On November 17th nurses were told by upper management that we could work outside our state license and no longer had to adhere to licensure requirements.
Then on 12/9/2025 those directions were retracted and told to work only in states we are licensed in. How scary that a company cares less about the nurses and our licenses which is our livelihood!
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The new directions in UR have no idea what they are doing. They are good at kissing a-s and that’s it.
@ap I know it happened in UM. There were a few of us that did stand up and question it which is why I think they retracted the directive. Moral of the story is that we, as nurses, have to stand up and protect our license, no one else will.
your first mistake is assuming Humana cares about anyone. Its all about $$$
What department was this? This is scary that management thought this was ok.
Scary
Um why would any nurse listen to any one of the dolts in a “leadership” role about anything concerning their licensure?
@b1 This a liability and has been rampant for years (for LCSW/LPC. No one cares enough to address it I guess. If you stand your ground to protect your license you are considered a problem.
This a liability and has been rampant for years. No one cares enough to address it I guess. If you stand your ground to protect your license you are considered a problem.
@b1 the LCSW on our team could only work with members in states she was licensed.
I'm in no way siding with corporate healthcare, but I do see that directive as being no different than a physician writing an incorrect order that the nurse doesn't question. I worked way too hard for my license to just take any employer's word for it that licensure rules don't apply. It's not a liability issue they care about. Nurses defense would be "well the leaders said I could"? No. Any reasonable board of nursing will say-Nurse responsibility, accountability to know what they can and cannot do in practice.
Does anyone know why LCSWs and LPCs with Humana are allowed to work outside of licensed states? That seems like a huge liability too
WHOA NELLY!! that's all
What area are you in? We were definitely told that we need to be licensed where the member physically is.
In all my years of nursing, I've never heard of working in another state or on something for another state, WITHOUT that state specific license being okay. Want to work in or on something from California, you better be licensed.
A nurse would be essentially working outside of their license scope. This seems like such a huge liability issue. Wonder what made them think this was legal and appropriate?