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  1. VA Hosp. or VA Nsg. Home in Marion

    ARBY posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    Do you work at the VA Hosp. or VA Nsg. Home in Marion? My husband and I are thinking of moving there but the VA Hosp. is VERY important for him and we need to know what this one is like. Any info you...

  2. ??~License by Endorsement

    ARBY posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I graduated and took my original state boards in OH in 1967. I immediately moved to TX and had my license by endorsement here until 1970 when I moved back to OH and resumed working there. I moved to...

  3. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi jo5555, I'm out here in west TX and there aren't any HEDIS jobs out here. When I worked in So. CA, we got a bonus of $100 for every week we checked more than 240 charts. Of course you had to...

  4. Registration in TX

    ARBY posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm an RN and was registered here in TX about 35 years ago when DH was stationed here in the Air Force. Do you think that will give me any + help when transferring my registration back here? (I...

  5. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Sorry to be so long in getting back to you but I've been traveling. About November I would start looking on the web-based job sites, (such as Hot Jobs.com) and under key work put HEDIS. Companies...

  6. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi, I've just arrived in OH to visit relatives for about a month so I was late in getting back to you. YES, the diabetes measures can take FORVER...especially when the charts are 4" thick and NO...

  7. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Shouldn't tell you this but when I was in So. CA, part of my assignment was the Palm Springs area. It was a tough job but somebody had to do it. HA! HA! Trouble is, by the time you got done for the...

  8. Texas Board of Nusing

    ARBY replied to Faynell's topic in Texas Nursing

    You are oh so right about the $$$. When I moved to CA I put my NC license on hold. When I requested my CA license I had to pay to re-activate my NC license at full price so they could verify to CA...

  9. Hedis 2005...

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    I did HEDIS the last 3 springs when I lived in So. CA and, as you've said, they can't seem to get their act together to get assignments out in a timely fashion. WE have a time limit but the insurance...

  10. Texas Board of Nusing

    ARBY replied to Faynell's topic in Texas Nursing

    I still think once you are registered in ANY state you should be allowed to work in ANY stste...afterall, this is the UNITED states, not Germany, France, Spain, USSR, etc!!!

  11. Anyone doing HEDIS chart audits in west TX?

    ARBY posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, I've just moved to west TX. :) The last 3 years I did HEDIS chart audits in So. CA and would like to do them here. Any info. would be greatly appreciated. THANK

  12. Anyone doing HEDIS chart audits in west TX?

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi MissPiggy...welcome aboard. I'm a little east of Midland/Odessa. Where are

  13. Travel Nursing in your RV full time

    ARBY replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    When we first started traveling we sold everything but a few things we thought we MIGHT want and put those in storage. We said we'd give it 2 years and then re-evaluate. We're still at it. HA! HA!...

  14. Travel Nursing in your RV full time

    ARBY replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi, I've been doing this for 6 years now. The first few years I did home health care for a private case. The last 3 years I did HEDIS chart audits in S. CA. I only had to work about 4 months a...

  15. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Marya, it was spring of 2004 that I did the 1200 or so charts. I worked for Molina out of So. CA then. As I said, haven't found any companies to work for so far for the coming Spring audits of 2005....

  16. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    I don't know of any but that doesn't mean they don't exist. The insurance co. I worked for would contact an office if they had less than 6 charts that the insurance company wanted to see. They would...

  17. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Marya, I replied to your post on the other topic. GOOD

  18. Anyone doing EPSDT or HealthStart audits?

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    Hi Mayra, I did HEDIS for Molina in So. CA the last 2 years. The year before that Q-Mark from CO did it for Molina and I worked for Q-Mark. I'll do them again in 2005 if I can find a company here in...

  19. Anyone doing EPSDT or HealthStart audits?

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    THANKS for the info. It sounds a lot like the HEDIS chart audits I've done the past 3 springs. Thanks

  20. Anyone doing EPSDT or HealthStart audits?

    ARBY replied to hoolahan's topic in Quality Improvement

    What is EPSDT and, please, tell me about HealthStart audits

  21. Anyone doing HEDIS in west TX?

    ARBY posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi, I did HEDIS in So. CA for the last 3 springs but I've recently moved to west TX and would like to do this there. Anyone else doing this? In CA I found the ad for HEDIS in the newspaper, any other...

  22. Anyone doing HEDIS in west TX?

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Texas Nursing

    We are employed by insurance companies to go to Dr's offices, clinics and hospitals to see if proper care/follow-up is give to patients according to their diagnosis. You are assigned specific charts...

  23. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    My cousin, also an RN, alerted me to HEDIS chart audits. We have to go to the insurance company every year for 2 1/2 days of training and refresher and then pass a "test" with 95% accuracy. I looked...

  24. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Here in S. CA I get $30 an hour, that includes my travel time also. Plus we get .375 cents per

  25. Anyone doing HEDIS???

    ARBY replied to ARBY's topic in Quality Improvement

    Yes, the newspaper was where I found HEDIS also. My cousin had told me about it and said to start watching for it late fall or early winter. I think it is done in the spring across the country. GOOD...