[*Pepper*]

There is no forum for independant Home Health but I would like to ask if anyone is doing this, to provide start up ideas.


How do you like independant LPN work?
How busy are you?
How do you find clients?
How much do you make?
What do you end up doing?
Paperwork? Insurance? Insurance?

Are you a licensed provider? State or Federal?

Are you paid by families, lawyers, insurance companies?

That should be a good start :-)......

[caliotter3]

I just started doing private duty for a client that was not getting the nurses she needed from the agency. My supervisor and I both worked for the agency. My supervisor had been doing private duty for the client for several years because the family had been doing without nurses for several years. They were forced to change agencies due to the insurance company. We went with the case to the new agency, and that is when I started working for the client privately as well as with the agency. My supervisor's statement about agencies stating it is against their policy for a nurse to work privately for a client that they have encountered through their agency was this: "The agency can not tell me what to do on my spare time. If they are so concerned about providing care for this client, then they can find other nurses." She actually told off someone from the second agency in this manner.

Most people who work private duty find their clients by word of mouth or through other jobs or by placing ads in the paper. My client paid me $1 an hour more than the agency.

[caliotter3]

Forgot to say that I have since learned from my former supervisor that the insurance company dumped the agency and she is now paid by the insurance company and everything is pretty smooth. I told her that I thought with the middle man being cut out I would have expected her to get a pay raise. She said she was too insecure to try to get more from the insurance company and is being paid the same amount as the last agency was paying her.

I actually prefer to work for an employing agency in order to have the benefits available. I've considered going independent contractor before, however, I am not good at marketing myself and want whatever advantages there are by having an employer.