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American Health Connection - Be aware - sm


Posted: Feb 09, 2015

I was hired by American Health Connection as a patient scheduler. I was sent an offer letter which I signed and then an email came with several forms to complete. Once had to be notarized, so I mailed everything back priority rate. Then, another email came with more attachments. Within those attachments, was a training reimbursement agreement that I was required to sign that said that if I quit the job prior to 6 months on the job I would have to pay $2,500 to the company. I have never in my life ever been asked this of me. Had I known about this FIRST, I would not have sent all of those other forms in first which contained my private information. I was also told that I would be required to add ICD-9 codes in addition to insurance verification and prior scheduling experience. All of this for 12 bucks an hour. Lastly, because I mailed everything in I was asked if this was going to be an issue in the future because they said they were a "modern" company and expect everything to be scanned, attached as pdfs and emailed back. I am not about to email my private information such as social security number, address, bank check, driver's license, etc. There's just too much identity theft going on. I also bought the headset/mic that was required, so now I have to sell that to recoup my money because the company won't take it back. 

I'm so sorry this happened to you. - SM

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I would not even consider liking your post because what happened to you is horrible. For 12 dollars an hour? I mean, I'm speechless. How in the world are these "companies" getting away with this???

When are these scams gong to stop - Dear Lord

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Thank you for letting everyone know your experience. You may save another from having to go through this. And yes, how are these companies getting away with this. People are just so desperate to work from home that they are getting taken advantage of from every angle. Nothing wrong with wanting to work from home, but there is EVERYTHING wrong with companies taking advantage of this. We hate government getting involved in everything and I agree, but shouldn't there be some sort of protection from this crap. File complaints against the Bait tactics so many are pulling. File complaints and warn on as many boards as you can. Please do something! Exposure is really the only way to stop this.

AHC - I contacted them

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I sent them an e-mail stating I was looking for a part time employee position and would not consider an IC position and sent my resume'. They immediately responded, stating they were not hiring at this time and my application will be deleted! I did read about the headphones though. So either they are lying or people are so desperate for jobs, they do what these companies want. As for the $2500.00. I have heard of places training people and then if you don't fulfill your contract with them, they make you pay for the training, so I don't know if I would consider that a scam or not. I guess what was unfair to you, is they didn't disclose everything you were expected to do. Bummer! Hope you can sell the headset!

The problem was part time. - sm

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They told me that they only hire full time because it's not worth their time to train people who want to work part time.

Part Time - Thanks!

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Thanks for posting that. Their e-mail was rather abrupt to say the least, but I figured they must get a ton every day. Kind of surprised to even hear back. It is so difficult to find a PT employee position. IC jobs all over the place, but I am an IC and don't want another IC job. I don't like the tax stuff you have to do.


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