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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 to do by myself and possibly 6 or 7 hospitals yet t...

When I worked in dialysis I had a first time pt. that I was inserting quite large bore needles into his fistula. He and I were chatting as a way to distract him and somhow we got to talking about glasses. I said, "Yes, I'm blind as a bat without mi...

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

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 week-ends and 1 day per week, and then schedule yo...

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 LUCK

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 are doing, would you always have 2 days during th...

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 comes up:typing ARBY

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, I went all over, occasionally to Palm Springs...a ...

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 measures.

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 of nowhere in West TX...next week I go to Odessa (...

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 did them this year they thought I'd have ~1700 ch...

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 who found nurses for a So. CA insurance company. Th...

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 over So. CA doing them. These last ~ March-May. ...

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 are doing...some can be 5 min., some 1/2 hour. It ...

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, even though you passed the boards where you took the...

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 nurses for a So. CA insurance company. The 2nd year...

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 closest I'd have to go to do this again would be ...

Marlene1, What are CARA reviews? Thanks

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 still used. THANKS

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

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 "opening" for the smoking pt., the word will get ...

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 for IRR we only sent info supporting our answer. ...

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 hoping to get a contract for HEDIS for my area, but the...

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 patients. At the end of the day I walked into his office ...

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 kind of review you do, The easier site review is $3...