Chart Review with Outcomes Inc.?

[erinp88]

Hi! I posted this in Nursing career advice and didn't get very many responses.. I applied a "Field Chart Reviewer Position" with Outcomes, Inc. Monday night. They called me yesterday and basically offered me a position. It entails going into doctor offices and scanning charts and then uploading them to their website (they provide me with scanner/laptop). They pay 100% reimbursement and $4.50 per chart. They can't tell me how many charts they expect for me to complete because it varies from person to person. In addition to that, they want me to commit to at least 20 hours per week.

I did find a thread from 2006-2007 with mixed reviews. I am looking for some more recent opinions.

Please, if anyone has any experience with this company, I welcome any additional information! Or if anyone can think of some questions I might need to ask, that would be great. I already sent an email asking about compensation/hour commitment.

[nickev]

beware of this company, outcomes, inc (out of virginia), which performs hedis reporting using odis. goes by either http://ky.my-odis.com/about.jsp or http://www.outcomesinc.com/employment.asp.

i worked for this company for 2 months, using my own resources for such items as: gas, paper, ink, phone calls, faxing, postal, etc. and did not get paid for the majority of time i spent working. i would call daily, keeping in touch w/my field representative, as instructed. i would perform all aspects of the job as outlined in the job description, only to find out someone else would go into the paperwork i sent via computer, and change the information. i would be sent to md offices which would be closed; sent to offices which only had 2 charts out of 30 available; sent to offices which had "hybrid" charts, meaning the field reviewer had to collect both electronic & paper information (this can add an additional day to your one day schedule, and your not paid anything extra for the time, effort, resources used). finally told them i was resigning due to my outgoing expenses, not being paid, company not fulfilling their part of the contract.

in total, this job cost me approx. $1000 in 2 months, whereas, i was paid only $60.00 for the initial training. i in turn, did not return their laptop

nor their scanner. i have kept the lines of communication open w/this company, trying to get the money owed to me, after which, their equipment would be returned. received an e-mail from them stating if their equipment was not returned, they would be contacting my state nursing board to make a complaint against me. today, i just received my w-2 from this company, reporting they paid me $800.00.

needless to say, shot off another e-mail to them to either pay me, or fix this w-2. one last thing, when i did report i was quitting, they did offer to pay me $30.00/hr vs. $4.00/chart. so, if one does foolishly apply to this company, demand an hourly pay vs. per chart.