Kmrn65
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Hi, Have a question... If you are a CM n a hospital, are you requiring the Docs to put the CMS medicare midnight qualifying statement on all medicare AND medicare inpatients? Our Docs are saying that they do not have to do this at other hospitals... Thanks! Kathy
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Prayer, I am so sorry you have to do that but I hope your test comes back soon!! Scarlett, if you get chosen for the like 2 urine tests/month the bill is usually around $87, but if you get blood tests it gets expensive. I have had one dilute and about 50% of my urine comes back "abnormal" ( low creatinine or something?) So I have had 3 blood tests in 8 months, and those months the testing bill was $369. Good luck... don't miss check ins. I did and it cost me:(
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I feel your pain PD! I am going to be 57 next month, and I have said repeatedly that " this is what I am doing TODAY". I am not sure about tomorrow yet, and I am going to look for non nursing options for employment myself. For me it isn't about staying sober as much as it is exhausting dealing with the board requirements. My urine comes back as "abnormal" about 50% of the time, and all our tests are observed. I have to contact the MRO tomorrow about another " abnormal" urine, and have gotten a warning letter for missed check ins, and not doing anything in life except working and going to meetings. I feel like I check in more with Vault health than I check in with God! It is truly just a PIA.
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Seriously? A lie detector test?? Wow... I mean....wow... no words.
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I don't know about Michigan, I am I. NC but I am sorry that you are experiencing this. In NC the board stipulates that you can't work more than one job at a time, or any OT, etc. For the first year in the program nor as a traveler. I would assume that you should self report to all states you want to keep licenses in, but honestly if it were me I would choose one state to maintain licensure in.
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I was wondering how often nurses in NC ADP have been sent to submit blood? I have been in the program less than a year and have been sent twice.
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Hi, I have had one result that simply said " abnormal" , and it was the creatinine. I didn't know or understand what that meant or why it mattered, so I googled it. I guess fake urine has a different creatinine? Anyway, would have to be a Houdini to pull that off since all urines are observed, LOL. I freaked out about it, but turned out to be nothing more than a reason for them to send me for another expensive drug test:(
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In NC ALL urine tests are observed.
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My bill last month was $428 , no warning:(
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I can't make heads or tails of the fees and charges:( I am in NC and they use FS Solutions; now Vault Health, for testing, and there is no system for sending you an invoice or bill. You just get a surprise on the 13th of each month when they take their piece of the pie. When I asked them why, they directed on how to navigate their site to see my billing history, and said that I can tell from looking there... really? I took a screenshot of my billing history. Maybe I'm stupid, but I can't look at this and tell how much my next bill will be?
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I am in the NCBON alternative program too... in the process of reinstatement and ready to scream...:( I truly am thinking that I might rather work at Chic Filet than put myself through this! Congratulations on finishing!!
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I; conveniently , and thankfully... live very close to the hospital and the testing site, so I usually leave on my lunch break and it is just understood by my supervisor that it is something I have to do..:(
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I feel your pain:( I too am wondering the same thing. I am sober, and will stay that way but this monitoring program is expensive, and tough on me emotionally and psychologically. I am taking it one day at a time, but I have been in nursing for most of my life, I am almost 57 years old, and I am looking at ALL options out there besides this:(
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I really like the women in Healthcare meeting. It's Wednesday night at 10 east coast, 7 west.
