Program Physician Services Provided by Paragon Clause Samples

Program Physician Services Provided by Paragon. Paragon will provide a licensed physician who will function as the Program Medical Coordinator. The Program Medical Coordinator is to provide a structured means whereby a doctor of medicine will share his/her knowledge of rehabilitation care with the rehabilitation team, the Director of Nursing and the Medical Director at the Treatment Facility to create a more therapeutic milieu and to provide increased encouragement and support to the patients, relatives and staff. The duties and responsibilities of the Program Medical Coordinator are outlined below: (1) Report to the Treatment Facility Medical Director sufficient detail regarding the general medical components of the Program and the rehabilitation potential and status of any individual rehabilitation patients as requested to enable the Treatment Facility Medical Director to fulfill his/her overall administrative and clinical responsibilities for all patients of the Treatment Facility. (2) Give medical issues guidance and direction to the Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist and SpeechLanguage Pathologist as needed. (3) Attend interdisciplinary care plan meetings held at the Treatment Facility for patients receiving therapy. (4) Participate in appropriate sessions of Paragon's in-service education programs. (5) Provide overall physician coordination of rehabilitation care for the Program to further ensure the adequacy and appropriateness of the rehabilitation services provided to patients, All of the duties and functions ascribed to the Program Medical Coordinator are institutional Program responsibilities as distinct from physician services for direct patient care. (6) Serve as medical representative liaison between the rehabilitation Program and the organized medical community of the area. (7) Assist in the development of a monitoring surveillance mechanism which will assure that the rehabilitation regimen of each patient is incorporated appropriately into the patient care plan for that patient. (8) Respond to any official medical review performed by the various official surveyors and inspectors related to rehabilitation services. (9) Participate, with the collaboration of the other rehabilitation professionals and administration of the Treatment Facility, in the development of formal rehabilitation policies and procedures for the Treatment Facility.