Established in 1987, Senior Healthcare Associates provides
residents of long-term care facilities with on-site diagnostic evaluations and
other innovative, medical services that enhance their quality of life at no cost
to the facility. We assume responsibility for all billing through Medicare,
Medicaid and other supplemental insurances for services Senior Healthcare
Associates provides to residents in your facility. Our professionalism and
expertise will help you reduce exposure to risk, save money, staff time and
confusion.
Our partnership will be easy, turnkey and productive anticipating and
satisfying client needs are vital to any professional client-service
relationship and remains at the very core of the Senior Healthcare
Associates system for success, producing significant results in partnerships
with our existing long-term care facilities. Here's an overview of
the process:We're here to answer your questions anytime.
Memberships:
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Dr. John P. Balko, President/C.E.O. of Senior Healthcare Associates,
received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Clarion State College. He earned
a double major in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Kent State University.
He earned the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American
Speech, Language and Hearing Association in 1975 and is Board Certified to
practice Clinical Audiology in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in the
states of Ohio and West Virginia.
His participation in Post Graduate Education has given him national recognition
for continuing education. He earned his Au.D. from the Arizona School of Health
Science, Kirksville School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000. Dr. Balko has served
as president of the Society of Medical Audiology and he is a past president of the
National Hearing Conservation Association. He is one of the founding members of
the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists. He has lectured locally and nationally and
has authored publications in several national journals and has also written chapters
in a text book for higher education in audiology. Dr. Balko has been in private
practice in Greenville and currently Hermitage, PA since 1970. Together with his staff audiologists and
nationally certified audiometric technicians, they perform diagnostic hearing and
balance evaluations and provide rehabilitative services in both his private practice -
Hearing Healthcare Associates and his nursing home practice - Senior Healthcare
Associates.
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Senior Healthcare Associates is dedicated to creating an environment where quality work can flourish, where all employees continuously reach for new and better ways to do their jobs, a place where Senior Healthcare Associates is identified among our clients as the health services provider that is easy to do business with, and the one against which all others are measured.
The success of Senior Healthcare Associates depends on our ability to anticipate and satisfy clients needs. That success is measured by the degree of dedication we demonstrate in consistently meeting or exceeding the expectations of our clients.
We recognize that at the very core of our existence is a never ending quest for continuous improvement of our services and relationships. They are vital to our professional well-being. All of our attitudes and behavior should support this policy.