trendzRN

Hi, FFS is Fee for service meaning you can work when you want to and they pay you per case. I will give you an example. For 2 years I was working for a company that paid $125 per case and I worked when I wanted to. I had no set days or hrs to work. I told them when I was available. ParadiseboundRN is right there are many HHA out there and you have to make sure it is right for you. I know what you are going through with the baby because I want to be here for her but I still need to work as well. FFS gives me the flexibility to do that. If I want to go in I go. If not, I don't and they cannot get upset at you for that. I worked full time with the last company I was with and it was not flexible at all. You still had your independence but to get home to a young baby would have been impossible for me and then I had to do paperwork at home which because tedious because you are driving around all day, you have to cook, clean and do homework with kids ( I have a 9 year old as well) and then you are tired. I had to do alot of floating around too because people calling out sick and they did not have enough nurses to cover. So I ended up getting home lots of nights around 7pm or 8pm. This is why I left there because I have the baby and I am not going to work that schedule again. So for me, FFS works well and I don't need benefits because my husband has them for us and I just put money into my own retirement account. I also am applying for NP school in September. I need flexibility.... If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Good Luck and congrats on your baby as well :)

Hi, I have been a home Health RN for 5 years. I just went on two interviews this week because I stopped working at my job due to having a baby and did not want to work at the company anymore. The questions I asked them was how many cases are you expected to do a day? Depending on if you are doing FFS or full time they can tell you what they expect of you. I want FFS because I want to work when I want to and get home to my 3 month old. You should also ask how many start of care you will be responsible for a day, resumption of care, are you responsible for case management as well or will you be reporting to the case manager on how your visit has gone. One job I went for was for hybrid home care nurse meaning they wanted me in the office 60% of the time and out in the field 40% of the time. In the office was the case management part. If you are not going through agency, then you can ask to see if they reimburse you for mileage and if you are doing FFS, how much it is per case and how much is to open a case because those are two different pay rates. I don't know what the salaries are in AZ, but in NY it is anywhere between 72K-85K plus benefits. My last job was 80K. Maybe you can go on salary.com to see what it is range in your area. I am only telling you FFS is per case pay because if you like it you can pick up a per diem on the side. Ask them what is the turn around time for the paperwork to be turned in because where I was, if I remember correctly it was 5 days after you went to visit for a start of care, resumption of care. For a revisit, I just tried to do it that same night. Ask them do you have any on call responsibilities. Is it a Managed Long Term Care program (MLTC)? Those you have to do SAAMS every 180 days, so I would ask if you would be doing that type of paperwork. Do you have any mandatory weekends? How long is orientation? Is there possible growth in the company? I think those were all the questions I asked off the top of my head from what I can remember. Also my interview was laid back, they just asked me to tell them about myself, what have I done even though they went through my resume. I guess they want to hear you tell your story. I never had any clinical questions asked of me. Just what I have done. I just explained I have done wound care, medication prepours, teaching on different medications, full head to toe assessment, injections, glucose monitoring, etc... With all those questions I asked, I got hired. I start monday of next week. So I think I did well enough on the interview. Good luck and I hope I answered some of your questions :)