LHC Group is hiring for a Patient Care Manager/RN Hybrid to work Full-Time in Fort Wayne!

At 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:

• opportunities to get closer to patients and provide quality support to your patient-facing teams
• to be valued and respected by patients and their families
• a sense of security, incredible team support, and flexibility for true work-life balance
• leadership development opportunities

Our Patient Care Manager role might be a great opportunity if you believe in putting the patient at the center of everything. Apply today!

• Follows-up with On-Call events daily
• 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 and provides direction and leadership to clinical team members in collaboration with the clinical director.
• Provides high quality clinical services within the scope of practice and within infection control standards, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other members of the health care team. Consistently meets expected productivity at 50% of full time RN level as defined in the Visit Productivity Point Policy.
• Accurately and timely completes the comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation. Makes the initial and/or comprehensive nursing evaluation visit, ensures patients meet home health eligibility and medical necessity guidelines as defined by payer source, accurately determines primary focus of care, develops the plan of care within State specific guidelines with the physician, and submits accurate documentation.
• Directly and/or indirectly supervises care provided by the home health aides and licensed practical vocational nurses, provides instruction as appropriate, and assigns tasks according to State and federal regulations. Also provides required supervisory visits.
• Initiates, develops, implements, and makes necessary revisions to the plan of care in collaboration with the physician and other health care professionals involved in care.
• Communicates relevant information timely and effectively with appropriate agency staff including but not limited to: any patient care issues or needs, visit assignments, dates of scheduled visits, and schedule changes to scheduler, orders and OASIS data sets, coding requests, schedule home visits, to coordinate care with other clinicians, Communicates timely and effectively with physicians, patients, and family members to ensure quality care and service excellence.

• 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