Amedisys

Director of Operations Hospice

Amedisys$115K — $120K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Licensed physician, registered nurse, or holder of a bachelor's or associate degree.
  • One year of supervisory or administrative experience in hospice or related healthcare.
  • Experience in health service administration.
  • Current driver's license with required liability insurance and reliable transportation.
  • Current CPR certification if a licensed healthcare professional.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures in hospice care.
  • Educate staff on state and federal regulations, and accrediting body standards.
  • Maintain ongoing communication with care center and branch sites.
  • Act as a liaison among governing body, staff, patients, and healthcare providers.
  • Resolve patient and staff complaints through investigation and documentation.
  • Meet with medical director for utilization review of medical records.
  • Ensure accurate billing of services to the appropriate payor source.
  • Provide guidance for marketing activities to meet growth goals.
  • Participate in recruitment, hiring, training, and evaluation of staff.
  • Make employment decisions for direct report staff.
  • Monitor and evaluate employee performance.

Benefits

  • Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth.
  • Paid time off.
  • Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with Amedisys HSA plan.
  • Up to $500 in wellness rewards for various activities.
  • Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Family support including infertility treatment coverage and adoption reimbursement.
  • Fleet vehicle program and mileage reimbursement.
  • Additional benefits available.
Full Job Description
Overview

Full Time Day Shift

Make a difference every day as an Amedisys director of operations

  • $115,000.00 -$120,000.00/year


What's in it for you

  • Choice of PPO or HSA medical plans with free telehealth.
  • Paid time off.
  • Up to $1,000 in free healthcare services with Amedisys HSA plan.
  • Up to $500 in wellness rewards for activities-use for spa, gym, sports, hobbies, pets and more.*
  • Mental health support with up to five free counseling sessions through the Employee Assistance program.
  • 401(k) with a company match.
  • Family support with infertility treatment coverage*, adoption reimbursement, paid parental and family caregiver leave.
  • Fleet vehicle program (restrictions apply) and mileage reimbursement.
  • And more.

*Benefit eligibility can vary by position and shift status.

*Participation requires enrollment in an Amedisys medical plan.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for care center's compliance and implementation of all regulations, laws, policies, and procedures applicable to hospice and reimbursement issues.
  • Educates all staff members about state and federal rules and regulations as well as accrediting body standards, and other regulatory agencies standards.
  • Maintains availability and ongoing communication with the care center and branch sites.
  • Acts as a liaison between the governing body, staff, patients, physicians, and other health care providers.
  • Assists branch directors in resolving patient and/or staff complaints, meeting with staff as appropriate to determine the surrounding circumstances, investigating and documenting the events and notifying the person lodging the complaint to resolve the issues.
  • Meets with medical director periodically and determines medical records for utilization review from branch offices.
  • Ensures all services are billed as provided to the proper payor source.
  • Provides input, guidance and feedback related to marketing activities and agency marketing plan to ensure that goals for growth are met.
  • Participates in staff recruitment, hiring, orientation, training, assignment, evaluation and guidance to ensure employment of an adequate number of qualified staff.
  • Responsible for employment decisions for direct report staff, including decisions to hire, fire, advance, promote or change status.
  • Monitors and evaluates employee performance.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Licensed physician, registered nurse or an individual holding a bachelor's or associate degree.
  • One year supervisory or administrative experience in hospice or a related health care program.
  • Experience in health service administration.
  • Possesses current driver's license, required liability insurance and reliable automobile transportation.
  • Current CPR certification applicable if licensed healthcare professional.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

About Amedisys

Amedisys, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides home health, hospice and personal care services. It is one of the largest home health providers in the United States and operates in 38 states and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Learn more about Amedisys
Size
21,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$183.6 million
Founded
1982
5 Year Trend
+9.3%
Revenue
$2 billion
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