Patient Care Manager
Company: Egan - Ochsner Home Health New Orleans
Location: New Orleans
Posted on: May 3, 2024
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Job Description:
We are hiring for a Patient Care Manager At Ochsner Home Health,
a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and
trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for
the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities
we serve-it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home
for your career here. --- ---As a Patient Care Manager you can
expect:--- flexibility for true work-life balance opportunities for
career growth the ability to build trusted nurse-patient
relationships. employee-focused wellness and support programs ---If
you love nursing and want to strengthen your experience, this is a
great opportunity for you. The Home Health Patient Care Manager is
responsible in coordinating a team of staff to assure the
continuity of high quality care to home health patients assigned to
the team's area. This includes ensuring all team staff are skilled
and informed and that they are committed to providing quality care
in an efficient manner in accordance with physician's orders and
State/Medicare guidelines. The Home Health Patient Care Manager is
responsible for the overall supervision and coordination of
clinical services. Coordinates and supervises an interdisciplinary
team of staff to assure the continuity of high quality care to home
health patients assigned to the team's area in accordance with
physician prescribed plan of care, and all applicable state and
federal laws and regulations. Receives referrals and ensures
appropriate clinician and/or therapist(s) assignments for timely
patient evaluation by signing off after authorization and plotting
start of care (SOC) visits. Coordinates determination of patient
home health benefits, medical necessity, and ongoing insurance
approvals. Ensures patient needs are continually assessed and care
rendered is individualized to patient needs, appropriate and
reasonable, meets home health eligibility criteria, and is in
accordance to physician orders. Oversees and assures development,
implementation, and updates to the individualized patient plan of
care, as appropriate. Manages and documents phone calls from
physicians, clinicians, patients, referral sources, and
communicates patient updates/new orders to clinicians. Uses
coordination notes to document, as needed and appropriate. Reviews
assessments and plans of care daily, per assigned workflow, and
consults clinicians with recommendations, as appropriate.
Coordinates all aspects of care with all disciplines, physicians,
durable medical equipment providers, caregivers/family members,
transferring facilities, and any other applicable healthcare
providers. Follows-up on lab and other clinical diagnostic test,
physician contact, and significant changes in the patient condition
to ensure adequate physician notification, follow-up, and needed
plan of care modifications and communicates such to clinicians.
Schedules, prepares for, facilitates, and documents case
conference/SOC reports and facilitates effective exchange of
information across disciplines especially with adverse findings,
changes in patient condition, daily and urgent updates, as
necessary. Assists clinicians in coordinating the transfer and
discharge of patients from agency services as indicated by the
physician. Receives report from field clinicians prior to scheduled
days off on patient status and ongoing needs. Processes new orders
and updates the visit frequency, as appropriate, when the oncall RN
takes supplemental verbal orders which alter frequency going
forward. Writes and processes orders when taking verbal orders
directly from the physician and communicates such to field
clinicians. Assures payer change documentation is completed
properly and timely, as required. Reviews clinician visit notes
weekly to ensure timely, complete, appropriate, and accurate
submission of all documentation by field staff. Takes necessary
action to correct adverse findings and communicates trending to
clinical director. Reviews, evaluates, and supervises service
delivery to ensure appropriateness of care and utilization of
services, equipment, and supplies through activities such as random
patient visits, medical record reviews and case conferences. Enters
infections and incidents/occurrences into the online Risk
Management Incident Reporting System, as specified by policy.
Assists in the orientation of new agency personnel. Provides
direction and leadership to clinical team members in collaboration
with the clinical director. Provides direct patient care, as
necessary, in accordance to scope of practice and physician orders.
Participates in QAPI program. Assures compliance with and ensures
timely follow up on daily clinical and coding edits. Directs
clinicians in utilizing best practice interventions when finalizing
Plan of Care for all patients. Participates in on-call rotation.
Follows-up with On-Call events daily. Receives report from weekend
and after-hours clinicians admitting new patients. Completes LHC
required learning courses, additional assignments per Executive
Director request, as well as any state specific required training
per state regulation/practice act requirements. Directs team in
adherence to and participates in the Episode Management process.
All other duties as assigned. Education & Experience Current RN
licensure in state of practice Current CPR certification required
Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a
dependable vehicle or public transportation CA: One year prior
professional nursing experience. LA: At a minimum, one year of
clinical experience. RN licensure must have norestrictions. No
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Keywords: Egan - Ochsner Home Health New Orleans, Kenner , Patient Care Manager, Executive , New Orleans, Louisiana
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