Anyone doing HEDIS???

ARBY · Sep 28, 2008

RubyRN, yes I disliked OB charts too 'cause they took SOOOO long. When I did them, luckily I was paid by the hour rather than the chart.

cherish62, the first year I did HEDIS I worked for a company who found nurses for a So. CA insurance company. The 2nd year THAT insurance company decided to go internal and contacted those who did it the year before...after that they had a ready made base. Can you find out from the company who did your HEDIS before, who the nurses were. OR, advertise in all your local papers and many of the previous nurses will see it.

zahyria, HEDIS is usually done for 3-4 months in the spring, which is good 'cause after looking at 1200-1600 charts you're ready for it to be DONE :yeah:

Hamyani, check with the other nurse you mentioned and see who she works for. Don't feel bad, I'd been a nurse for 30+ years before I heard of it when my cousin told me about it.

GOOD LUCK ALL.

ARBY · Sep 28, 2008

dec12, I SOOO agree with you. I, too, did charts from home on my computer and LOVED it. Like you said, if you can't sleep you can get up at 2 am in you jammies and bunny slippers and "work". When I did them this year they thought I'd have ~1700 charts but ended up I had less than that....glad I didn't already have the money spent:eek::chuckle. I think this was the first year the company I worked for did it this way so I'm hoping for more next year.

This company also paid by the chart and gave a bonus for completion and accuracy. They hadn't mentioned the possibility of a bonus at the start so, when the "extra" check came at the end, I contacted them and said I thought they'd overpaid me. :confused: , a nice bonus. When I did HEDIS "live" they also paid a bonus for above the required number of charts while maintaining accuracy....monthly I think.

Hamyani · Sep 29, 2008

I am reading threads about companies everyone is working for or has worked for doing HEDIS, and very few company names are being mentioned. Is this for privacy/protection reasons or just an oversight of omission. I am looking for some good leading tips to pursue a job doing HEDIS.

Does anyone have any suggestions on getting started?

camper2 · Oct 12, 2008

I'm new to this site. Did HEDIS review in 2005 in the Phoenix area for Managed Access. Am looking for companies who are going to be doing the 2009 reviews in the Phoenix area. Also, some of the posts are really old. Anyone have any updated info on what it is like to work for the companies?

fredks · Oct 16, 2008

I am new to this site and found it while doing a search for HEDIS jobs. I live in Michigan and did HEDIS for 7 years with a local insurance company. I loved it, but unfortunately the company went through some changes and they no longer needed us. I would like to find more HEDIS work, but have not had any luck. I have spoke with both Outcomes, Inc and MedAssurant but were not impressed with either of them. Besides being paid per chart does not sound like a good idea. I know how long 1 chart can take. I would be willing to travel out of my area to find work.

If anyone has any ideas of where to look for work let me know.

Thanks!

dmcdona · Oct 29, 2008

I am with Outcomes Health Information Solutions and we are currently looking for 2 nurses to begin working a HEDIS project in the Philadelphia area. The project would start next Monday and continue on through January 31st. If you are an LPN or RN with HEDIS experience and you are interested in finding out more about the project, please send me an email to [email protected]

Thank you.

shemac6 · Oct 31, 2008

Himayani (or anyone else who knows),

What is MDS? I can make some guesses, but I'd probably be off.

I want to learn to do HEDIS, and I'm trying to figure out how to get started.

I'm thinking of taking a coding course, but if anyone has better advice, please share.

Thanks...I just joined this site today.

shemac:nuke:

wareagle31 · Nov 11, 2008

I LOVE to do audits and would really enjoy getting into this! Any suggestions for us that want to get information on how to became "trained" so that we might be ready to start when the ads start appearing.....THANKS!!!

ARBY · Nov 12, 2008

Any of the insurance companies I've done HEDIS for have had a 2-3 day "training" course each year. For those who have done it before, it's just a "refresher" course, possibly to cover new measures.

dec12 · Nov 16, 2008

ARBY

Who did you work for that let you work from home? I worked for Prime Solutions last year, but am looking for other companies to check out. A lot of the companies want you to travel to offices--been there done that and with the gas prices the way they are don't want to do that again. :no:

ARBY · Nov 16, 2008

dec12, I, too, worked for PS from here in TX. I live way out in the middle of nowhere in West TX or I would have been glad to go to offices to review charts. When I did HEDIS for 3 years in So. CA, I went all over, occasionally to Palm Springs...a dirty job but somebody had to do it. :D Here in TX they were primarily in East TX. I'd met a couple of the ladies a couple of years ago when I went to Washington, DC to help with a project there and they seemed very professional and friendly.

I really liked working for them:redbeathe because they were so helpful if I had a ?? about something. Plus :up: , it was really nice being able to work from home any time of the day or night. :bow:

Where are you? :nurse:

dec12 · Nov 16, 2008

ARBY

I am one of the nurses from Columbia, Mo. I wish PS was doing Hedis this year, but they are no more and the company that bought them out is not going to do Hedis this year. I am looking for other Hedis work at the moment, because of this. I had thought about the provider we worked for, but am not sure how to go about doing that. Any ideas? I will be glad to pass on any information that I discover.

dec12