Fallon Health signs on to N.Y. joint venture

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By Rick Saia

Fallon Health of Worcester will provide services to a group of senior citizens in Western New York through a new joint venture with a residential community in that area.

Weinberg Campus, based in Amherst, N.Y., said its contract with Fallon will allow Weinberg to expand its services within its Total Aging in Place Program (TAIPP) in Erie County, which encompasses Buffalo and surrounding communities.

TAIPP, which is being renamed Fallon Health Weinberg, is a managed long-term care plan and provider of community-based long-term care services, according to a statement from Weinberg. The program is designed to help participants to continue to live safely in their own homes and communities. It provides and coordinates needed health care and supportive services to promote independence.

“For the past three decades, we've developed incredible expertise in the senior space,” Fallon CEO Patrick Hughes said in an email response to a question from the WBJ. “As baby boomers age into Medicare to the tune of 10,000 a day—and will continue to do so every day for the next 13 years—this is a market we want to participate in. We are committed to working with other organizations as insurers, consultants and providers to serve the needs of this very important population.”

Hughes said the agreement with Weinberg offers “tremendous business opportunity” for Fallon’s Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) and other government programs.

To support a planned expansion of services, Fallon Health Weinberg has applied to expand the plan to serve eligible individuals as young as 21 in both Erie County and nearby Niagara County.

“Fallon Health’s experience in delivering unsurpassed health care will help us make an immediate and meaningful difference in the lives of all members of our community in compassionate, respectful and dignified ways,” David Dunkelman, president and CEO of Weinberg Campus, said in a statement.

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