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About Us

The Digestive Health Physicians Association® (DHPA®) is a trade association currently comprised of 96 independent gastroenterology (GI) physician practices across the country with the aim of promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent GI medical practice setting. DHPA’s member practices include more than 2300 gastroenterologists and other physician specialists who provide care for over two million people annually. DHPA’s member practices also employ more than 11,000 employees in their medical groups.

Our Mission

DHPA focuses on collecting, benchmarking and analyzing data relevant to independent GI medical practices. The association capitalizes on its member practices’ data resources to augment DHPA’s public policy, education and advocacy efforts on behalf of independent GI practices and their patients. Our members continually strive to improve patient care and outcomes by supporting healthcare policy that promotes accessible, high quality and cost-efficient medicine in the independent GI medical practice setting.

As gastroenterologists who have chosen to care for our patients in independent medical practices, we are keenly aware of the many threats that our groups— and ultimately our patients—face due to the changing healthcare landscape. And while our existing national societies play a vital role advocating on our behalf, it is clear that those of us who offer patients the choice of receiving the highest quality, affordable gastroenterological care in the independent medical practice setting need a voice on the national and state levels focused exclusively on promoting and preserving the integrated model of care we deliver to our patients.

Our mission is focused:

  • Gather, analyze and benchmark data relevant to independent GI practices.
  • Develop a strong data story to support education and advocacy on the federal and state levels that aims to protect the integrated model of care delivered by our member practices.
  • Work and coordinate with the trade associations and medical societies that represent the interests of other physician specialties that are similarly committed to protecting and promoting the integrated model of care delivered by independent medical practices.

 

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 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

    • Ending Social Injustice and Health Care Disparities

    • Medscape: Gastroenterology Groups Map a Return to Elective Endoscopy

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