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American Specialty Health

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Money money money money! - Anonymous employee American Specialty Health Employee Review

1.0
Aug 26, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I would give a great reason to be affiliated but I can't. This place should fold twice over in bankruptcy.

Cons

Healthyroads is nothing more than a front. American Specialty Health is the absolute worst manifestation of the "managed care" debacle in this country today. It exists for nothing more than to make easy money serving as a middle-man between insurance companies and health care providers, denying as many claims as possible and increasing the administrative burden on doctors. I'm glad that Aetna cut ties with this despicable enterprise in my state--they were bad enough on their own without ASH dragging them down. This company has poorly trained entry-level workers "managing" health care decisions, playing doctor in the place of highly educated medical professionals. Want to know the reason doctors' morale is at an all-time low, meaningless paperwork is abundant, and patients can't understand or use the benefits they pay for? It's because of companies like these sucking the life out of the once-great practice of health care. Get yours while you can, ASH, because your time is limited. Doctors and patients won't put up with this level of unfair bureaucratic torture forever. I look forward to your next class-action lawsuit.

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American Specialty Health Response
8y
Hello, We’re sorry that you had a disappointing experience with ASH. We work with national health plans and employer groups to provide them with programs above and beyond their traditional scope, including employee health management, member fitness and exercise programs, and member access to a broad network of musculoskeletal providers, from chiropractors to massage therapists. We take our client, member, provider and employee satisfaction seriously, conducting satisfaction surveys to obtain feedback on where we can improve. In our most recent survey of members regarding their satisfaction with their network provider, 94% of patient respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their primary condition was successfully treated through our provider network. ASH is proud of the extensive training program we host for our Customer Service Representatives, including two levels of agent training, both consisting of 6 week combined classroom, on-the-job call training and which are both accompanied by mentors for assistance. We employ a highly trained staff of licensed chiropractors, acupuncturists, dietitians and other practitioners who are involved in our medical necessity review process and who follow best practices that have been established for our industry, based on the most recent research and literature. Additionally, ASH is accredited by URAC, a nationally recognized leading entity for accrediting specialty health plans. By applying for and receiving URAC accreditation, American Specialty Health Insurance Company and American Specialty Health Networks have demonstrated the commitment to be measured by nationally accepted health care benchmarks. In addition, ASH is accredited by the National Committee on Quality Assurance. NCQA is committed to providing health care quality information through the web and the media in order to help consumers, employers, and others make more informed health care choices. Whether you are a former or current employee, provider in our network, or a patient, we take your concerns seriously. If you would like to speak more about them, please reach out to our head of Human Resources, Kristin Bragg, to schedule a call with both of us. Thank you, Robert White, President and Chief Operations Officer, American Specialty Health

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Good work life balance, the company always promotes from within, leadership cares about their teams

Cons

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American Specialty Health Response
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Thank you for your ongoing service to ASH. We’re pleased that you enjoy the balance that the remote-first work environment at ASH offers. Supporting employee growth is a priority for us, and we’re proud to see an average of 16% of our employees promoted last year, compared to the national average of 8%. We also acknowledge employee contributions through annual merit increases for eligible employees and a performance recognition program. We appreciate your feedback on offering flexible work hours and invite you to share additional details with your leadership team.
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Jun 19, 2026
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Work From Home and Make Up Time

Cons

Favoritism, unproductive environment. The department I worked in had a QA who belittled people in the position they just got hired from. I mean said some really hateful things. One of the worst mistakes I made was wanting to learn more and applying for a position. The role paid $15 per hour and I lost every single merit increase I’d ever earned. I liked learning this new role but put myself into debt financially at home for it and now I’m no longer here because somewhere else offered me better money for the same job. There needs to be more improvement on the micromanaging, the culture, the PAY (I don’t care what the company’s research says, the job postings by similar companies say something different). This could be an awesome place to work but the pay and some of the people need to be reviewed. It was like a mean girl club where I was and it’s unproductive and not inclusive to people who are new making a few mistakes and still learning. A good portion of the supervisors are checked out and have no idea how to help you. They just show up because they get paid to be there for maybe 4-5 hours per day. This place needs to come together and needs to actually read the bad reviews and believe them and just focus on improving. Things can get better, the first step is acknowledgement that it’s not perfect.

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American Specialty Health Response
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We’re glad to hear you valued the flexibility of working for a remote-first company. At the same time, we’re sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy your experience at ASH. We value a respectful, inclusive environment and welcome opportunities to learn from employee feedback. Please send us an email to hr@ashn.com with more details so we can share your feedback with our department leaders. As a national specialty health organization serving more than 62 million members, our quality assurance requirements are in place to ensure safety, accuracy, and quality member experiences. To stay competitive in the job market, we review market data and are committed to rewarding and promoting our employees. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and wish you the best in your future endeavors.
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