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Protecting the Integrated Model of Care

High-quality, integrated care delivered in the independent medical practice setting is worthy of protection as an alternative to care that is often more costly when furnished in the hospital setting. Read more...

Saving the In Office Ancillary Service Exception (IOASE)

Integrated models of care allow for better coordination across specialties, translating into higher quality, lower cost and more accessible care for patients. Read more...

Pathology Services Utilization

Recent data, including 2009-2013 Medicare data relating to the cost and utilization of anatomic pathology (AP) services, demonstrates that the GAO report fails to tell the full story about cost and utilization. Read more...


Recent Advocacy

January 28, 2021

DHPA Urges CMS to Rescind Ill-Conceived MFN Interim Final Rule

In a comment letter to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regarding the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Interim Final Rule, DHPA wrote that the procedurally, statutorily and constitutionally flawed policy will severely restrict access to life-saving drug treatments and have adverse economic consequences for the Medicare program by shifting care from the more […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

November 30, 2020

DHPA Opposes Most Favored Nation Rule Announced by CMS

The MFN Rule could dramatically restrict patient access to infusion medications administered in physician offices, especially for patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which are both major categories of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

November 2, 2020

DHPA Supports USPSTF Recommendations to Begin CRC Screening at 45, Calls for More Research on Disparities in Communities of Color

While supporting the draft recommendations overall, Dr. Glenn Littenberg, DHPA chair of health policy, expressed some concern about USPSTF’s recommendations with respect to screening colonoscopy versus stool-based CRC screening.
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Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

July 14, 2020

Physicians, Patients Give Telehealth High Marks During COVID-19 Pandemic

Washington DC – A study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology suggests that telehealth services are an effective way to treat patients safely during periods of health care system disruption and shows that both patients and gastroenterology (GI) physicians overwhelmingly approve of telehealth services provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Research, Resources

June 8, 2020

Ending Social Injustice and Health Care Disparities

Racism and bigotry are incompatible with the oaths and moral responsibilities that we, as physicians, accepted in dedicating our lives to protecting the health of everyone in our communities, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, nationality or sexual orientation.
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

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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

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    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 Roundup – March 5, 2021

    • DHPA Urges CMS to Rescind Ill-Conceived MFN Interim Final Rule

    • 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

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