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August 13, 2007
Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network Signs Contract with TRICARE to Provide Services to Members of the U.S. Armed Forces

Allentown—Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network has signed a contract with TRICARE, the health insurance plan for active duty and retired members of the United States Armed Forces and their families and survivors. The contract allows Good Shepherd to provide inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, long-term acute care and skilled nursing services to members of the U.S. Armed Forces at a preferred rate.

“This contract will enable TRICARE beneficiaries in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas to access locally a broad range of high-quality post-acute services, which will enhance patient satisfaction,” says Harry Ting, senior vice president, strategic planning and business development, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network.

“The services provided by Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network will improve the overall availability of rehabilitative care that our wounded warriors in transition will receive as they return from service and operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the world,” says Daniel Vidal, provider network manager, Health Net Federal Services of West Point, New York.

TRICARE Management Activity, the Defense Department agency that administers the health- care plan for the uniformed services, retirees and their families, serves more than 9.1 million beneficiaries worldwide.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is a nationally recognized rehabilitation leader, offering a continuum of care for people with physical and cognitive disabilities and specializing in assistive and rehabilitation technology. More than 35,000 people come to Good Shepherd each year for specialized programs in stroke, orthopedics, brain injury, spinal cord injury, pediatrics, amputation and more. Good Shepherd provides rehabilitation services in 7 eastern Pennsylvania counties. Good Shepherd operates 14 outpatient sites, 4 inpatient sites, a long-term acute care hospital, 2 long-term care homes for people with severe disabilities, an independent living facility, a Work Services division that provides employment training and job placement and a lifestyle products store called Rehability. Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a partnership of Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, will provide post-acute care in the Philadelphia region beginning July 2008. Good Shepherd was founded in 1908 when The Rev. John and Estella Raker invited a disabled orphan named Viola into their Allentown, Pennsylvania, home. Good Shepherd is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For more information, visit www.goodshepherdrehab.org.