I am new to this site and I love it! I have been using it to research how to get started with case management. I am a male RN currently working in a state hospital with psych patients but my overall dream goal is to become a case manager. I am currently working on my BSN and have read about telephonic case management and how many nurses actually do it.
Is it hard to become an telephonic case manager once I have 3 years of nursing experience? I also have 10 months of cardiac/medsurg exp. It just seems that scoring these jobs with insurance companies (Humana, Aetna, BCBS, UHG, etc) is too good to be true. I was just wondering is it extremely hard to land a job? I wouldn't care if it was telephonic or hospital/company based as long as I could break into case management. I would like any tips you telephonic nurses can give me. I just want to advance in my career as much as possible while I am young.
I hope to hear from some of you case managers and telephonic case managersand get your experienced feedback and hope you can help me in any way you can to steer me in the right direction. I think this site is great for us nurses!
Want to be really scared? Google layoff and Humana. Worst job I have ever had. Micromanaged, frequent layoffs and firings, and working from home is not a great benefit if you are chained to a computer with a headset working free overtime since you are salary. You will not use any of your nursing skills or background. HCMs solely exist to fill out surveys and careplans in order to bill the government. You call members over and over despite the fact that they do not want the calls. They are hiring now because so many quit for these reasons. If work at home with a large insurance company seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
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Want to be really scared? Google layoff and Humana. Worst job I have ever had. Micromanaged, frequent layoffs and firings, and working from home is not a great benefit if you are chained to a computer with a headset working free overtime since you are salary. You will not use any of your nursing skills or background. HCMs solely exist to fill out surveys and careplans in order to bill the government. You call members over and over despite the fact that they do not want the calls. They are hiring now because so many quit for these reasons. If work at home with a large insurance company seems too good to be true, then it probably is.