Fallon Community Health Plan expands Fallon Senior Plan network to include UMass Memorial doctors and hospitals
Worcester, Mass., December 1, 2009—Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) a not-for-profit health care services organization, today announced effective January 1, 2010, Fallon Senior Plan™ HMO members will have access to more than 1,000 UMass Memorial specialists and primary care physicians, and UMass Memorial Medical Center and its community hospitals, including Clinton Hospital, Marlborough Hospital and Wing Memorial Hospital & Medical Center. The Fallon Senior Plan HMO network also includes Fallon Clinic, Central Mass. IPA, Heywood PHO, QuabbinCare IPA and Hampden County Physician Associates and their affiliates.
“At FCHP, we welcome and look forward to UMass Memorial and its providers joining our high-quality network,” said Eric Hall, Vice President of Network Development and Management. “With the addition of UMass Memorial Health Care, our members now have access to more doctors and services with the same great benefits and competitive rates they’ve come to expect from Fallon Senior Plan.”
UMass Memorial Health Care is the largest health care system in Central Massachusetts, and is the clinical partner of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The health care system includes home health and hospice programs, behavioral health programs, ground and air ambulance services, and community-based physician
practices. UMass Memorial provides the region with specialists nationally-acclaimed for their work in the areas of cardiology, orthopedics, cancer, newborn intensive care, children’s and women’s services, and emergency medicine and offers the region’s only Level One Trauma Center.
“UMass Memorial physicians have been providing exceptional medical care to Fallon Community Health Plan members for years, and we are looking forward to welcoming Fallon Senior Plan members to our hospitals,” said Gary Lapidas, Senior Vice President, UMass Memorial. “Through our partnership with FCHP, we are able to compliment the services our patients have come to know and trust with coverage from one of the nation’s leading health plans.”
Lauren M. Petit
lauren.petit@fchp.org
About Fallon Community Health Plan
Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care services organization. From traditional health insurance products available throughout Massachusetts for all populations, to innovative health care programs and services for independent seniors, FCHP supports the diverse and changing needs of all those it serves. FCHP has consistently ranked among the nation’s top health plans, and is the only health plan in Massachusetts to have been awarded “Excellent” Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for its HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products.