Has anyone had experience working at CareCore National?

2bluestarmom · May 20, 2011

You may want to SERIOUSLY reconsider this! No, it's misleading. $30 hour is not true. They avoid telling you all of this until your through with training that it's "Per case"

If you do too many cases, they penalize your pay. They also make you deny a minimum of 20% of cases to meet their quota. They use "quality control" to keep the insurance providers happy. Trying to get time off is liking getting congress to pass a bill. VERY VERY misleading. You've been warned.

CharlotteRN · May 23, 2011

I have worked as a nurse for CareCore for over two years and it is been nothing but a positive experience for me. You do get paid by the case after you have been trained, which is an extensive three weeks of training. After ninety days you are paid per case. LPNs are paid the same as RNs and called Clinical Reviewers. As long as you are proficient on the computer you can easily make over twenty dollars an hour. I generally make around 27.00 per hour which is very good for the area. The comments above are untrue. If you ask for time in advance you are likely to get it. Cases are NEVER denied to keep insurance companies happy but based soley off of medical necessity. I often offer a study that is more expensive because it is what is best for the patient. I have learned a lot from this job. My background is in the ER. You do not need to have case management experience but it does help. The training and supervisors have been very helpful. It is a great group to work with. I encourage you to look into it. Best of luck in your job hunt.

romiia · Jun 5, 2011

I have a question about the company?

Do they pay you for the 3 weeks while in training? How often is the training offered, how many nurses were in your training class?

thanks in advance!!!!

dandalora1 · Jun 10, 2011

I have a question about the company?
Do they pay you for the 3 weeks while in training? How often is the training offered, how many nurses were in your training class?
thanks in advance!!!!

Yes they pay for your training. You make $20.00 per hour whether you are an LPN/LVN or RN. Once you are finished training, you either stay on the facility or go remote. You are then paid on a per case basis which is approx. $2.28 per case. You are told you can make $30.00 an hour with this method however, if you do too many cases you are docked/penalized on your pay. They use "quality control" as an excuse to do this. You are required to deny a minimum of 20% cases to go to medical review "MR" although they won't put that in writing as it implicates them in possible violations of law that pertains to anti kickback etc. Their system goes down frequently and you also get alot of angry callers who have had to call back several times for either being forwarded to the wrong dept or disconnected. The classes are typically 10-15 medical lvn's, rn's. CharlotteRN is new to our site here at allnurses. Seems she may be "damage control" surfing to squash and negative feedback about CCN. Truth be known, they play hardball. That came from a former VP of Human Resources whom to this day, I stay in contact with. You also have to wear head phones. WHO has recently announced that cell phones/headphones cause cancer. I had problems which quickly accelerated to a wide array of symptoms, vertigo, tinnitus, syncope, nausea etc...and had to stop wearing the head phones. They will fight you tooth and nail on workmens comp if you ever have to file. They have had a few lawsuits against them, Major lawsuits (google them) as well.

BeachyKeen · Feb 24, 2012

"ManyThanks" to all of you who have provided your objective feedback on Care Core. I "was" considering signing on with this firm back in November 2011. FYI: There were other unfavorable reviews on other sites as well.

Arts · May 31, 2012

may 20, '11 by

2bluestarmomyou may want to seriously reconsider this! no, it's misleading. $30 hour is not true. they avoid telling you all of this until your through with training that it's "per case"

if you do too many cases, they penalize your pay. they also make you deny a minimum of 20% of cases to meet their quota. they use "quality control" to keep the insurance providers happy. trying to get time off is liking getting congress to pass a bill. very very misleading. you've been warned.

everything you say here , bluestarmom is true. i would seriously reconsider working there. if you like time off with your family and ability to make a decent living. up front, they give you "pto time" but you will have a difficult time actually taking it.

they also tell you about how much money you will make at per case rate but as you work the calls ; they are slow and barely able to make their case rate per day.

MtnRN · Sep 11, 2012

Thanks for the info folks! I just about got sucked in myself. The intereviewer got a little uncomfortable when I asked a lot of questions. As for the pay. CharlotteRN is sadly mistaken and walking around with blinders on. She can go to any hospital and make a whole lot more than $20/hr in the NC area. Besides the state of NC has been known to not pay that great and they pay more than that! And the benefits are terrific, I know I used to work for them! I guess that chick at CareCore wasn't counting on this nurse on doing her homework. I once had a friend in NM who worked for them or a similar type company and she had a similar experience to some of what read about and when she sent the equipment back, they tried to say she damaged it or never recieved it and tried to take her last paycheck. She was smart and kept receipts and video records, she had a gut feeling they would try to pull something shady on her like that, sued them and won.

LeenaKelly · Mar 13, 2014

I guess the unsavory practices are still in place as of March 2014!! They are a bit nasty on the phone interview and if they turn you down once, you can be sure applying again is a huge waste of time.

Another place I would HIGHLY warn nurses NOT to work is Sedgwick CMS--exact scenarios match core national but Sedgwick nursing management is made up of the most villians known to man!! Stay away if you do not want disability or wc claim as u will never ever get it........

smileyfacefee · Mar 23, 2016

Updated on carecore...they now pay by the hr...and that is around 25 to 30/hr. Which some complain about because they say the hard workers earned more money when getting paid by the case. O well! Can't please em all! These changes may be because they combined with another company and r now called evicore