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December 14, 2022

Becker’s GI & Endoscopy: CMS rule restricts Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis patients access to infusion services, DHPA says

The Digestive Health Physicians Association issued a statement opposing CMS’ Most Favored Nation rule because it potentially limits access to infusion services. If the rule goes into effect, the changes could make providing infusion services cost prohibitive for practices. The rule cuts reimbursement by using the lowest price drug manufacturers receive in one of 22 […]
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November 16, 2022

KOAA News5: Your Healthy Family, Nothing has changed with colonoscopies, they save lives

I recently sat down with a local gastroenterologist here in Colorado Springs who wanted to pump the brakes on this story and remind us of a few important things when it comes to colon cancer screenings and preventing cancer deaths.
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November 1, 2022

DHPA Recommends MACRA Improvements to Bipartisan Group of U.S. Representatives

In response to a group of bipartisan members of Congress who requested feedback from the physician community on how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) should be reformed, DHPA provided a letter supporting congressional efforts to improve MACRA and for the continued transition away from fee-for-service care to value-based, pay-for-performance care.
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October 18, 2022

Healio: NordICC trial doesn’t change the value of colonoscopy

Despite some sensational headlines following the publication of NordICC trial data in The New England Journal of Medicine, it’s important to understand that this study does not change the value of colonoscopy.
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October 14, 2022

VeryWell Health: U.S. Doctors Rebuke the New Study That Questions Colonoscopy’s Effectiveness

A contentious new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine cast doubts on how useful colonoscopies can be at preventing sickness and death from colon cancer. But some experts are pushing back against the study’s conclusions.
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Adult Gastroenterology Associates is a single-specialty GI and hepatology practice serving Tulsa and much of Northeastern Oklahoma, with physicians who specialize in colon cancer screening, treatment of GERD, IBD, and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas.

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