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Tufts Health Plan Medicare expands Alere program to include COPD patients, frail elderly
February 12th, 2007
Alere Medical, Inc., a disease management company, announced implementation of new programs with Tufts Health Plan Medicare Preferred for Medicare members with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), along with a complex frail elderly program. The move is an expansion of Alere's current contract with Tufts Health Plan Medicare Preferred for its members with chronic heart failure. Alere Medical's COPD program is developed from initiatives of National Jewish Medical and Research Center, a recognized leader in asthma and COPD management. National Jewish's disease management programs were acquired by Alere in 2005 and are fully integrated into its...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2007-02-12)
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