dhpadmin, Author at DHPA

February 10, 2017

GI News Round Up 02/06-02/10

Ambulatory Surgery Center Building an ASC management & development roadmap for the future Becker’s ASC Review By Mark Rechtoris APMs Help develop an alternative payment model for your specialty AMA Wire By Troy Parks Physician: Consequences of ACA Repeal ‘Gigantic for Us’ HealthLeaders Media By Debra Beaulieu MACRA MACRA changes deemed likely to survive new […]
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January 27, 2017

GI News Round Up 01/23-01/27

Gastroenterology FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Biosimilars Interchange Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News By Bruce Buckley ACG issues new guidelines for preventive care in IBS patients Healio By Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc Colonoscopy Adenoma Bulk May Predict Tumors After Colonoscopy General Surgery News By Ted Bosworth Stark Law 2016 – Health Law Year in Review […]
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January 20, 2017

Comments in Support of Comprehensive Colonoscopy Advanced Alternative Payment Model

DHPA submitted a letter to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) in support of the Physician-Focused Payment Model entitled Comprehensive Colonoscopy Advanced Alternative Payment Model for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Surveillance (Colonoscopy Advanced APM). The proposal aims to address an issue in payment policy in a new, innovative and more inclusive manner […]
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January 5, 2017

Comments in Support of Project Sonar Advanced Alternative Payment Model

DHPA submitted a letter to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) in support of a Project Sonar (PS) Advanced APM, stating that it would be of tremendous consequence as the physicians in DHPA member practices care for patients with IBD. In particular, there are four aspects of PS that make it a Physician-Focused […]
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December 27, 2016

DHPA Comment Letter to CMS on Site-Neutrality Payment Provisions

DHPA filed comments in response to CMS’s interim final rule implementing the site-neutrality payment provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). Congress enacted provisions in the BBA to “curb the practice of hospital acquisition of physician practices,” whereby hospitals acquire physician groups or ASCs, designate them “off-campus, provider-based departments” and bill for services […]
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