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Traditions Health

Provides in-home health, palliative, hospice care

Clinical Team Manager

Full-Time
No salary listed
Junior, Mid
Bachelor's
Mishawaka, IN, USA
In Person

About the job

Requirements
  • The applicant must be a graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
  • The applicant must have two years of experience as a Registered Nurse, including at least one year of management experience in a home care, hospice, or equivalent environment.
  • The applicant must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state where they practice, or comply with nurse licensure compact rules applicable to that state.
  • The applicant must pass a criminal background check and motor vehicle record check.
  • The applicant must complete a health statement acknowledging the ability to perform the duties of the position.
  • The applicant must have a valid state driver’s license.
  • The applicant must maintain automobile liability insurance as required by law.
  • The applicant must hold a current CPR card.
  • The applicant must complete tuberculosis testing according to agency policy.
  • The applicant must be organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • The applicant must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
  • The applicant must understand issues related to home health care delivery and be able to solve problems effectively.
  • The applicant must comply with accepted professional standards and practices.
  • The applicant must maintain patient confidentiality, including compliance with all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations.
  • The applicant must comply with agency policies and procedures regarding patient care, complaints, incidents, safety, emergency management, infection prevention, infection control, standard precautions, and infection reporting.
Responsibilities
  • The Clinical Manager ensures that home health and hospice services are coordinated and delivered according to accepted standards of practice and company procedures.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews and approves patient information submitted by licensed professionals.
  • The Clinical Manager assists with case conferences, interdisciplinary team meetings, patient care reviews, orders, and oversight of patient care.
  • The Clinical Manager assists the branch director with day-to-day office and staff management related to patient care.
  • The Clinical Manager provides orientation and in-service training to field and office staff, particularly regarding documentation standards, and tracks education.
  • The Clinical Manager facilitates relationships among physicians, referral sources, patients, caregivers, and employees.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews on-call coordination reports daily.
  • The Clinical Manager communicates with patients and families about services and potential start-of-care dates.
  • The Clinical Manager provides educational materials for families and staff regarding diagnoses, care provision, chronic illness, disability, and end-of-life care.
  • The Clinical Manager maintains provider requirements and resolves issues with providers, sales, and clinical staff.
  • The Clinical Manager processes workflow, coordination notes, and administrative tasks in a timely manner.
  • The Clinical Manager backs up intake coordination by receiving and entering referrals and identifying the referral source.
  • The Clinical Manager attaches referral paperwork to medical records as needed.
  • The Clinical Manager communicates referral acceptance to referral sources.
  • The Clinical Manager backs up the Patient Service Coordinator by rescheduling missed or declined visits and processing reassignment and rescheduling requests.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews patient schedules and approves schedule changes based on patient requirements and assigned staff skills.
  • The Clinical Manager follows up on unsigned orders when medical records cannot retrieve them.
  • The Clinical Manager ensures that policies, procedures, critical pathways, standards of care, and practice guidelines are followed.
  • The Clinical Manager assists the branch director and administrator during surveys.
  • The Clinical Manager attends staff meetings, in-services, community education functions, and quality assurance and performance improvement meetings.
  • The Clinical Manager participates in administrative on-call duties and supports the on-call nurse and intake workflow outside regular hours.
  • The Clinical Manager conducts continuous quality assessment and performance improvement activities.
  • The Clinical Manager completes onsite supervisory visits.
  • The Clinical Manager assists with day-to-day supervision of branch clinical operations.
  • When the branch director is absent, the Clinical Manager may assume branch leadership and perform supervisory tasks, including evaluations, counseling, and hiring or termination recommendations.
  • The Clinical Manager manages referral intake to ensure timely patient assessment visits.
  • The Clinical Manager assists with patient review meetings and addresses care decisions.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews and approves assessment coordination notes and contacts physicians for continued or additional service orders.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews and approves patient information submitted by licensed professionals.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews clinician orders, approves or declines them, and follows up on required edits.
  • The Clinical Manager ensures orders are complete, including frequency, and that corrections are made before approval.
  • The Clinical Manager enters and approves orders and routes them for physician signature.
  • The Clinical Manager ensures existing orders are available for requested medical supplies.
  • The Clinical Manager enters non-admit information into patient records and informs the branch director.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews wound score deviations and documents follow-up actions.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews vital-sign alert reports and documents follow-up and physician notification.
  • The Clinical Manager receives laboratory reports, assesses them, sends reviewed reports to physicians, and scans the reports and confirmations into medical records.
  • The Clinical Manager initiates employee and patient infection reports as necessary.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews evaluation documentation and plans of care for accuracy and follows up on corrections.
  • The Clinical Manager processes plans of care and verifies start-of-care dates.
  • The Clinical Manager reviews comprehensive assessments delayed by documentation deficiencies and follows up appropriately.
  • The Clinical Manager performs and maintains ongoing chart audits according to standard operating procedures.
  • The Clinical Manager assists with hospice item set data and reviews error messages before locking.
  • The Clinical Manager may perform licensed professional duties and visits as needed.
  • The Clinical Manager may participate in the on-call rotation.
  • The Clinical Manager performs additional duties assigned by the supervisor.
Desired Qualifications
  • Previous experience with Home Care Home Base is preferred.
  • Advanced computer skills are preferred.
  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred.

About the company

Traditions Health delivers in-home medical services through a nationwide network of locations, offering home health, palliative, and hospice care. Its services are designed to keep patients, including seniors and those with life-limiting illnesses, in their own homes while receiving professional medical attention and support. The care works by deploying healthcare professionals to patients’ homes to provide assessment, therapy, symptom management, and end-of-life care, with billing based on the services rendered. Traditions Health differentiates itself through its broad geographic reach and integrated, patient-centered in-home care across multiple care lines, aiming to coordinate treatment and support to improve quality of life. The company’s goal is to provide compassionate, at-home medical care that helps individuals stay at home and receive appropriate care when needed.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

College Station, Texas

Founded

2008

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What believers are saying

  • On 2026-01-22, DOJ credited Traditions' self-disclosure, cooperation, and remediation.
  • VitalCaring's 2025-12 purchase expanded Traditions-derived patient access across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri.
  • The Care Team, Mission Healthcare, and LifeCare absorbed locations, validating asset value.

What critics are saying

  • The 2026-01 DOJ settlement proves Medicare billing controls failed across 2021-2024.
  • Medical director payments triggered Anti-Kickback and Stark exposure in Oklahoma and Texas.
  • The 2025 breakup into four buyers shows the company can be dismantled quickly.

What makes Traditions Health unique

  • Traditions Health bundled home health, hospice, and palliative care under one operator.
  • Its multi-state, home-based model served seniors needing care without hospital placement.
  • Local clinical teams and in-home visits differentiated it from facility-centric competitors.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Performance Bonus

Company News

Brown, LLC
Mar 4th, 2026
Traditions Health $34 Million False Claims Act Settlement Regarding Medicare Home Health Billing

Traditions Health $34 million False Claims Act settlement regarding Medicare home health billing. March 4, 2026 On January 22, 2026, the US Department of Justice announced that Traditions Health LLC agreed to pay $34 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act involving Medicare home health billing and improper financial benefits to referring physicians. The DOJ says the company self-disclosed the conduct, cooperated with the investigation, and took remedial steps such as removing individuals who were responsible for the misconduct, improving compliance, and training staff. According to Jason T. Brown, former FBI Special Agent and head of the storied whistleblower law firm Brown, LLC, "When fraud is the tradition, it usually takes a whistleblower to break it under the False Claims Act, this time, however Traditions broke the cycle of fraud traditions by cleaning house before being turned in. What the DOJ alleged in the Traditions Health matter. 1) medically unnecessary home health claims (2021 to 2024). The DOJ alleged that from 2021 through 2024, Traditions submitted claims to Medicare from its McAlester, Oklahoma location for home health services that were not medically necessary. 2) payments to physician medical directors tied to referrals (2019 to 2024). The DOJ also alleged that from 2019 through 2024, Traditions paid remuneration to physician medical directors in Oklahoma and Texas who referred Medicare beneficiaries to Traditions for home health services. The DOJ stated this conduct potentially violated the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly called the Stark Law. Why home health "medical necessity" Is a frequent FCA flashpoint. Home health is essential for many Medicare beneficiaries. Speak with the lawyers at Brown, LLC today! Over 100 million in judgments and settlements trials in state and federal courts. Brown, LLC fight for maximum damage and results. Medicare home health coverage typically hinges on whether the patient is genuinely eligible and properly certified, including requirements tied to homebound status and a need for intermittent skilled care. When an agency bills for patients who do not meet coverage criteria, or when documentation is shaped to fit the billing outcome rather than the clinical reality, it creates a False Claims Act risk. Here is what makes this area so sensitive: * Eligibility can be subjective at the margins. "Homebound" and "skilled need" are not always black and white, which can tempt bad actors to treat gray areas as a revenue opportunity. * Documentation drives payment. If the chart says the patient qualifies, claims may be paid even when front line staff know the patient is not truly eligible. * Volume pressure can distort admissions. Many problematic patterns start with directives to "take every referral" or to avoid discharging patients who no longer qualify. The second risk: physician relationships, medical directors, and referral economics. The other half of the DOJ's announcement focuses on physician financial arrangements. This is where many providers get burned because the structure feels ordinary, even when the execution is not. Why "medical director" arrangements draw scrutiny. Medical directors can serve legitimate clinical and administrative functions. Problems arise when the role becomes a label for a referral relationship. Enforcement often focuses on questions like these: * Are duties real, needed, and performed? * Is compensation consistent with fair market value? * Is pay tied, directly or indirectly, to referral volume or business generated? * Are timesheets, work product, and oversight credible? The DOJ's press release signals that alleged financial benefits to referring physician medical directors, even when framed as professional services, can trigger both Anti-Kickback and Stark concerns and then roll into False Claims Act exposure when claims are submitted. Self-Disclosure and cooperation. The DOJ made a point of highlighting that Traditions self-disclosed the conduct and took steps that earned cooperation credit. For health care organizations, this is a reminder that self-disclosure can significantly affect outcomes. For whistleblowers, it highlights a different truth: voluntary disclosure is not the norm. Many schemes are uncovered only when someone with inside knowledge speaks up. Red flags employees and insiders should not ignore in home health. Home health staff, clinicians, billers, intake teams, and marketing personnel are often the first to see the patterns. Some red flags that frequently appear in medically unnecessary billing and referral driven growth models include: Medical necessity and eligibility warning signs. * Pressure to admit patients who are clearly not homebound * Copy and paste documentation that repeats the same "homebound" language across patients * Clinicians pushed to "find" a skilled need after the decision to bill has already been made * Refusal to discharge patients who have plateaued or no longer need skilled care * Internal metrics that reward census growth without regard to eligibility Referral and financial relationship warning signs. * Medical director contracts with vague duties and minimal oversight * Compensation that seems high compared to the work performed * Physicians treated as "partners" primarily because they send referrals * Marketing staff told to route more patients through specific physician groups tied to payments * Missing timesheets, missing work product, or backdated documentation None of these facts alone prove fraud. But patterns like these are often the difference between an honest mistake and a knowing submission of claims that do not meet Medicare requirements. How False Claims Act cases often develop in home health. Most FCA matters are built the same way, regardless of the care setting: * A reimbursement rule exists (eligibility, certification, homebound, skilled need, documentation). * Operational practices drift or are pushed to maximize revenue. * Claims keep flowing even when staff raise concerns or internal data shows eligibility problems. * A referral arrangement amplifies the risk when financial incentives influence patient flow. * A regulator, auditor, or whistleblower surfaces the facts. When the government views the conduct as systemic, the case can expand quickly across locations, time periods, and corporate affiliates. What did the DOJ announce about Traditions Health. The DOJ announced a $34 million settlement to resolve alleged False Claims Act liability involving medically unnecessary Medicare home health claims and alleged financial benefits to referring physicians. Does a settlement mean traditions was found liable? No. DOJ stated the claims resolved by the settlement are allegations and there has been no determination of liability. Why are physician medical director payments risky in home health? Because compensation tied to referrals, or compensation that does not fit an exception or safe harbor, can trigger Anti-Kickback and Stark concerns, and can taint the resulting Medicare claims. What are common red flags for medically unnecessary home health billing? Admissions of non-homebound patients, templated homebound language, pressure to keep patients on service without skilled need, and documentation that appears designed to support billing rather than reflect clinical reality.

Traditions Health
Aug 14th, 2025
Six Traditions Health Hospice Branches Earn Caregiver Experience Award from Strategic Healthcare Programs

Six Traditions Health hospice branches earn Caregiver Experience Award from Strategic Healthcare Programs.

Traditions Health
May 6th, 2025
Jennifer Vickers Promoted to Vice President of Operations at Traditions Health

Franklin, TN - Traditions Health, a leading multi-state provider of home health, hospice, and palliative care services, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jennifer Vickers to vice president of operations for the home health service line.

Traditions Health
Apr 3rd, 2025
William Owens Promoted to Vice President of Sales for Home Health at Traditions Health

Franklin, TN - Traditions Health, a leading multi-state provider of home health, hospice, and palliative care services, is pleased to announce the promotion of William Owens to vice president of sales for the home health service line.

Traditions Health
Mar 27th, 2025
Traditions Health Names Eric Corley Vice President of Operations for the Hospice Service Line

Franklin, TN - Traditions Health is pleased to announce that Eric Corley has joined the Traditions Health leadership team as vice president of operations for the hospice service line.