I literally printed about 4,000 (double-sided) pages. All of the information possible from the “additional information” part on AAPC’s website: https://www.aapc.com/training/cpco-medical-compliance-resources.aspx. Anything and everything.
I then organized it into six, three-inch binders and tabbed every law / section. For the major laws, I wrote a summary page at the front of that section or found a summary page online and printed that. For example, this page was a quick resource that I still use to this day: https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/provider-compliance-training/files/StarkandAKSChartHandout508.pdf. I still have the indexes for each binder (front of binder) and spine that lists what law was in which binder and the color tab it was assigned. I am happy to share these as well as how I broke down each binder if you want. Just PM me.
I highlighted key parts of each law as I hole punched them and organized them in the binder. You need to be familiar enough with each law to be able to find the information quickly. That is key. If you aren’t familiar with the material, having it with you does not help you. It just becomes a mountain of paper. Effective tabbing and key highlighting was crucial for me aside from test taking skill.
You are allowed highlighters when taking the test. I also bring yellow and red flags. I use a yellow flag on a question that I am spending too much time on, but I know I can get the answer if I have a few more minutes. I use a red flag on ones that I haven’t a clue on or I know will take me a lot of time/research. If time permits, I go back and work the yellow flagged questions first, then the red ones. If I am going to have to guess at an answer because I am running out of time, I want it to be on questions I probably would have had to guess on anyways.
Hope this helps and feel free to PM me with any questions.
Best of Luck,
Jennifer M. Connell, CPC, CPCO, CPC-P, CPB, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CENTC