--000000000000c7c4fb062c7ae4c6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amy makes $65,000. It's pretty difficult to get a nurse for under $90,000. This might be unrealistic but given that this wouldn't be a job that requires heavy patient care I think we could start at $80,000 and see what happens. On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:17=E2=80=AFPM Timothy Thomas wrot= e: > Remind me what you think and RN would cost vs what we're paying Amy? I'll > get to work on this with Melissa. > > Good work on the opportunity cost analysis. > > On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:33=E2=80=AFPM Teresa Heit > wrote: > >> Hey Tim, >> >> We had talked about the possibility of moving more towards an RN for the >> CSM role. I was working on trying to see where we fell when looking at >> having to increase the salary and what we would be saving if we didn't h= ave >> to send all of our caregivers out for testing. In a perfect world I coul= d >> have used invoices but they weren't doing the testing until June as they >> were unaware that the regulations required it. We also weren't bringing = in >> the amount of caregivers that we are now so I've looked at the last 2 >> months as that's when Matt took over recruiting. >> >> We pay $190 for the initial TB and physical and then $72 for the second >> TB test equaling $262 per caregiver. Matt has brought in 26 new caregive= rs >> in the last 2 months bringing the bill to $6812. We may not always have >> those numbers but even if we had 10 new hires a month it would be around >> $31,000 a year. I have had to disposition 4 of those caregivers for fail= ing >> to complete the second TB so I guess that number could be a little lower >> but that's not considering the cost to onboard them. I do believe we wou= ld >> be able to retain some of these caregivers if they didn't have to go spe= nd >> hours at concentra. It is very common to have a 2 hour wait time. In >> addition to that we all have to have a physical biannually which probabl= y >> adds another 25 physicals a year. >> >> A nurse could complete both items. It would require that we have access >> to the TB skin test solution. The last time I purchased it I believe it = was >> around $120 a vial but could be used for multiple tests. We would also n= eed >> an account with a vendor like Medline which I believe just required a st= ate >> license number to purchase rather than needing a doctor's order. >> >> Let me know your thoughts. >> >> -- >> *Teresa Heit* >> *Administrator* >> *(O) 913-663-5000* >> *(C) 913-961-3130* >> >> >> >> >> *6-4717*[image: TheKey] >> > --000000000000c7c4fb062c7ae4c6 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Amy makes $65,000. It's pretty difficult to get a nurs= e for under $90,000. This might be unrealistic but given that this wouldn&#= 39;t be a job that requires heavy patient care I think we could start at $8= 0,000 and see what happens. On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 3:= 17=