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Hello I live in Birmingham Alabama. I was offered a full time job yesterday as a home health nurse. I have been a rn for 9.5 years. Ive never worked Home health. I work the hospital med surg and stepdown. I was offered a pay of 32.00 per regular visit. 60 for a new admit. Is the pay32.00 low for a regular visit?

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Do I understand that you are getting paid per visit and not hourly? Is this specialized private duty nursing, or home health? I'm currently in process of applying for a home health position and the wage is hourly.

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For an RN that is a low visit rate, but might be typical for that area.

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So what should the pay rate be.

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Yes that is hourly

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You can't be hourly and paid by visit rate, (well you can but it's either one or the other).

It looks like they quoted you a visit rate, meaning you'll get $32 for approx 1-1 1/2 hrs of work and $60 for approx 3 hrs of work, including time in the office, driving to the patient's residence, patient care, charting, and follow up phone calls.

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Typically, LPNs get from $25-$35/visit; RN's $40-$50/visit. Those are for straight follow-up visits. SOC, recert, etc. calls for more.

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I am payed $34 for home health visits, $40 for hospice visits, $78 for home health admissions, $105 for hospice admissions. Home health visits unfortunately take a lot of time and medicare regulates the *%^ out of it, so you have to chart very specifically. Charting takes forever. Try to keep the home health visit to less than 1/2 hour so you can spend the rest of the time charting.

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