Allied specialty care is a term used by Triad to define the various healthcare disciplines
that offer "hands on," therapeutic services to people complaining of a wide class
of conditions defined by either pain or loss of physical function.
Allied specialty providers are generally limited in scope to non-surgical, non prescriptive
disciplines.
Care is generally rendered by multiple, repetitive sessions over a period of days,
weeks or months.
The most commonly utilized forms of allied specialty care are physical therapy,
occupational therapy and speech therapy.
These disciplines will often address the same patient with differing treatment philosophies
and approaches designed to effect unique, but poorly defined physical causes for
complaints of pain and functional impairment.
These disciplines are generally more focused on painful conditions and less invasive
in their treatment approach than other medical disciplines. They often produce high
quality clinical outcomes and high levels of patient satisfaction and loyalty.
Triad manages allied specialty care by the careful measurement of patient pain and
function as treatment is delivered. Progressive and sustained improvement is a hallmark
of medically necessary allied specialty care. Failure for the care to produce such
results usually indicates an endpoint to the value of this type of care.
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