Tampa121

Tampa121

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  1. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Home Health

    I work for a start up home health agency in Tampa. I applied for an RN per diem position but he asked me to be his DON because the last one resigned after 1 month. During my interview I told the...

  2. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    I suggested to hire consultants and was told NO we don't need them!!! Imagine making a policy and procedure manual from google! Not to mention all the other logs I had to put together! He said, " what...

  3. Discharge date

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Thank you, all! I called my OASIS mentor and she said "do not put VS in" as I did not assess him the day I dc'd him. In my narrative and summary I put in the date of last visit with my assessment and...

  4. Discharge date

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi all, I know I know this, forgive me.. When you have a patient who is discharged by phone today and the last day I visited him was 1 week ago--what do I put down as discharge date. I didn't assess...

  5. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Supposedly he was an Administrator for a brief time at a small company that did managed care,not MCR. Not sure, I didn't look at his personnel

  6. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    How true La.....He will be in the hotseat (or he throws me under the bus, again!) soon! When I interviewed I told him at 2 interviews I knew basic coding BUT nothing about case mix, etc. There is so...

  7. Using HH computer software

    Tampa121 replied to agardner2020's topic in Home Health

    Thank you-Maura. I have to keep Axxess for awhile because of the non-refundable set up

  8. Using HH computer software

    Tampa121 replied to agardner2020's topic in Home Health

    I use Axxess, new to it. Some of it is good and some not so good. I do not like their goals and interventions, so I add my own to theirs and delete what is not pertinent for my pt. I used Kinnser in...

  9. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    TY LaRN! They are friends! And, the owner knows less than the administrator re:homecare. So, I will stay and self teach as much as I can. He hired a marketing liaison, so MCR pts. will be coming in...

  10. Failed Medicare Survey

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Update! We passed-Administrator had to put together a Prof. Advisory Comm. Mtg Manual, to pass!! My few things in documentation I corrected, but he said "he never told us we failed!!!!" I was not...

  11. Changing MD wound care order

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Thank you, I agree with you. I asked him again today for a job description and he finally admitted he didn't have one. so he said he will put a clause into the job desc. i have which is contract hi...

  12. Changing MD wound care order

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Home Health

    I work for a small HC company. The MD ordered 1/2 in nu gauze packing to the wound. I called MD to inform him we did not have nu gauze and could I substitute a sterile 2x2. The MA at his office called...

  13. Home Health Recert Calendar

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hi everyone, Does anyone have a website for me to find a Recert calendar for HH? And, is it that we have a 5 day window prior to the date, ie: recert period 08/11/12-10/09/12. So, the recert should be...

  14. Home Health Recert Calendar

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Home Health

    Thank you very

  15. 60 visits a week quota ?? sound possible?

    Tampa121 replied to SweetRN007's topic in Home Health

    Sounds like you are going to do the right thing! 60 is setting yourself up for failure especially with all the OASIS visits! Good

  16. job hopper help

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you-I agree with you 100%. To get my BSN will cost me 25k and I don't have that kind of money. So, I guess it has to be per diem and agency work! Yes, I'd love a facelift BUT can't afford that...

  17. job hopper help

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I held a home care job for 3 months from March to May and resigned the end of May for personal reasons. My father was ill and needed to be placed in assisted living. I returned to Florida after...

  18. job hopper help

    Tampa121 replied to Tampa121's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks Kasandra for replying. I spoke with my mentors from previous jobs, ICU,Homecare and they said leave it off because if I don't put it on they can't check it. Plus the HC company requires each...

  19. Quit or be fired

    Tampa121 replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Florida in Workers comp. when i interviewed i told them i was computer illiterate. they told me they would teach me and not to worry about the quota, well, i was placed on a performance...

  20. Anyone working for Humana?

    Tampa121 replied to CJLESNER's topic in Case Management

    I am also glad you love your job. I work for a worker's comp company here in FL and was just told the UR dept. (mine) is being outsourced to the Phillipines as of Jan. 1, 2012. Help, please. I guess...

  21. UR FORMAT QUESTION

    Tampa121 replied to springfieldrn's topic in Case Management

    Hi everyone, I interviwed yesterday for a managed care Concurrent review position and one of the MD's interview questions was--if our contract with a facility is paid based on a DRG, do you want to...

  22. Applying for UR or Case Management Position... Need help!!!

    Tampa121 replied to Katria's topic in Case Management

    Dear Annette, I, too, am attempting to apply to UR/Case Management experience. I have been a nurse for 37yrs from home care, case management, old UR exp, concurrent review,Interqual, ICU. I would...

  23. Help, not finding the right fit in FL

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi everyone, I need some advice, please. I keep taking jobs in Florida, that either are not a good fit, no benefits, etc. I am an RN with 35 yrs experience in Home Care, Acute (ICU/CCU) care and Case...

  24. Tampa good and Tampa don't do it

    Tampa121 replied to daves's topic in Florida Nursing

    Do you have to have your BSN to work for them? Thank

  25. Working as a CM in 4 ALF's

    Tampa121 posted a topic in Case Management

    Does anyone work as a Home care CM, covering 4 ALF's, plus community pts? I am required to do all starts of care, recerts, ROC's, DC's, wound measurements wkly, 4 mtgs with 4 DON's, lasting 1-2hrs,...