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Laureen: Here’s how it works when you cross the threshold into a new year. It’s our standing that the AAPC takes the exams that they’ve already invested many, many man/woman hours into vetting and creating for a good test experience …
Chandra: Stacey asked: “How long is the CPC-A Apprentice designation? Do you have to do any testing to take the apprentice designation off?” Assuming she’s talking about the apprentice designation through AAPC. Laureen: How long is it? The …
Laureen: Absolutely! I was starting to write – Remote coding, when I first started to teach people and I would get asked this question a lot, I’d say, “You really need to do your time and work at least two …
Laureen: The next question is a fun one: “How can I increase my salary as a medical coder?” We could say medical coder or medical biller, really. One way that I know of that all the salary survey show are …
Laureen: Right. And you know what I want to do, I’m going to bump this question up because it’s related, asking about the CCS and CIC exams. The CCS is the AHIMA’s certified coding specialist exam. To me, it’s one …
Laureen: There are schools out there. AHIMA is very well known for, like the RHIT and their RHIA programs requiring you go to certain schools that are approved by them. I know when I went to become an occupational therapist, …
Did you want to talk about that a little bit, Chandra? Chandra: Sure! With the HCPCS manuals, typically we receive our HCPCS manuals right around Christmas time. The reason for that being most of the HCPCS code changes don’t come …
By Jo-Anne Sheehan, CPC, CPB, CPPM, COC, CPC-I Advance Care Planning is about having the provider do what he or she can to guarantee that the health care treatment a patient receives is consistent with the patient’s wishes should he …