I broke my HCA residency contract after working there for a little over a year. Two months later I received a letter from the Benefit Recovery Group saying I owed them money. I reached out to different lawyers and basically got answers from all of them. One said there's nothing I can do but I could try to negotiate. Another said that because I never received the 10,000 that HCA values their training at the money I owe them is " a training fee acts as a penalty and under Texas law, it's not enforceable". So I emailed them a response with what the second lawyer said and never heard back. Today I got the same letter again stating I owed money, so I sent them the same email. 

Does anyone have an experience with not paying them back? When I quit I knew I'd have to pay and I was okay with that, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. Will they eventually just drop it or will they send my debt to collections?

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

HCA is all that is wrong with healthcare in the US. If evil exists, they embody it. They can suck a bag of ####.

Specializes in school nurse.
23 minutes ago, klone said:

 They can suck a bag of ####.

But then they'd probably want to bill for doing so...

Specializes in Dialysis.
Jay123 said:

So, I'm in a pickle.  I'm in the first 6 weeks of the StaRN residency program, Houston tx. I yet have not received my att to test.  Will I be able to precept without license? If so, will I be able to "complete" the residency and receive relocation bonus with license?  I heard that if this happens, I could just work non-nurse related work with same pay until I have my license........

Also I heard that I can come back to make it to the "next cohort".  Any experiences or advise? 

You will need to ask this of HR at your facility. They know the specifics for your contract and can help guide you

55 minutes ago, klone said:

HCA is all that is wrong with healthcare in the US. If evil exists, they embody it. They can suck a bag of ####.

For sure. The things that I saw and had to deal with mentally and emotionally scarred me. I told my parents if they ever get sick, don’t go to a HCA hospital

Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
On 8/17/2021 at 8:23 AM, Lrjames98 said:

For sure. The things that I saw and had to deal with mentally and emotionally scarred me. I told my parents if they ever get sick, don’t go to a HCA hospital

We need a way to tell the country .  Our nursing organizations have lawyers on staff and I never hear a peep about them taking this issue on.

On 8/17/2021 at 11:31 AM, Hoosier_RN said:

If you think home sellers and car salesman are honest and the guff that they spew out is any better, I want to live where you do! 

Nah, I don't. But I do know that they're trying to sell me something since that is why I approached them--as opposed to a situation where we are considering an ongoing major relationship. And there is some hope of having a cause of action against salespersons depending on how stupid they get. They won't be telling me that the car has tires when it in fact doesn't, or the house has a roof when it in fact doesn't; I'm pretty sure of that. And if they do I seem to think I would be able to look at the car/house and tell that those things aren't true. 

Specializes in Dialysis.
5 hours ago, subee said:

Maybe this should be footnote in nursing education:  Don't sign a contract unless you have enough money to pay it back.  Who would apply to a job like that?  Surely, there is a format besides AN to get the word out to nursing students to beware.  The only way out of this is to provide working conditions that don't generate a high amount of turnover.

There are multiple nursing related forums in FB. HCA is a well known offender, by many

Specializes in CRNA, Finally retired.
25 minutes ago, JKL33 said:

I think it should be more than a footnote for the nuanced situation that it is. Too much of what nursing students are told revolves around future employers' wants, needs, preferences and interests along with questionable ethical dicta from within the profession. Our code of ethics only manages a brief section about our own well-being and even then it treats it as an interest only relevant so that we can continue to serve and serve and serve. Not just patients but whomever needs or wants something from us.

I wonder if schools in HCA's ginormous coverage area even have the guts to encourage student debate or evaluation of this contract issue. I hope so, but somehow I'm guessing it's less risky to have students write papers about NETY and lateral violence.

I'm so pissed with the ANA about the contract issue along with their thumbs down approach to staffing that I cancelled my membership along with my own SNA.

Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

After everything you read in this thread, you really are asking this?

Specializes in Hospital.

Your 2 year contract starts after your residency which is around 3 months long. 

22 minutes ago, another_nurse said:

Your 2 year contract starts after your residency which is around 3 months long. 

Mine started as soon as I started my residency.

Specializes in Hospital.

That’s good to know actually because I’m going to break my contract soon ^_^ thanks!

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