I just want to say how awesome and well needed housecalls department is. I had a call for a patient today and you guys are so organized and on top of things and such an important asset to this company!
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Have heard rumors that some have already been laid off from housecalls but haven’t heard anything on here to confirm if this is true or not
@118 wow, I’m sorry to hear that. Please keep us posted if you hear anything. The same day scheduling is the worst…
@111 My peers in the counties that still have active members are very busy. The rest of us are on pins and needles with little to do. My CTM actually told me a couple months ago that I should not complain about being paid to sit at home. Now that we have same day scheduling I have to keep my phone on when scheduled even without any members. If they can’t find me members with weeks of prep don’t think I’m getting a same day but who knows. Won’t be long…
@10t thank you for sharing. Yes, please keep us posted! I had no idea some APCs had schedules that sparse.
I know a lot of us seem to have lighter schedules such as only being scheduled out 2-3 weeks, so I wonder how this is all going to play out.
HouseCalls APC working in NH. All NH counties were canceled except 3 counties with the 2 biggest cities. The 2 counties I cover were canceled. We are only seeing retirement plan members from companies like School Care, IBM etc. These plans originate outside NH and are national contracts.
I saw 11 members for the month of January. I have 3 members scheduled for tomorrow, February 3rd and no other members scheduled for the rest of the month. No new members added to my schedule in over a week.
Do not expect to keep my position and just waiting every other Friday for the call. Maybe this week or on the 20th as some have suggested. Will keep you posted.
@101 I’m surprised to see they are hiring HC APCs for Minnesota, that was one of the places that was listed as having Medicare cuts + all the ICE stuff going on..
Schedule still pretty thin at the end of the month. Stupid overbooking and same day scheduling. But I see that there are finally a few HC jobs posted so that’s sort of a good sign.
@zr not very coy, with their behavior they are all acting like they know something we don’t
@zr So true!
@zm upper management always acts like business as usual until the 15 minute invite is sent out.
@y2 similar west coast, but haven’t heard anything about lost contracts so not sure about that here. Scheduled two weeks out and third week beyond that is not full. Manager seems stressed/even annoyed but won’t say anything, carrying on with year in reviews like nothing is happening even though demeanor says something different. feels like we’re getting more and more scolded - charting reviews, RAL reviews, metrics, labs, etc etc - to justify no QVC or raise beyond probably 1%..
Really curious if we will hear something this month as far as updates.
Not sure how to interpret the scheduling, does it hint I’m likely getting laid off or is everyone’s schedules the same? It all feels weird
Strange stuff happening here; all of a sudden, schedules being packed to 8 members a day; limited schedules past 3 weeks; manager tight lipped; seems like getting set up to not make bonus any longer…lost a huge, huge contact in Ky so numbers are down; everyone walking on eggshells…don’t like the vibe! thoughts?
Is anyone booked beyond the next two weeks?
@jk same here
@cn we don’t get reimbursed by dx. We get reimbursed through contracts with healthcare plans.
@k4 I agree, since APCs have the ability to mostly make our own schedules the easiest date would be before a team meeting when everyone is already planning to be there. I wonder if we will hear anything at the next one coming up
@j8 I feel the easiest for them is going to before the team meeting…
@jf back to being booked full for about two weeks and beyond that just a few random days
Are schedules still super light?
Do you think they are more likely to do it on 02/19 with everyone else or before a team meeting like last time??
@fx trying to figure out the same thing. The west coast meeting didn’t seem to have many people on it. How will one be picked? I’m guessing it’s a few from each team/state but not enough that would trigger a warn act. Or one entire team from a state. Before UHC was saying estimated 1 million decrease in members, but the finance meeting yesterday said it’s actually more like 3 million. Which also makes me wonder if the budget they told us of 2.85 visits will have changed as well.
@fx do you mean the meetings with senior leadership earlier this month about the reduction in how many visits we will be able to complete this year? It looked like it went out to everyone, with one per time zone. My team is split into 2 time zones and everyone got both options to attend.
Were ALL Housecalls NPs in Texas in the meeting or just some? Trying to figure how they are going to pick and choose who stays and who goes. I’ve been with them for 14 years but I still assume I’ll be first up…
anyone that works in housecall scheduling here?
@cn the thing about Medicare fraud is, sooner or later you'll get taught. There are at least 3 letter agencies I can think of on the lookout constantly. So you're just not going to find much out of bounds.
If my boss asked me to break the law id resign and take it to the media, but thats just me
@d6 yes, we get it. This has already been posted like five other times we don’t need to keep harping on it. We already know cuts are coming, we literally had a meeting telling us that.
Appreciate the housecalls shoutout! we are all out here just trying to do our best and help people.
@cn yes:
“ Particular attention is being paid to the company's HouseCalls program, where nurses visited patients at home and allegedly recorded diagnoses in some cases that triggered additional payments. The news of the healthcare-fraud unit looking for upcoding is not new. This investigation is significant for several reasons. Medicare Advantage is a massive and fast-growing segment of U.S. healthcare, and any abuse of its billing structure undermines public trust and puts taxpayer dollars at risk.
Also, UnitedHealth is the largest player in the Medicare Advantage market. A criminal probe, distinct from earlier civil investigations, raises the stakes dramatically and could signal broader enforcement action across the industry. At stake are billions in federal payments, UnitedHealth’s reputation, and potentially its business model in care delivery and risk adjustment.”
@cn Please.
Every.single.medical office and hospital across the country codes to the highest specificity. We are encouraged to do the same. BUT---if it's not there it's not there. Every single day I find myself writing "cannot support this diagnosis in the home today, diagnosis removed."
And you know what happens? NOTHING.
Nothing happens.
There is no disciplinary action.
There is no $$ withheld.
If one of the APCs persists in writing diagnoses that cannot be supported---that is on THEM as an individual.
Werent they the ones diagnosing people with fake illnesses to get medicare $$!?
Thank you. I love my patients and job. Really sad that I’m so afraid of losing my job after 14 years. I’ve seen some of the same patients for 10+ years who request me by name.
Aside from the 4000+ nurse practitioners, PAs and MDs you mean?
Is anyone left in HC anymore? I thought it was 100% 100xAI or Philippines