A collection of GI policy-related news curated weekly by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
Archives for October 2017
GI News Round Up 10/16-10/20
A collection of GI policy-related news curated weekly by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
GI News Round Up 10/9-10/13
A collection of GI policy-related news curated weekly by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
DHPA Gives Voice to Independent Gastroenterology Practices
Published in EndoEconomics It’s amazing what can happen over a simple cup of coffee. In August 2013, a bill was introduced in Congress calling for the elimination of the in-office ancillary service exception. If passed into law, it would have greatly impacted those independent gastroenterology practices which had integrated pathology into their services. Read More […]
Independent Physicians Successfully Lead Effort to Modernize NJ Self-Referral Laws
Published in EndoEconomics For the past several years, the federal government has shifted its position toward allowing physicians to legally engage in self-referrals if they are participating in an alternative payment model. This movement began in 2011 when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services was authorized to waive the federal Stark self-referral law for […]