Perceived, actual, and desired knowledge regarding medicare billing and reimbursement

Abstract

Relevant extract: In order to further determine the discriminant ability of each question, we needed a standard way of grouping participants according to proficiency on the test. Given that the distribution of the variable “Medicare Billing and Reimbursement Test—Percent Correct” provided a very normal curve, we used the classic bell curve standard deviation method of grading to divide the participants into common grade categories: A (>1.5 SD above mean), B (from >0.5 to 1.5 SD above mean), C (from 0.5 SD below mean to +0.5 SD above mean), D (from