Select Medical reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(1,582 total reviews)
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Robert A. Ortenzio

67% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Select Medical has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,582 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Select Medical employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jan 25, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

-generally flexible schedules -benefit package is decent but also costly compared to other plans of similar quality, recently raised prices considerably.

Cons

-unethical: directors and upper management turn a blind eye to grouping then billing individually. -profit over patient welfare: pressure to make everyone an "ultra," which sometimes leads to inappropriate therapy minutes...some patients noticeably decline due in part to therapy they cannot tolerate. the alternative is to bill while the patient sleeps. -not all patients are equal: Med A minutes must be met. when the caseload is too high, told to skip Med B patients (for days at a time when the orders indicate 5 x per week) before shortening Med A minutes or calling/adding prn therapists. -unrealistic expectations: 90% minimum on an 8 hour day (including breaks, leaves you 15 minutes to go back and document on the gym computers). 89.4% and you're in trouble the next morning. Occasional pressure to hit 95% (illegal expectation due to mandated breaks) and 100% (that should be a red flag, not a minute in the facility unbilled? I mean really...) -the only news is bad news: meeting expectations and excelling are never praised. the only time we hear anything from management it's negative....work harder, profits aren't high enough, change the way you treat to make more money, etc.

2.0
Dec 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

pay is decent, but you work very hard for every dime

Cons

RN's and CNA's spread way to thin 6 heavy patients= 1 RN and 12 patients to 1 CNA, too heavy of work load to be carried out safely or the way they promote what they can do for your loved ones.. scary medical decisons being made by MD. Senior Nursing management does not have a clue about how hard the job responsiblilities are. always knowing you can be fired at any time for just about anything minor...management does not worry about if you get a lunch break or not, long day for 12 hour shifts with little or no breaks. do not have the appropriate equipment to handle pt's that come in weighting over 400lbs, very hard on the staffs body when you have to get these folks up and turn every two hours. the charting and medication cows are a joke....sorry just saying

3.0
Sep 12, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The pros of working for Select are the benefits. They aren’t too bad compared to other companies. If you work enough minutes of therapy a month, you can cash in points … I always got the Starbucks cards so I could sell them on eBay. I know.. what’s a coffee card, right? But hey, it’s better than nothing. Their 401K match was reasonable; the health insurance wasn’t too shabby as the deductible was quite reasonable. (I’m paying $3500/year deduction now w/another company).

Cons

The downside to working for Select? The minutes. God, it was awful. 480 minutes in an 8 hr. day and me and 1 other therapists would have to work close to 800 minutes day in 8 hours. True, Select was good with overtime and I worked every Saturday at time and a half if I wanted it. Since I’m single, I didn’t mind but others might. I’d still be with Select if the nursing home I worked at didn’t lose the contract which forced me to look elsewhere. Another downside is that Select is soooo big (they are out of PA), it’s hard to find somebody to answer a question sometimes but the personnel at headquarters seemed n ice and would try to find that one person who could address my concerns. When I first started, they tried to snow me into thinking they couldn’t afford to pay me much. Don’t let them do that to you. They can afford it, trust me.

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