Although UnitedHealthcare has decided not to implement its planned prior authorization policy in favor of an ill-defined advance notification program, we are concerned that this replacement policy creates a new pretext for future prior authorization requirements, which will delay care and limit access to life-saving colonoscopy and other endoscopic examinations that prevent cancer.
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Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting
In an age when quality of care, cost-effectiveness and transparency are more important than ever, data demonstrates that 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.
Value of Colonoscopy Spanish Translation (Infographic)
Hay muchas opciones de detección, pero la colonoscopia es el estándar de oro. El cáncer colorrectal se previene mediante la extirpación de pólipos, que son crecimientos precancerosos. Y una colonoscopia de detección es la única prueba que DETECTA y ELIMINA los pólipos precancerosos.
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Colorectal Cancer: Am I at Risk? Spanish Translation (Infographic)
Es importante comprender que existen disparidades en las tasas de detección del cáncer colorrectal y que las tasas de mortalidad por la enfermedad son más altas entre algunos grupos étnicos que entre otros. Hay disparidades en las tasas de detección por muchas razones, incluido un menor acceso a la cobertura de atención médica, tasas más bajas de recomendación de un proveedor.
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DHPA Requests Safe Harbor for Copay Coupons for Drugs with no Lower-Cost Alternative
DHPA was among 18 provider and patient advocacy groups that signed onto a letter requesting that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issue new guidance indicating that manufacturer copay assistance to federal health program beneficiaries is a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute when there is a less expensive and equally effective generic or interchangeable […]
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Provider Groups to GOP Healthy Futures Task Force: Site Neutral Payment Reform Key to Reducing Anti-Competitive Consolidation
DHPA joined the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, the Infusion Providers Alliance, LUGPA (Large Urology Group Practice Association) and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, in signing a letter to the GOP Healthy Futures Task force with suggestions for policies that would increase competition and reduce anti-competitive consolidation.
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