Hi Pam, I don't actually work for CCO just a fan of how they teach. I had contemplated taking the AAPC course but on some random internet search I saw a page about Bubble & Hilight. It took me forever to find it again. I'm glad I finally did. I was one of the lucky ones who signed up for the full CCO Medical coding course instead of through AAPC. Most of the AAPC slide shows are available in her full course as an extra and i watched a couple and they are so boring compared to the CCO style of teaching. I' not sure if i would have passed otherwise
Using some of the techniques, I passed CPC on my first attempt and that's only making it half way through my full course. I relied mostly on the blitz, Bubbling + Hilighting and testing strategy. I know everyone is not the same but i finished a majority of the exam in a little over 4 hours, spent an hour on the 3 stumping IVR/Cardiology questions (I came back to at the end as they stumped me) I ended up guessing on them walking out of the exam with 30 min to spare. I could gave skipped the 3 questions all together and still passed but i wanted to say i answered every question. I decided i'm only taking courses through CCO. I have all the badges by my name in the forum because i'm signed up for most of their courses right now
Having the whole year to study came in handy as well I sure took advantage of it. Its really going to come in handy since i'm currently doing 3 courses concurrently.