Thread regarding Humana Inc. layoffs

Yes I was in a meeting today that said Che's will not be sending health wise anymore and that HCMs will be doing that for themselves (this starts mid sept)... after this layoff apparently ... I know someone said no CHE tasks - I think they meant we have "no" tasks compared to what we normally have ... we realize there are member movements and yes there are going to be less tasks because of that... the tasks always dwindle down to almost none when there is a layoff coming ... Che's are completing these tasks people! No need to worry about that ... we still want to take care of our members!

HCM RN here I tasked CHE twice yesterday. From HAH program

I think the main reason there haven't been any CHE tasks lately is because the PHCs have been mainly making disenrollment calls for he past week and a half that don't involve tasks because the members are closed the same day.

I believe the direction we are headed is this. The evidence and behaviors so far support this, but please chime in if you have another theory. I think if we put our minds together we can figure out the master plan.

After job searching it is clear the industry trend is to have essentially HS grads doing a role called "care coordinator." Then you have the next level called "case manager" or "clinical...." Those are your licensed staff. The jobs at the bachelor level are non-existent and that's where we are headed based on the evidence. I have not seen any CHE type positions period because I probably would have applied. Soooo phase out PHC's, CHE --and non-licensed master HCMSS if they didn't already. Expand HCMSS & HCM role into care management and everyone is responsible for their own mbr education. Many companies require cate managers to live in the state of their members to be knowledgable aboit local resources and many are field based positions. For low interventions maybe a small staff of high school grads. But most of that workk is being handled by the IVR systems even now.

sooo, if they don't completely eliminate the CHE position, they will only need a few to do the job. This will be a massive layoff. I would guess 75% reduction in work force for the CHEs. No one is safe at this point!

A friend who is a CHE was informed at their team meeting.

Goodbye Job, how do you know this about Healthwise? Did your coach already share this with you?

Most of our job consists of sending out HW documents. That is probably 85% of what I send every day. There is very little approved outside of HW. If they can order HW then they can order OES as well. Our jobs are done and the CHE role will be gone. We were warned of this 6 months ago. Adios!

Starting in Sept CHEs will no longer be sending HW materials. HCMs will be sending them directly through HW using a new feature. CHEs will still send OES, etc, but looks like they are being phased out in a big way. This info is being told to CHEs at their team meetings.

Yes, I would also gladly miss out on severance if it meant I had another job where I'm treated well with benefits. I'm sending resumes every day.

I could see maybe a CHE round and a PHC round possibly ...

I have an interview today... I'd hate to leave before severance was offered (if I am laid off) but if it pays the bills and no stress of losing my job like this it may be worth it

I doubt there will be 2 rounds, unless you mean one for CHEs and one for PHCs. They will keep the PHCs until they are done unenrolling members. We could be given notice tomorrow. It wouldn't surprise me. Although, it took a while the last time we were begging for tasks before they laid off the the CHEs. They were lucky enough to be let go right away. The last round had to stick around to the bitter end.

This is a good time to be scouring for jobs. Not that there are any internal jobs that the CHEs can move into.