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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the orgAbout the role
The org's own posting, as writtenOverview
About us: Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members--always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation’s top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality. Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare® is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly–PACE for short. PACE, an alternative to nursing home care, is a program that helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home.
At Fallon Health, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique. Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE— in the region.
Brief summary of purpose: Under general supervision of the Clinical Manager and Primary Therapist provides and documents the full range of Physical Therapy assistant treatments and tests to all categories of patients, supervises supportive personnel and participates in educational services. Acts as a clinical instructor and is responsible for teaching inter-department continuing education/in-services.
Responsibilities
Primary job responsibilities: Under the supervision of Physical Therapist performs processes involved in the delivery of age-appropriate patient care. Provides care appropriate to the patient population served. Completes all required competency assessments. Identifies, reports and documents the need for modification of treatment techniques. Determines reports and documents possible cause(s) of change in patient’s physical/mental status, tolerance to treatment, unanticipated rate of progress. Determines appropriate modifications. Identifies, reports and documents acute changes in patient physiological status. Communicates acute changes in patient status to Physical Therapist.
Modifies treatment as appropriate within plan of care. Implements appropriate treatment techniques as specified in therapist plan of care. Implements all treatment procedures as necessary for specific patient population under direction of Physical Therapist. Able to utilize all appropriate equipment per department protocols and standards. Communicate effectively with patients and caregivers. Provides and documents specific training related to patient’s dysfunction. Provides patients educational materials appropriate to patient and family needs. Provides clinical instructions to affiliate physical therapist assistant students.
Accepts assigned students for designated clinical affiliation experiences. Actively…
About Fallon Community Health Plan
From its Form 990- Budget $1.84B · Health Care
- Staff 1,346 · founded 1975
- Pays its leaders $325K–$675K (12 reported)
- Open jobs 47 · Jobs at Fallon Community Health Plan · Full 990 report