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  1. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    some indications of fraud: admission without proper verbal or written order from a physician admission on the suggestion of a marketer passing patients from one agency to another sending therapy to...

  2. Home Care Fraud - How to escape.

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Yes, that is what I am saying. I do have one small amount of contingent work at 1 agency. I would like to get out of home care and seem to be trapped. Too many unethical agencies is right. Even...

  3. The Medicare/Home Health Mess in Dade County

    erroridiot replied to alain_johns's topic in Florida Nursing

    No kidding. They lie when their lips move. That is my belief and I'm sticking to it! A sad commentary all

  4. Job Scam- Wanted to give a heads up

    erroridiot replied to SweettartRN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I received a phone call from out of the blue for a home health supervisory job. The manager calling me stated that they received my resume from the owner's "cousin". The agency was "real" and...

  5. The Medicare/Home Health Mess in Dade County

    erroridiot replied to alain_johns's topic in Florida Nursing

    Florida is not the only place that the Medicare fraud mess is causing problems for nurses. The Medicare mess in Florida is also happening in other states such as Texas, California and Michigan....

  6. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    QA - no one wants to hear what the QA has to say. I have had agencies beg me to come work there and assure me that they want/need a QA only to find that they were not interested in tiny speck of the...

  7. Tough setting... or bad nurse?

    erroridiot replied to DeLana_RN's topic in General Nursing

    There are just too many tough (BAD) settings right now in nursing. How is your friend doing? Is she OK? It sounds like she will land on her feet because others are offering to assist her. The nurse...

  8. Horizontal Hostility Crisis / HR

    erroridiot replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    If you know of anyone who is hiring or who can assist you to find a job, contact them and let them know you are looking for a new position. HR is not your friend. It is a terrible situation to be...

  9. noncomplian patient...what to do?

    erroridiot replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Home Health

    Ultimately, the patient has the right to live like this. Even with a court appointed guardian, the patient has the right to refuse treatment in the majority of cases. Document the incidents, notify...

  10. Very unexpected job opportunity - need feedback please

    erroridiot replied to CFitzRN's topic in General Nursing

    10 visits per day! These visits will have to be very close to each other to accomplish that many visits in one day. You may want to find out the geographic area you are expected to cover in one

  11. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    The agencies are folding and crumpling quickly and the larger ones that do not fold are facing financial reversals from medicare take backs after audits. You are right, they hire people just to have...

  12. Anyone NOT have trouble getting a job?

    erroridiot replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    Could you elaborate about what "low end" means as far as nursing is

  13. Are managers allowed to give ultimatums?

    erroridiot replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    Tests are usually given after an inservice or some educational effort on the part of the tester. You should have study materials for the

  14. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    Thanks, caliotter3. It seems that these are jobs to be avoided. The agencies just don't

  15. Help! What to wear to 1st day of Orientation??

    erroridiot replied to NYRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Wear a big

  16. Are managers allowed to give ultimatums?

    erroridiot replied to ITALY123's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I wouldn't hesitate to ask for the references and/or bibliography for the "test". I have seen managers make some very bizarre tests that are actually an indication of their incompetence....

  17. DON, Supervisor Medicare Certified Agency

    erroridiot replied to erroridiot's topic in Home Health

    DPCS stands for? (director of politics and crap for survey is the only thing that is coming to mind) So, they disposed of the DPCS after they were used. How is the new DPCS? What did they use the...

  18. Fever and dying

    erroridiot replied to honeybee888's topic in General Nursing

    Reference: Symptom Management Algorithms: A Handbook for Palliative Care 2nd Ed. By Linda Wrede-Seaman, M.D. Fever over 100 degrees oral can be treated with Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Indomethacin, or...

  19. Nurses Who Can't Add Cost Lives.

    erroridiot replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Yes!!

  20. Is everything really the nurses fault?

    erroridiot replied to jerrylundergard's topic in General Nursing

    This cardiologist doesn't seem to have any speech deficit and is fully capable of talking to the "primary" about his

  21. Homebound guidelines

    erroridiot replied to cny4rn's topic in Home Health

    CMS clarification of homebound status for medicare home health care is here:

  22. is there something wrong with using the word combative?

    erroridiot replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Finally did somethin' rite! Golly, thanks for the whoop-@ss compliment! So that means that my charting is a better choice than the word

  23. is there something wrong with using the word combative?

    erroridiot replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    It would be less controversial to document the action: Ms. X forcefully hit Nurse Y in the nose with her left fist. Nurse Y sustained a facial fracture and laceration. Ms. X was removed from the...

  24. Closed Unit cliques ...how do I deal with it ????

    erroridiot replied to coffee4metech's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    u could bring them food to break the ice bring them chips and dips, very rich dips bring them cookies with extra butter, chocolate and nuts fatten them up candy cinnamon rolls extra rich banana bread...

  25. is this shady or not?

    erroridiot replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    doesn't even qualify as shady just plain sleazy don't stop looking for something better where you will be treated with dignity and