well.... haven't responded to posts in so long...but...
I can't help myself here:
FIRST -
Milanmarino - I find it difficult to believe that you had to pay to get the results. I'm sure you had to pay to renew your membership, but not for your results. Maybe, if you wanted to see them online, you had to renew, but I'm sure with a phone call to AAPC they would have mailed your results, in fact they always do mail the results anyway. (or at least they did when I tested) Certainly, they would have no reason at all not to give the results of a test you paid for, it just doesn't make sense. It might have been your grocery money, but we all make choices,...right? It's not AAPC's fault you didn't pass the test, you didn't pay "to find out you failed". you failed, yes - and you payed for renewal of membership. and really?...really - you had enough time to go through that test twice? I considered myself lucky to have completed the tests I took with the time allowed! perhaps that's why you're not passing it, perhaps you're going through it too fast, not reading the questions clearly,...missing important information...? information needed to determine the correct answer out of the multiple choices they give us......
SECOND:
ohn0disaster - I have to comment - it really frustrates me when people say the test is easier now.(or easier "back then") whatever they say, because I've seen it stated both ways..... seriously...? really? you make it sound as though AAPC has lowered their standards, making tests easier to pass now...really?... I took my CPC test years ago - it was very difficult, but I passed, and it was worth it - I took my CPC-H a few years back - guess what... it WASN'T easy! It was just as difficult ....BUT, I passed that too.
ok.. so, I know I'll regret posting...but I'm just saying....
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