rules come up often in screening calls. Short courses from community colleges cover them cheaply.
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Get certified if coding is the goal
BLS notes that coding certification "may be required or preferred". The common ones are the CPC from AAPC and the CCA or CCS from AHIMA. Many remote coding postings also want on-the-job coding history, so a lot of coders start in an office or hospital and go remote later.
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Apply to the big employers directly
Insurers and large health systems post their remote roles on their own career sites. The cards on this page link to where each job was posted, and about a third of them came straight from the employer's own hiring system.
Questions people ask
What is the easiest remote healthcare job to get?
Patient access, scheduling and member service roles. They want communication skills and comfort with software more than medical training. Pay starts modest (the lower quarter of patient access postings in our feed paid about $21 an hour or less), but the experience opens doors to coding, billing and prior authorization work.
Do remote medical coding jobs require certification?
Usually, yes, or at least they strongly prefer it. Employers look for a CPC (AAPC) or CCA/CCS (AHIMA), and many remote coding postings also ask for coding experience. New coders often start on-site and move to remote work once they have a track record.
Can I work in remote healthcare without a degree?
Yes, on the non-clinical side. Patient access, scheduling, billing and many coding roles ask for a high school diploma plus training or a certificate. Clinical roles are different: they need the degree and license for the profession.
Are remote pharmacist jobs real?
Yes. Pharmacy had the highest median pay of the four groups we break out above, though the band is wide because it mixes pharmacists with technicians. Like nurses, pharmacists need to be licensed for the states they serve, so expect postings to name specific states.
Do US healthcare companies hire remote workers in other countries?
Some do, mostly through outsourcing firms in India, the Philippines and Latin America for coding, billing and support. Most direct US employer postings require US residence, because many employers keep patient data work in the US and clinical work needs US licenses. Check the location line before you apply.