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October 13, 2017

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.
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October 9, 2017

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 […]
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October 9, 2017

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 […]
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October 7, 2017

GI News Round Up 09/25-10/06

October 3, 2017

DHPA Applauds CMS for Protecting Patient Access to Life-Saving Medications Through Withdrawal of Medicare Part B Proposed Rule

Washington, D.C. – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today it has withdrawn a rule proposed in 2016 to implement a new Medicare Part B Payment Model that included a nationwide demonstration program that would have adversely impacted patient access to Remicade and other drugs essential to the treatment of conditions such […]
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