DHPA

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Leadership
      • Executive Committee
      • Board Members
    • DHPA Members
    • Contact Us
    • Join Us
  • Advocacy
    • Patient Access to Independent GI Care
      • Colorectal Cancer Screening
    • Modernizing the Stark Law
    • Saving the IOASE
    • Pathology Services Utilization
  • Resources
    • Research
    • Fact Sheets
    • Letters to Policymakers
  • Newsroom
    • Press Releases
    • DHPA in the News
    • GI News Round Up
  • Take Action
    • Past Actions

May 6, 2016

GI News Round Up – 04/30/16 – 05/06/16

Colonoscopy

Colonoscopies get the glory, but reasons for dramatic decline in colon cancer are unclear
By Kevin Lomangino
Health News Review

Using Humor to Address a Serious Health Care Concern
By Matt O’Connor
Hospitals & Health Networks


Medicare Reimbursement

A Controversial New Demonstration In Medicare: Potential Implications For Physician-Administered Drugs
By Kavita Patel and Caitlin Brandt
Health Affairs Blog

Docs face stark choices under new Medicare pay proposal
By Beth Kutscher
Modern Healthcare

Editorial: Better oversight for Medicaid; a questionable start on doc pay
By Merrill Goozner
Modern Healthcare

Government’s proposed reimbursement scheme will cost in the long-run
By Tanya Campbell
Maine News Online

Medicare reimbursement changes add information-blocking ban
By Shaun Sutner
Search Health IT

Physician payment in Medicare is changing: Three highlights in the MACRA proposed rule that providers need to know
By Kavita Patel, Margaret Darling, Caitlin Brandt and Paul Ginsberg
Brookings Institute


MACRA

AMA Releases Value-Based Care, MACRA Resources for Providers
By Jacqueline Belliveau
RevCycle Intelligence

Breakdown of the MACRA Proposed Final Rule
By Julie Henry
Healthcare Dive

CMS Offers 3 Listening Sessions on MACRA Proposed Rules
By Jacqueline Beliveau
EHR Intelligence

CMS Proposes “Advancing Care Information” Program to Replace Meaningful Use
By Dianne J. Bourque and Thomas S. Crane
National Law Review

How Value-Based Care Looks Under the Quality Payment Program
By Jacqueline Belliveau
EHR Intelligence

MACRA: Did Rural Health Make the Cut without Getting Cut?
By Janelle Ali-Dinar, PhD
RAC Monitor

MACRA rules for physician payments stacked against small practices, critics say
By Jeff Lagasse
Healthcare Finance

Overlooked MACRA provisions
By David Pittman
Politico

Reader Poll: How Will the New Medicare Payment Plan Affect You?
Medscape

So, what’s really in the MACRA rule from an IT perspective?
By John D. Halamka
MedCity News

Top 5 Facts to Know about MACRA Alternative Payment Models
By Catherine Sampson
RevCycle Intelligence

Understanding MIPS Eligibility under Proposed MACRA Rule
By Kyle Murphy, PhD
EHR Intelligence

VIDEO: Secrets of success in a MACRA-based world
By Whitney McKnight
Clinical Endocrinology News

Washington Debrief: MACRA Reg is Out!
By Leslie Kriegstein
Healthcare Informatics

Woodbridge Physician Testifies Before Congress About Medicare’s “Value-Based” Payment Reforms
By J.M. Kriz
Woodbridge Town News

Filed Under: GI News Round Up, Newsroom

Member Spotlight

Since opening in 2004, East Valley Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates has helped tens of thousands of people with digestive and liver disorders. They are dedicated to the future of digestive healthcare and actively participate in clinical research trials.

 

Learn more at:
www.eastvalleygastro.com

Become a Member

    Is your practice interested in promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent GI medical setting? Contact us today about joining DHPA.

    Recent News

    • GI News Roundup – March 5, 2021

    • DHPA Urges CMS to Rescind Ill-Conceived MFN Interim Final Rule

    • GI News Round Up – Friday December 18

    • DHPA Opposes Most Favored Nation Rule Announced by CMS

    • DHPA Supports USPSTF Recommendations to Begin CRC Screening at 45, Calls for More Research on Disparities in Communities of Color

    • Broad Physician Coalition Urges Trump Administration to Issue Final Rules to Modernize Stark

    • Physicians, Patients Give Telehealth High Marks During COVID-19 Pandemic

    • USA Today: Telehealth can be lifesaving amid COVID-19, yet as virus rages, insurance companies look to scale back

    • Healio Gastroenterology: Telehealth in a Pandemic, Just the Beginning of the Story

    Digestive Health Physicians Association, Inc.
    10770 Columbia Pike, Suite 400
    Silver Spring, Maryland, 20901
    © 2020 DHPA

    Follow @DHPAnews
    Tweets by DHPAnews

    Copyright © 2021 · Executive Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in