Fallon Community Health Plan appoints Michael D. Conrad to Director of Accounting

Worcester, Mass., October 28, 2008― Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP), a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care services organization, announces the appointment of Michael D. Conrad to Director of Accounting. In this position, he will be responsible for overseeing the financial reporting, payroll, accounts payable, purchasing, and cash and investment accounting for the health plan.

Conrad comes to FCHP from the City of Worcester, where he served as the City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. In this role, he was responsible for payroll, accounts payable, collection of taxes, safeguarding assets, debt and cash management, and tax title and parking administration.

He is a graduate of Assumption College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Conrad resides in Worcester with his wife, Jennifer, and two children.

Lauren M. Petit
lauren.petit@fchp.org

About FCHP
Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan provides health care services designed to meet the unique and changing needs of all we serve. FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts that is both an insurer and provider of care. Our product portfolio includes a variety of group and individual health plan options (HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans) featuring flexible and innovative benefit designs. We administer fully-insured and self-insured funding arrangements with customized services for employers. Our uniquely developed provider networks offer high-quality, cost-effective, coordinated care and give our members access to doctors and hospitals throughout Massachusetts. We also offer a broad spectrum of services and programs to ensure our members, at every stage of life, remain as healthy and productive as possible. FCHP is a provider of care through its Summit ElderCare® program, an advanced and completely integrated program that offers seniors and their caregivers an alternative to nursing home placement. Our continued commitment to deliver high-quality health care and exceptional customer service has earned FCHP consistent ratings as one of the nation’s top health plans, and in 2007, placed our Medicare and Medicaid health plans as the best in the nation. FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts to have been awarded “Excellent” Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for our HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products.