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Any Ohio IP nurses out there? Just wondering what your thoughts are about our wages being cut by 20%. For homecare agencies their 1st hour is only being cut by 5%, while our 1st hour is being cut by 20% for doing the same work. Then for every hour af...

Has anyone ever heard of air getting into a completely deflated trach cuff? As far as I know, no one injected the air. This child has a trach that we were keeping the cuff filled with 1.5ml to 2 ml of sterile H2O, as ordered. Has been weaned down to ...

Thank you for your response. I have worked the past 2 days and absolutely no air filled into the balloon on its own while I was on duty. I checked the balloon continuously throughout the day. However, both yesterday and today, when I arrived on duty,...

Thank you for your responses. It will be interesting to see what I find Monday morning. I have my own thoughts about what is going on. Almost 100% sure air is not getting in there on its own. I found nothing wrong with the inflation line, balloon cuf...

The child is vent dependent. We were using the sterile H20 as ordered. I have never used air in a trach cuff. I discovered the air this morning when I was doing my nursing assessment. The ballon was inflated. I slowly began to deflate the cuff.....no...

It is obvious to me who is accepting this crap! Independent providers are.... We have the one group of independents who are not even aware yet of what has gone down. Then, we have the group of independents who are aware of what has gone down, but hav...

It continues to amaze me how many independents still are not aware of the 20% pay reduction. I was talking with a friend the other day, whose neice is a HHA and has been with the program for 4 1/2 yrs. The next thing I knew, her niece was calling me ...

I was stood up for an interview by the administrator and clinical director of a home health agency. I arrived for the interview and the secretary told me to have a seat. She gave me an application to complete. While I am filling out the app, a HHA ca...

You need to chill. Everyone has an opinion. The past, is the past and does not matter, but the future facing IPs does. We can learn from the past and not make the same mistakes. All IPs need to focus right now on finding a reputible healthcare organi...

NO, Independent Providers do not need a union. What we need is a home healthcare organization to advocate for us. An organization who believes in us, and who cares about issues facing independents, not just agencies.

Many IPs were going to give their support to the Ohio Council for Home Care several years ago. The membership offered to us, I believe was only $125/year. Myself and others were excited. They made up a separate membership form for nurses who were ind...

Why is this a surprise to you? This all went down weeks ago. Why would they have notified us on the 'myohiohcp' page? That would have made sense. Some of us are lucky if we can receive a correct, updated ASP on the 'myohiohcp' from a CM after asking ...

If you have something to announce, then please do so. Why wait to give out info? Just wondering, are you an Independent Provider?

I had actually worked that homecare case with the LPN about 5 years ago. I worked days and she worked nights. This was not a medicaid waiver case. I remember reading about it too in the Chronicle and Lorain Journal. I read about the other nurse in th...

My billing company told me, it was the 1st hour and subsequent units. I received a forwarded email from my billing company, that they had received, where it was stated: "Aside from receiving the 5% and 3% cuts on first hours for nurses and aides resp...

I know what you mean.....I have seen all the different stories on the 20% pay reduction depending what website you are looking at. As usual it has become confusing for IPs. Have you been able to find this in ODJFS Emanuals updates? If you find it, pl...

We certainly need something, that will bring attention to what is going on within the Ohio Home Care Program. I wish a news reporter would confront them with the cameras rolling as to why this drastic pay cut 20% for IP nurses in order to avoid a dra...

devin4329 "im just wondering why they are doing this to us nurses, i hear they plan on cutting some more within time, and i dont doubt it, they are going to make it where nurses are not going to be able to afford to be an independent provider and the...

"Office cleaning pays well? Where? How do I get into that? Send me a message with details! I am ready." ME TOO! Where do I apply?

Any Ohio IPs out there? What area of Ohio are you in? Are you going to accept the 20% pay cut or find a new job?

Chrisherrma, Do you know how many IP nurses there currently are for the Ohio Waiver Home Care Program? Just wondering what everyone is doing. I heard some have voluntarily surrendered their IP number already and are working in LTC facilities. Others ...

How TRUE!

Independent providers have never received any type of benefit coverage from the state. We provide a services to their home care consumers and they pay us directly, but never had and never will let us become state employees. Many IPs I have spoken to ...

Yes, the consumers needed to complain before the bill was signed. They were our ONLY voice behind us. I understand many are very concerned they are going to lose their independent provider nurse or aide and making their voices heard now. But now is t...