Anyone doing HEDIS???

renerian, BSN, RN · Jan 3, 2004

I will look for companies I know and worked with in the past and I can PM you this weekend.

renerian

nurseT · Feb 2, 2004

I just responded to an add in my local paper for RN Medical Record Review. The add did mention HEDIS. I have been working from an office in my home for 1 year now and contract my services. I do anything from private duty to occas. field work for ins.co. I am familiar with HEDIS' purpose. It is similar to OASIS utilized in home health area and MDS in long term care. I have not worked specifically with HEDIS. I'm glad to talk to some other nurses in this area. I'm sure I can do this job, but it will be my first useing HEDIS. If anyone has any advice, please feel free.

ethelbsnrn · May 7, 2004

how much are you paid per hour/chart?

chris_at_lucas_RN, RN · May 7, 2004

I'm getting ready to graduate and am also interested. How much experience should one have had before getting into chart auditing?

Thx

ARBY · May 16, 2004

how much are you paid per hour/chart?

Here in S. CA I get $30 an hour, that includes my travel time also. Plus we get .375 cents per mile.

renerian, BSN, RN · May 16, 2004

I was paid per chart, not an hourly rate plus I was paid mileage.

renerian

stevierae · May 16, 2004

Hi,
Yes, HEDIS audits are time limited. They are usually done each spring and usually last 2 1/2 to 3 months (at least the ones I've done).
We get paid by the hour but my cousin in FL gets paid by the chart. The length of time per chart depends on what we are looking for (some may only take 5 min and others we are looking for a lot more items and could take an hour) and also how well organized the documentation is. Some charts have no dividers so you have to look thru EVERYTHING rather than just go to a specific section.
The rest of the year I occasionally do some home care work but mostly, we travel and see this great country:kiss

Arby, if you don't mind sharing, how do you get a job like this? Does the insurance company train you, or do you have to take a course on your own, as ICD-9 coders do, before insurance companies will hire you?

Thanks! :)

ARBY · May 27, 2004

Arby, if you don't mind sharing, how do you get a job like this? Does the insurance company train you, or do you have to take a course on your own, as ICD-9 coders do, before insurance companies will hire you?
Thanks! :)

My cousin, also an RN, alerted me to HEDIS chart audits. We have to go to the insurance company every year for 2 1/2 days of training and refresher and then pass a "test" with 95% accuracy.

I looked in the newspaper classifieds the first year starting in the fall or winter. After that, if you do a good job, the insurance company will contact you each year when it's time to work again. As I said before, it's only part-time, about 3 months, but it's a nice chunk of change and leaves me free to travel the rest of the year.

stevierae · Jun 1, 2004

My cousin, also an RN, alerted me to HEDIS chart audits. We have to go to the insurance company every year for 2 1/2 days of training and refresher and then pass a "test" with 95% accuracy.
I looked in the newspaper classifieds the first year starting in the fall or winter. After that, if you do a good job, the insurance company will contact you each year when it's time to work again. As I said before, it's only part-time, about 3 months, but it's a nice chunk of change and leaves me free to travel the rest of the year.

Thanks for the info, Arby!! :)

Wolfpax · Jun 1, 2004

Is anyone out there besides me doing HEDIS this year? Last year I was assigned 800+ charts to audit. For probably 400 of those, 3 of us went to the "desert" area to do them. This year I have 1274 to do by myself and possibly 6 or 7 hospitals yet to come. Think I'll just have my breakdown first this year:roll

Did some other stuff in the 60's does that count ?

marya · Oct 29, 2004

Is anyone out there besides me doing HEDIS this year? Last year I was assigned 800+ charts to audit. For probably 400 of those, 3 of us went to the "desert" area to do them. This year I have 1274 to do by myself and possibly 6 or 7 hospitals yet to come. Think I'll just have my breakdown first this year:roll

What company are you working for? I am interested!!!

Marya

ARBY · Oct 29, 2004

Marya,

I replied to your post on the other topic.

GOOD LUCK