What did I get myself into??!! I'm scared!!! - page 3

I tried RN case management for a HHA for 4 months. I have a low BS tolerance, I'm almost 40 and had been a Public Health nurse for 5 years when I tried this. It was a supposedly "reputable" agency several prominent hospitals referred patients to. After the 2nd week it QUICKLY became apparent to me they were pretty much a Medicare rip-off outfit. They paid by the visit and no mileage. The office staff was all the owner's daughters. They would request authorizations for TONS of unnecessary DME. Complete SOC's were due within 24 hours of the visit, if you had more than one in a day, forget it. Paychecks had a strange company name that didn't match the actual name of the company. The hugely obese owner drive a huge BMW sedan and was dripping with expensive wigs, designer clothes and jewelry.

They'd send me to these huge, sprawling rich people's houses (Beverly Hills/Bel-Air area) where patients already had 24 hour caregivers and staff, where I'd be treated like a servant by the patient (usually ancient, affluent widows) and couldn't communicate with the staff who would pretend to not speak English. Or, they would send me to scary neighborhoods in South Central LA where I dodged cockroach herds and pitbulls in people's houses.

Over the 4 months I actually LOST money working for them. I used ALL my own phone and data minutes calling and charting and they would not reimburse. They also did not pay me if the patient did not answer the door and again DID NOT PAY MILEAGE. It was just stupid.

I left that job after getting in a shouting match with one of the owner's daughters who gave me a wrong address - across town, not even close, -and caused me to then called me a ***** when I complained to her mother. I was going to report them to Medicare and make a big stink about it but decided it wouldn't make a darn bit of difference. You have been warned.