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  1. Nov 15, '08 by rockymnthoney
    Does anyone have any current info or input on this company ?
  2. Nov 15, '08 by cinnamongirl233
    I worked for them in Oklahoma City. I found that the case managers there marked out my OASIS answers, changed them, and put my initials on them. They also paid me 2 dollars per visit less than what they quoted me and refused to do anything about it. The laptops didn't make things better, the program automatically blocks any OASIS answers that are inconsistent with the other answers. Good as a reminder to reassess or rethink sometimes, but when you had one of those patients that defied all odds and nothing made sense, it was impossible to document that. My experience with Amedisys was awful, and I left home health for 2 years after that. I have just returned to home health and am still scared because of the experience I had there, but I need the flexible schedule so I'm going to try.
  3. Nov 17, '08 by meriposa
    DONT DO IT!!!

    Our company just got bought out by them in Maryland. Every change except for computer charting has been negative..........

    They will nickle and dime you for everything- We went pay for visit(because the census has been low for months), got a pay cut from what we were making before, cut our mileage, Amedisys can cut your benefits if you dont meet productivity, and they MICROMANAGE EVERYTHING!! They just seem to take away any autonomy you have, such as if there is a missed visit, -- it cant just be a missed visit because the patient refused---- IT HAS TO BE APPROVED first by your patient care coordinator!! The list goes on and on......
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  4. Nov 20, '08 by luvdaisy
    I worked for Amedisys for 3 years and just recently started another job. I am so thankful that I am not there anymore. I was seeing 10-12 patients at least 3 days a week and the other days it was 8-9. I would sit and do paperwork for 4 hours at night then get to the office at 6:00 every morning to get it finished. It had to be turned in by 10:00 every morning. I felt like I had to answer the oasis questions so that the patients would have a higher score so we would get paid more. I stayed stressed out all the time. I quit this job and went to a Med Surg floor working 3 12 hour night shifts a week and I couldnt be happier or more relieved.
  5. Nov 21, '08 by tennesseeRN
    Just posted this in another thread, but really belongs here I think.
    First link is http://www.thestreet.com/story/10434...-the-mark.html

    I have read this story before, as well as this link..http://www.citronresearch.com/index....sys-nasdaqamed.
    I can say that I have felt pressure to change my oasis answers to reflect a different score. I have received requests to look at my answers and to " think about them in a different way" but I feel that I was the one that was in the patient home, it's my answer and I'm not changing it. It's always been wrapped in "what about this" or "do you feel that this patient can safely do this if you picked this answer" so I can see how someone without many years could question themselves.
    Home health has always been about the wording. Word it one way, not billable. The other way--passes. There is a fine line and it's hard to stay on this side of it so I can see where newer nurses could wobble all over the line unintentionally.