It's become a real problem for me. I may not make the final calls, but that doesn't make it any easier. I now dread coming to work, and I carry specific cases home with me. I'd give anything to get out. I've been applying for months, but nothing yet. I'm genuinely not sure I can keep doing this without lasting damage to my mental health. How do you all deal with it?
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@dw 100% the problem when you're getting directives from SD or his cronies. fish rots from the head
@d5 An internal hotline means you will put a target on your back. If you really think they don’t know what they are doing. That’s a joke. The best way to protect yourself from anything is to report it Medicare and get your little number . That way you can sit there and not worry about those situations because you did your due diligence.
You should -- are obligated to -- report it. Please do. There's an internal ethics hotline and if this is related to patient care or Medicare there are external ways to do it.
I show up, collect my pay check, and care as much as Optum’s leadership (which is to say not at all.)
If you know of unethical situations what good is taking the information home. Your duty is to go online and file a report to Medicare and the state agencies of the wrongdoing. Even if it’s not a hundred percent. It can be done anonymously. There a reason you watch all those videos about risk and compliance in the end it’s about making sure these people aren’t doing bad things. Of course if they are unethical their risk and compliance are unethical. So reporting to outside agency is your best bet and no one expects u to quit your job but you can do your job and report. Than it is up to those agencies to do their job.
I am miserable but better than taking unemployment insurance.
I was RIF last week. Director level. I could no longer handle the emotional toll this job was ki-ling me. I am so happy to have been in the last RIF. The relief was instant and I haven’t been this happy in a long long time.
I hate it too. I'm not involved in clinical decisions, but our company is deeply unethical and we all know it. Honestly, I try to just keep my head down and forget about it.
I took a job at burger king. I'm happy now but deeply in debt
I choose to read all the good we do that is spewed on Sparq daily by these su-k up employees. 😂🤣🤡
Are you in quality? Prior auth? Housecalls?