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How Rehospitalizations are Hurting Medicare
Boston, MA (August 14, 2008) - Getting Medicare costs under control is no easy job. Congress recently overrode a scheduled 11 percent cut in Medicare's physician fees by freezing them for the rest of 2008 with a slight raise in 2009. But the program's finances will continue to worsen as baby boomers retire. Avoiding deep cuts in physician fees from 2010 onward will require a $20 billion fix every year for the following decade.
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Karyn Rizzo Joins Dovetail Health as Director for Clinical Programs
Needham, MA (July 28, 2008) - Dovetail Health announced today that Karyn Rizzo will join the company as Director of Clinical Programs. In the newly created position, Rizzo will take on responsibility for directing all aspects of the development and implementation of Dovetail Health's clinical programs.
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Vital Help for Caregivers
West Roxbury, MA (June 29, 2008) - There are countless daughters out there struggling to keep their frail, elderly mothers in their own homes, desperately trying to find ways through the morass that is the healthcare system.
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Dovetail Coordinates Chronic Condition Care at Home
Boston, MA (March 21, 2008) - As the debate rages on in Massachusetts about how to reduce health care costs, Stever Aubrey says he can make a difference by hitting one crucial but growing segment of the marketplace.
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The Leonard Lopate Show: Getting Old in America
New York, NY (November 28, 2007) - In an interview on National Public Radio (NPR), Dr. Juergen Bludau of Dovetail Health's Clinical Advisory Board took part in a discussion regarding the upcoming surge of baby boomers into the senior population. The podcast recording of The Leonard Lopate Show can be heard on the New York Public Radio website.
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New Service Keeps Seniors Safe At Home Longer
Boston, MA (July 27, 2007) - Channel 5 Boston and TheBostonChannel.com ran a special on Dovetail Health, interviewing one of our proud clients as well as the Chief Executive Officer of Dovetail Health, Stever Aubrey, and Dr. Richard Dupee, a member of DovetailÍs Clinical Advisory Board.
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Dovetail Health & Senior Living Residences
Launch Medication Management Pilot For Aging Adults
Needham, MA (April 10, 2007) - Dovetail Health, a new company dedicated to helping aging Americans live independently as long as possible by personally monitoring and managing their health and medication needs, proudly announces a new partnership with Senior Living Residences, LLC (SLR) to launch the first-of-its-kind pilot program that evaluates the medication status of seniors who reside in or plan to move in to assisted living communities.
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Baby boomers getting older, what's in store?
As the baby boomer generation now rapidly approaches retirement age, many are wondering what's in store for them. Is our healthcare system prepared, are individuals prepared? Dr. Richard Dupee of Tufts-New England Medical Center and Dovetail Health take a closer look at the situation.
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Dovetail Health Helps New Generation of Seniors Live Independently At Home
Boston, MA (January 17, 2007) - In response to data from the AARP that nine out of ten Americans age 60 and older wish to remain in their own homes and communities as they age, Dovetail Health launched last month to help seniors live independently at home as long as possible by personally monitoring and managing their health and medication needs.
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