Aapc Reviews

TECHNICAL ISSUES OF THE WEBSITE

TECHNICAL ISSUES OF THE WEBSITE HAVEN T TOOK TO 2 EXAMS JUST ONE EXAM WHICH WAS A MISTAKE DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY I DONT THINK DONT CARE AT ALLSCARED AND NERVOUS AND WORRIED A OUT THIS

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Horrible Not recommended themTechnical issues Waste of my moneyNot happy at allWatch out

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My wife lost her job as well as I about 3 months after our daughter was born I asked for a refund and to cease my training since I needed something more immediate I was 33 days into the medical coding program I was told outside of a 30 day window I could not have a refund I explained that after I purchased the package I was never told that my course would not start for 60 days Therefore I was never going to be able to refund my purchase from the start I was repeatedly told that this was my problem and they will not help in any way I asked for them to keep the money I had already spent and just stop the billing since rent and my newborn doctor visits are adding up again I was told this was not their problem Avoid this company they have 0 sympathy

Stay away from AAPC

I really wish I had read reviews before completely wasting so much money and time I wasted 5 000 on a worthless certification that has gotten me nowhere and done nothing for my career It is borderline false advertisement on the AAPC website they claim it is so easy to get hired and even display a couple of reviews saying how fast they got hired after getting certified DO NOT FALL FOR IT People hiring for medical coding jobs 99 of the time will require a minimum of 1-2 years coding experience and will not accept CPC-A only CPC The job market is flooded with apprentices but there s an extremely limited amount of jobs that are willing to hire them When there is that rare job willing to hire CPC-A s there are literally hundreds of other applicants applying for the same job The CPC program teaches you how to pass the AAPC s CPC exam very well but completely fails at teaching how to do real life medical coding without multiple choice questions and leaves important subjects out Until I got to Practicode I realized I actually didn t really know what I was doing I think people hiring for these medical coding positions are aware of AAPC s failure to teach all of the necessary knowledge required to do the job well and that is why there are barely any jobs willing to hire a CPC-A with no professional coding experience Also AAPC requires you to pay a YEARLY MEMBERSHIP FEE of around 200 to keep your certification active even if you re only a CPC-A and haven t been hired yet They will send you so many emails reminding you to renew your membership but couldn t care less about helping you get your first medical coding job as an apprentice TL DR It s extremely difficult to get hired as a CPC-A without experience AAPC doesn t teach you all that you need to know to do the job well and they require a 200 yearly membership fee Save your money and time and don t waste it like I did on anything from the AAPC

AAPC is a SCAM Please DO NOT waste your time money and efforts on them

AAPC needs to be shut down They promise new skills support and a program that will result in a 50k job I was interested in the Billing program only yet I was told I needed to complete three prerequisites first then I could enroll in Billing but then I also had to enroll in the Coding program to ensure the guarantee of a job Long story short it was all a lie The market is saturated with AAPC graduates however companies will not hire without experience Their materials are full of errors and they do not follow their own policies They do not and cannot stand by their own product Their lack of integrity and accountability is disgusting

WASTE OF MONEY

WASTE OF MONEY NOT HAPPY

They ARE NOT giving you a discount They just charge more for shipping your books separately

I do medical coding and billing without being certified Just figured I might as well get certified right Well when i started the process added the CPC course to my cart and was checking out I saw that you have to pay EXTRA for your books to get here on time or else you won t get them all at once They will come separately and in different MONTHS Unless you would like to pay extra for shipping for them to get here in the next couple of days I am not talking about a fee of 10- 20 no they are charging up to 116 extra for fast delivery and that s just for ONE book that is not including the other two which by the way you will also need to pay a high fee for delivery They say they are giving you a discount but they will charge you an extreme fee for just shipping your books on time or else you won t even have them when you start your course which you will end up paying up to 3 000 They are not giving you a discount in the end they are just playing the game of scamming you and making you believe you are getting a discount Seems like they are learning from health care insurance in the scamming people part indeed By the way my coworkers who are certified through AAPC say that they ALWAYS have promotions and discounts If that is the case then it could be that s the reason they charge so much for delivery They have to make up for the discount

AAPC is a sleezy money-grabbing organization

I took an Examity exam two days after registering for the exam There was an indication that an external webcam would be required for the exam in the email instructions but this information was not provided when choosing to sign up for the at-home option instead of taking at a testing center In essence AAPC would require me to buy an external webcam to take a test at home Not everyone owns an external webcam They refuse to provide any refund This is theft They took 399 from me for an exam that they wouldn t allow me to take because I didn t have enough time to buy an external webcam which also would have cost extra money AAPC is a sleezy organization and I refuse to buy any more products from them

Do not take a medical coding course at AAPC

Do not get a medical coding certification with AAPC They were nothing but a pain to communicate with Their admin processes seem to be very disorganized I got a mailed certificate that I d finished the course but no certificate that I had passed my exam and was certified in coding When I emailed to ask for one the reply implied that I had already gotten one and it seemed snarky The Practicode module seemed like a great tool for getting more education but it s horribly flawed and actually useless The site advertises that the training courses count toward CEUs but did not add the very important detail that it only counts if you were already certified before you take the course Don t be fooled by the sales they have going on They have a different one every month Their costs are always discounted I wouldn t say the cost was worth it but I was already moving into medical coding I wasn t trying to get into the field with zero contacts or experience and I just needed a certification Go somewhere else to get your training A local college maybe You do not want to deal with this organization and the people who work there I found them unhelpful and rude Or better yet just buy the code books and study on your own before taking the exam at AHIMA or AAPC