driley6@hvc.rr.com
Contributor
I just found out that you have to have your proficiency test and have passed by 12/31/15 or you will lose your credentials!!
I have to say that I think its unfair that you (AAPC) require this. Everyone has worked hard to get their certifications and personally, and I am sure alot of others feel the same way, that icd 10 should have any effect on credentials.
My job doesnt require either..certification or icd10 proficiency. I understand that most jobs do require it. But I still dont think its right that you take away our credenticials for icd10. If I had realized prior to taking the course for cpc that all these fees are required each year to stay current and to be a memeber which you must be in order to stay current, I would have NEVER taken the course!! All it is is a money maker for AAPC. I dont have the money to keep up with all this. Making $20. per hr. isn't to shabby either but add 125. membership fee each year, plus if I want to take a course for CEU's the cost is anywhere upward of 200.
Yes I take the free business monthly and other free CEU where ever I can but I would like to take other courses but just cant do it.
I am also a licenced Hairdresser and I am required to pay a fee every 4 years of 40. with no other continuing education required. So to me all your fees and requirements are over the top! But now I am forced to do it in order to keep my CPC certification that I worked so hard to obtain...so unfair!
Diane
I have to say that I think its unfair that you (AAPC) require this. Everyone has worked hard to get their certifications and personally, and I am sure alot of others feel the same way, that icd 10 should have any effect on credentials.
My job doesnt require either..certification or icd10 proficiency. I understand that most jobs do require it. But I still dont think its right that you take away our credenticials for icd10. If I had realized prior to taking the course for cpc that all these fees are required each year to stay current and to be a memeber which you must be in order to stay current, I would have NEVER taken the course!! All it is is a money maker for AAPC. I dont have the money to keep up with all this. Making $20. per hr. isn't to shabby either but add 125. membership fee each year, plus if I want to take a course for CEU's the cost is anywhere upward of 200.
Yes I take the free business monthly and other free CEU where ever I can but I would like to take other courses but just cant do it.
I am also a licenced Hairdresser and I am required to pay a fee every 4 years of 40. with no other continuing education required. So to me all your fees and requirements are over the top! But now I am forced to do it in order to keep my CPC certification that I worked so hard to obtain...so unfair!
Diane