I think it goes back for years when nobody could pass without experience - My Guess

Posted: Oct 6th, 2015 - 8:32 pm In Reply to: I know Andrews teaches at the CCS level, - just not sure why AHIMA

Years ago the pass rate was worse than it is now for the CCS, if you can believe that. It's awful enough now. Back then they got tired of all of the people failing and told us all that you had to have 2 years of experience before you could take the CCS exam. They decided that nobody could pass without experience. That didn't help either, because people with experience were still failing it. The answer wasn't experience, it was better education, but that never happened. Education also hasn't improved for the RHIT or RHIA as far as coding as far as I can tell. It's just that old ideas stick around even when they don't make sense any longer.

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Is there a reason that Andrews isn't on AHIMA's - list of approved schools? (Views: 766, 2015-10-06, 4:37 pm)
- Because they refuse to teach at the CCA level - sm (Views: 756, 2015-10-06, 4:46 pm)
  - I know Andrews teaches at the CCS level, - just not sure why AHIMA (Views: 867, 2015-10-06, 6:29 pm)
    - I think it goes back for years when nobody could pass without experience - My Guess
      - There are still a few of us around who remember that - Mature and Aged Coder (Views: 863, 2015-10-06, 8:45 pm)
    - The actual reason is far less complicated. - sm (Views: 855, 2015-10-06, 8:51 pm)
      - Andrews and AHIMA - OKMT (Views: 831, 2015-10-06, 11:31 pm)
    - Not only the CCS - Coder (Views: 946, 2015-10-07, 12:50 pm)
      - They say they will but applicants with the higher credentials get the jobs - Definitely not the CCA (Views: 617, 2015-10-07, 4:10 pm)
      - Look at other boards where CPCs are complaining. - Coder2 (Views: 651, 2015-10-07, 7:35 pm)
        I'm a CPC and I'm not complaining - sm (Views: 730, 2015-10-07, 8:17 pm)
        You're one of the CPCs who know how to code - Not every CPC can (Views: 723, 2015-10-08, 8:53 am)
        I think you are referring to CPC-As - who are complaining (Views: 773, 2015-10-08, 9:43 am)
        Unfortunately, many of those people are saying they can't find jobs - CPC vs CPC-A (Views: 875, 2015-10-08, 3:28 pm)
        How did they get their apprentice designation removed? - CPC (Views: 699, 2015-10-08, 4:58 pm)
        CPC-A - anotherMT2coderr (Views: 729, 2015-10-11, 12:11 pm)
        You know, that makes perfect sense - Well said (Views: 580, 2015-10-11, 1:03 pm)
        Where did you get your coding training? - Curious (Views: 612, 2015-10-11, 1:07 pm)
        Andrews grad - anotherMT2coderr (Views: 762, 2015-10-11, 8:39 pm)
        Impressive! - nm (Views: 603, 2015-10-12, 10:23 am)
- The important question to ask is which schools' grads pass the CCS - and which do not make the cut (Views: 726, 2015-10-06, 4:48 pm)
- If you go to the Qualifications for the CCA - No Training Required - Competency vs Mastery (Views: 677, 2015-10-06, 4:52 pm)
  - Andrews also prepares students for the CPC as well as the CCS - Both Outpatient and Inpatient (Views: 955, 2015-10-06, 4:58 pm)
  - Here's what it says about how to qualify to take the CCS - from AHIMA (Views: 947, 2015-10-06, 5:01 pm)
    - Definitely more than a high school diploma for the CCS - nm (Views: 698, 2015-10-06, 5:02 pm)
    - Andrews qualifies to sit for the exam by education - sm (Views: 678, 2015-10-10, 5:13 pm)

I think it goes back for years when nobody could pass without experience - My Guess

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