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I worked for Amedisys for 3 years and would not work for them again. They only care about how much money they are going to make off of the RN filling out the OASIS. The PT's and RN's were constantly pressured to fill it out so that they would be reimbursed better whether or not it was truly how the pt should be scored. It was very frustrating to look at a 485 and see things that you knew you hadnt put on there. Were also pressured to admit a pt even if they clearly were not homebound. They wanted us to admit, get 5 visits, then d/c. It was very frustrating and I felt like I was completely defrauding Medicare everyday when I went to work. This is just my 2 cents. Good luck with moving and the new job.

Stay away from amedisys.

Did you apply at Gentiva? They called a friend of mine about 2 weeks ago offering her a job for the Elizabethton area. She had to turn it down because she had already accepted another job at MSHA. I dont think it's anything with you. Employers are just trying to get by with minimal staff right now. Something will come along that you feel good about.

Have you checked the VA in Johnson City to see if they are hiring? I know they have a wound care clinic. Also, home health might be an option with your wound care background. I am sure you would be a great asset to a home health agency as there are tons of patients at home requiring wound care. I did home health up until about 6 months ago and was making really good money. These are just a couple of ideas that I had. Good luck.

I live in the eastern most part of the state. Elizabethton is a smaller town with a small hospital called Sycamore Shoals Hospital. You can find out about this hospital and the numerous others it is in a group with at www.msha.com. MSHA owns a lot of hospitals in this area if you want to go to the website and take a look. Elizabethton is about 15 minutes from Johnson City which is a bigger area with a population of about 60,000 or so. The Elizabethton City School system is very good. There are also 3 colleges within 30 minutes. The other group of hospitals in this area is Wellmont and their website is www.wellmont.org. I just wanted to throw these websites out to you so you could have a place to start looking. Good luck!

Was this last visit going to be the 5th visit? I just recently quit home health and this is one issue that drove me crazy. No matter what, we were pushed to get 5 visits so we would be paid the full amount from Medicare.

I worked for Amedisys for 3 years and just recently started another job. I am so thankful that I am not there anymore. I was seeing 10-12 patients at least 3 days a week and the other days it was 8-9. I would sit and do paperwork for 4 hours at night then get to the office at 6:00 every morning to get it finished. It had to be turned in by 10:00 every morning. I felt like I had to answer the oasis questions so that the patients would have a higher score so we would get paid more. I stayed stressed out all the time. I quit this job and went to a Med Surg floor working 3 12 hour night shifts a week and I couldnt be happier or more relieved.

We are supposed to have all paperwork transmitted by the next morning at 10:00. If, however, we have a day with several OASIS they will give us an extra day. If we are ever over 2 days late then they start calling us and we are expected to come into the office and finish it before seeing the rest of our patients. I hate to even think of what they would do if I ever transmitted 7 days later. I hate having those visits sitting in my computer so I do my best to transmit the next day.

I should have added that I still love my job and that even though I am tired and a tad bit irritable by the end of the 12 days, I still cant see myself doing anything else. Dont let this discourage you from accepting the position. It is a very rewarding job and a job where you will truly be appreciated by your patients. In my eyes, the positives of this job sure do out weigh the negatives. Good Luck.

This is pretty much how it is where I work. This is my weekend so by the time Friday gets here, it will be 12 days in a row. I have done 22 days in a row before when we were short on nurses and the weekends had to be covered.

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I get 37 cents a mile so yep I would be happy with 44 cents a mile.

I do home health and spend a lot of time in my car driving between patients. You could stop and eat somewhere or eat in your car while driving to the next patient. It is pretty flexible.

It happens all the time with one nurse in particular. It infuriates me.:angryfire She also usually just goes ahead and calls in on Friday so her Friday patients get pushed to the weekend.

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