Table 3.

Stakeholder perceptions on who should provide medical billing education*

Suggested providers of medical billing courses	Those not teaching medical billing (n=40) who felt it should be taught (n=29) suggested the following stakeholders should teach it	Those not teaching medical billing who felt it should not be taught (n=11). 15% of these respondents (n=5) still suggested who should teach it	Total who responded (n=34)
Medicare	24	4	28
Australian Medical Association	6	1	7
Specialist colleges	5	1	6
Medical boards	4	0	4
Universities	3	0	3
Medical Defence Organisations	3	0	3
Vocational training providers	2	0	2
Private health funds	1	1	2
Total no of suggestions	48	7	55

*Thirty-four stakeholders who did not provide their own medical billing courses responded to this question. They comprise 29 positive responses to the question: “Do you think doctors should be taught medical billing?” and 5 negative responses who went on to suggest training providers. Many chose more than one stakeholder when responding.