In-home NP Medicare Assessments

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I have seen several job postings for these type of positions. I am interested in the position because it sounds like there is a good amount of flexibility.

Does anyone have experience doing them? What exactly does the visit entail? Did you enjoy it? What did you think of the salary? Thanks!

Did you start the job doing HRAs? If so, I'd love to know if you're still doing this job and would appreciate any feedback you can offer. TIA

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Hi. I know this post is so old. Are you still doing this? Email me if you can. [email protected]

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I am trying to get more insight on home assessments myself. I am located in SC and see United Healthcare has some openings posted on their website.

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If you're going to do any type in Home Health as an NP spend the extra time and incorporate as an LLC and buy a malpractice liability policy. You also need to invest in a business management/accounting program like Quickbooks to help keep you organized. Then register with CMS and the health insurance companies and negotiate your own contracts. You can hire somebody to schedule the appointments from the patient lists that they provide to you.

The companies that hire nurse practitioners to do this type of work are making bank because whether they are paying $65 or $100 to the NP they are making more than double that amount for each patient that the NP sees. And they are not providing the NP with any benefits. And they do not have to provide an office for the NP. Why work for them and make them richer when you can work for yourself and make YOURSELF richer?

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I appreciate the way you are thinking GoldenFox, but the positions with United Health are full time, benefitted positions. I'm considering a move to this area myself. I love teaching and spending time with my patients, seems like a good fit. Can we hear from anyone who is working as an independent or a benefitted employee?

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If you are salaried you should be ok. Its hard to make a year long steady income as a contractor

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Hi GoldenFox, i will really like to speak to you further. Can you PM me please? thanks

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I know I'm late to this thread, but I'm a new np that lives in MA and have been looking at doing in-home medicare assessments for work, but am having a hard time coming across said positions. I've looked at UHC, but are there any other companies I should look into in the Northeast. I know this isn't the idea 1st job out of school, but I have small kids, one of which has some medical issues and I can only work weekends and/or 1 day week. I really want to work as an np, but I'm concerned that it will be difficult to find employment. Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!

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Look into Heartland Care Partners Advanced Disease Management NPs. I am seeing patient in their homes and in a skilled facility and coordinating care with the patient's PCP. Completely doable with kids and you have the flexibility of making most of your schedule and making your patient visit times yourself.

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DesignerNP,

Are you still doing health risk assessment? If so, how has it been?

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Goldenfox,

I'm interested in doing this independently. Can you inbox me?

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On ‎1‎/‎19‎/‎2013 at 6:58 PM, LaurieCRNP2002 said:

Thank you for the info, Do you mind share which companies do you work for or if you know similar companies? We live in Fort Worth, TX and will move to Houston, TX soon.

Thank you in advance,

I am currently doing this for another company. Like FNP2B1, I am an independent contractor-no benefits. When I started last year, they were able to schedule a fair amount of visits for me daily-5 or 6. The rate is $125. They provided a laptop with the program they use and it is not as in-depth as other companies seem to require (not sure if that's good or bad). They seem to schedule me with a lot of people who see their doctor on a regular basis and are fairly healthy--they may have some issues like hypertension or hyperlipidemia that are well-controlled with meds. Granted, I've had a few people that I spent longer with but my typical visit seems to be about 30-35 minutes.

The downside (besides no bennies) is that if they don't schedule many visits for you, you're stuck (if this is your only job). As I said, the people who I am seeing are Independence Blue Cross/Blue Shield and for the most part, fairly healthy. I do call the night before and if they are not home for some reason when I arrive for the visit, I get paid 1/2 my usual rate (so roughly $60). After early November, there were no visits (which they did not tell me when I started!). :arghh:

If anyone would like more specifics, please feel free to PM me. Hope this is helpful to everyone! :)

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