I've been working in home health since February and we are paid per visit. First of all, I feel like I have a very small caseload- sometimes, only 2 people a day. My supervisor says that's normal until I build a caseload and do more SOCs so that I have patients in my pipeline. She also says that, since I've never done HH, they want to make sure that I'm comfortable with OASIS and other documentation. We do mostly medicare patients, which she says can be very picky. I can kind of understand that; however, my first check was around $400, my second was around $900. and my latest check was around $600. I can't believe that other HH nurses are making this kind of money. I love, love, love my job. My only wish is that I could do it for more hours in the day, because I can't afford to stay at this job if it if the pay will remain this low.
Has anyone else had to deal with this ramping up period in home health? Is this normal? How long should I expect it to last?
