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  1. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY posted a topic in Quality Improvement

    Is anyone out there besides me doing HEDIS this year? Last year I was assigned 800+ charts to audit. For probably 400 of those, 3 of us went to the "desert" area to do them. This year I have 1274...

  2. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Google "HEDIS 2010 Michigan" If you don't find something now, repeat every few days as recruiters are starting look for nurses

  3. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Just be aware that it's a job that only last Feb/March thru May. You might not want to postpone your first REAL job that long. The only way I could see you doing this AND working is if you could work...

  4. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Yes, most companies allow all levels of medical experience, I believe 1 lady in my class was a MA. The company doing the reviews is generally who does the class for same. GOOD

  5. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    obxdrmn, Last year when I did HEDIS i worked from home reviewing charts that were scanned into a secure server but when I did on site HEDIS I went to the doctor's offices. Depending on which kind you...

  6. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    DARN...I didn't know that :uhoh21: I guess I better start looking, too. As I said, I don't think I'll be able to find anything out here in the middle of nowhere:no: I'll keep you in mind if something...

  7. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    dec12, I, too, worked for PS from here in TX. I live way out in the middle of nowhere in West TX or I would have been glad to go to offices to review charts. When I did HEDIS for 3 years in So. CA,...

  8. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Any of the insurance companies I've done HEDIS for have had a 2-3 day "training" course each year. For those who have done it before, it's just a "refresher" course, possibly to cover new

  9. I am about ready to throw in towel for nursing job

    ARBY replied to iwanna's topic in Retired Nurses

    ilmbg, you might try site reviews for insurance companies. I do these and they are VERY easy physically. Depending on where you live you MIGHT have to do a lot of driving. I live out in the middle...

  10. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    dec12, I SOOO agree with you. I, too, did charts from home on my computer and LOVED it. Like you said, if you can't sleep you can get up at 2 am in you jammies and bunny slippers and "work". When I...

  11. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    RubyRN, yes I disliked OB charts too 'cause they took SOOOO long. When I did them, luckily I was paid by the hour rather than the chart. cherish62, the first year I did HEDIS I worked for a company...

  12. I am about ready to throw in towel for nursing job

    ARBY replied to iwanna's topic in Retired Nurses

    Here is my schedule for parttime working. Beginning shortly after the new year I do HEDIS chart audits I happend to have found some that can be done on line but when I lived in So. CA, I traveled all...

  13. Anyone done HEDIS with Outcomes Inc?

    ARBY replied to changeseeker's topic in Quality Improvement

    It depends on how you are paid. When I did HEDIS in CA, I was paid by the hour, when I recently did it on line, I was paid by the chart. If paid by the chart, it also depends on which measures you...

  14. CA Nursing Board issues

    ARBY replied to gorkhim's topic in General Nursing

    If you already had a psych course, it may have to do with your score for that course when you took your boards. Different states sometimes have different "grade numbers" that they will accept, so,...

  15. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi cherish 62. I'm the one who started this thread way back when, so WELCOME. I found my first HEDIS job in So. CA by looking in the newspaper starting about Oct., or Nov. The first company found...

  16. Anyone have experience with Medical Site Reviewers?

    ARBY replied to teep's topic in Quality Improvement

    THANKS for the info Marlene. Yes, I did HEDIS chart reviews for 3 years when I lived in So. CA. I currently live out here in the middle of nowhere in West TX and no one has ever heard of HEDIS. The...

  17. Anyone have experience with Medical Site Reviewers?

    ARBY replied to teep's topic in Quality Improvement

    Marlene1, What are CARA reviews?

  18. Capd

    ARBY posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Anyone working with CAPD? It has been years since I worked in dialysis (helped open and organize a dialysis unit in the mid 70's) and CAPD seemed to me to be the way to go. Just wondered if it is...

  19. Help name our ROBOT

    ARBY replied to Nurse_Smith's topic in General Nursing

    how about godfor: good 'ole dependable (besides, don't most docs think they are?)

  20. Please share advice on improving efficiency and organization

    ARBY replied to Morgan314's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Maybe some day your office can order pizza and have a lunch time brainstorming meeting. Perhaps if you start calling the next patient when a person is out smoking, and then the next until you have an...

  21. Anyone done HEDIS with Outcomes Inc?

    ARBY replied to changeseeker's topic in Quality Improvement

    I think you should try to get to the "highest up" there, it's my bet that all you've talked to are the "flunkies". Their method is just too tedious and time consuming. Heck, when we sent stuff in...

  22. UNIVAL quesion

    ARBY replied to lovetoride's topic in Quality Improvement

    Molina HealthCare is who I worked directly for in So. CA. Sure wish I could find HEDIS out here in west TX. I recently did some pre HEDIS work in Washington DC and that company (out of MO) was...

  23. Doctor apologized

    ARBY replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked in the office of a GI doc. He asked me to call his PA and get some info. When I reported to him what she said, he ranted and raved at me in front of other staff and some...

  24. UNIVAL quesion

    ARBY replied to lovetoride's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi, I have worked for UNIVAL for almost 2 years now. I live out in the middle of nowhere in TX and even tho the pay is kinda low, it's as good as anything I can get here. Pay is determined by the...

  25. pharmaceutical companies?

    ARBY replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Doobiedo, PLEASE PM me, too. Out here in the middle of nowhere in W. TX, jobs for RN's are few and far between and offer TERRIBLE pay. I'd appreciate ANY help for pharmacy/medical rep you could...