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Does anyone work in a hospital owned by HMA (Health Management Associates, Inc.)? If so, are they "employee-friendly"? What kind of staff to pt ratios do you have in your area? Are there things that you particularly like or dislike? The hospital I work for will be taken over by HMA in December, and we are all wondering what kind of changes may occur.

Thanks!!

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Does anyone work in a hospital owned by HMA (Health Management Associates, Inc.)? If so, are they "employee-friendly"? What kind of staff to pt ratios do you have in your area? Are there things that you particularly like or dislike? The hospital I work for will be taken over by HMA in December, and we are all wondering what kind of changes may occur.

Thanks!!

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I left an HMA hospital in TN 3 mos ago. They took over 2 yrs ago. They are the worst!!! They're cheap, cheap, cheap!!! The quality of supplies went downhill, ratios went up, employee satisfaction went down the tubes and many, many left and are still leaving. Our insurance became a real joke, too.

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fightthestigma,

I am doing my clinical externship at an HMA facility. Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center. I have been at this facilityfor over a year now and have been rotated to several areas of the hospital. Everyone has been soooo nice to me, which is especially impressive since I am there as a student. The Director of Education is awesome and the nursing management have been so helpful! On Med/Surg the nurse to patient ratio was 1:6 and on PCU it is 1:4.

Hope this is helpful!

Cheri :)

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Specializes in telemetry.
Does anyone work in a hospital owned by HMA (Health Management Associates, Inc.)? If so, are they "employee-friendly"? What kind of staff to pt ratios do you have in your area? Are there things that you particularly like or dislike? The hospital I work for will be taken over by HMA in December, and we are all wondering what kind of changes may occur.

Thanks!!

You are not going to like it. If the hospital is small it is the employees that are everything. They treat you like **** but great

when it is season and they need you

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
I left an HMA hospital in TN 3 mos ago. They took over 2 yrs ago. They are the worst!!! They're cheap, cheap, cheap!!! The quality of supplies went downhill, ratios went up, employee satisfaction went down the tubes and many, many left and are still leaving. Our insurance became a real joke, too.

Agree with this.

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Does anyone work in a hospital owned by HMA (Health Management Associates, Inc.)? If so, are they "employee-friendly"? What kind of staff to pt ratios do you have in your area? Are there things that you particularly like or dislike? The hospital I work for will be taken over by HMA in December, and we are all wondering what kind of changes may occur.

Thanks!!

hi i'm a cna hope i can be of some help. i work for biloxi regional medical center it is an hma hospital. well it is a for profit basis hospital.it is small not very clickish depending on what dept you work in. it is employee friendly very much so when staffed appropriatly. but what i dislike is staff to pt ratio it causes alot of add on stress for nurses and there assistants which causes altercations between staff members and staff and their pt's. i have worked several months pregant as the only cna to 5 rns with a patient load of32 me having 32 and them splitting them up 5 ways. i almost quit b/c of that. the pt to rn ratio is suppose to be 6:1 days and 7:1 nights for rns. but how they work is they sometimes will try and call in or pull for another floor to make nurse ratio but they run slim on extra support staff so i have seen my nurses take 8 to 9 and even 10 pts a piece. brmc if they have any empty beds they plan on filling them regardless of staff because it's extra money. and they are a for profit hospital. non- for profit hospital are better work environment. for they staff is always met accordingly and rules followed no matter if your a cna or rn.cna pt ratio is suppose to be 15:1 but if they don't have extra help and they have 30pts oh well its your problem they aren't going to stop shipping patients to that floor b/c they only have 1 cna so then the nurses have to pick up my extra what ican't handle which leaves htem even more stressed out. and your raises you have to take so many inservices before you can get one. they give raises every 2 years. and its all based on your inservices completed and most of all evaluation determines if you get one and how much.no one has every that i met had a perfect eval b/c they don't want to pay you much.

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Specializes in SICU, Neuro ICU, Trauma ICU, CCU.

HMA is not worried about you the nurse just the dollar.

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My experience with an HCA hospital:

The most unprofessional treatment of staff I have encountered in 35 years of work. And not impressed with the procedures and management in my department. During the orientation period 4 senior managers, brought in to make short presentations, had been in their positions less that 2 months. My impulse was to resign before I got started as this was a sure fire signal something is very wrong with the company.

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I worked for an HMA hospital in South Carolina. Very cheap place to work. Supplies were not the best, always short on nurses. They would have you scheduled to come to work and if one pt was discharged, they would send you home, be home two hours and call you back. I never had just 6 or 7 patients. It was always too many to handle and the CNA's got away with cussing patients, talking disrespectful to nurses. The employees were friendly but administration always had mandatory meetings, so many you never got a day off. Always have some inservice and it just seemed like I never left the place. No Christmas bonus, which was usually a $50 gift card, no raises unless you did all these computer tests. The supervisors were always fussing about how bad we were behind but they never helped out. I left two months ago and I know of several more nurses who have left and are leaving soon because they are burned out on the job expectations with the patient loads. The company is billions of dollars in debt. All I can say is "Good Luck".

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Correction on my previous email. That was an HMA hospital I referred to. Now looking to get out of HMA hosptal and into HCA hospital but imagine it could be from 'frying pan into the fire'. To add another cliche: Money and medicine mix like oil and water. The temporary emulsification makes for good medicine but in the end the separation leaves everyone with a bad taste as the oily fat cats float on top.

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I have worked for an HMA hospital for 3 years (Venice Regional Medical Center). I have to say that HMA has been awesome for us. Yes we've had to make some sacrafices but THE WHOLE COMPANY has made them, not just the staff employees. The upper management and administration here is incredible. They are very supportive and not afraid to come out from behind their desks and give a hand when needed. I am proud to be part of this company and the great way we help treat our patients. It's truely an excepitional place to work.

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