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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Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening
Currently, seniors are not charged coinsurance for a routine colonoscopy screening. However, if a polyp is discovered during the screening and removed, which is the appropriate standard of care, seniors face paying high coinsurance fees. This occurs because the removal of the polyps or tissue triggers a change in the classification of the service provided from a “screening” service to a “therapeutic” or “diagnostic” service under Medicare’s billing codes. Thus, patients are often surprised by these out-of-pocket costs for what ends up being a potentially life-saving, medically necessary procedure.
DHPA strongly supports the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (H.R. 1570 S. 668), bipartisan legislation to remove financial barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries. The legislation, introduced by Congressmen Dent (R-PA-15) and Payne (D-NJ-10), as well as Senators Brown (D-OH), Wicker (R-MS) enjoys broad, bipartisan support in both chambers.
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (HR. 1017, S. 479)
The Digestive Health Physicians Association strongly supports the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (H.R. 1017, S. 479), bipartisan legislation to remove financial barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries. The legislation, introduced by Congressmen Dent (R-PA-15), Payne (D-NJ-10) and Lance (R-NJ-7) as well as Senators Brown (D-OH), Wicker (R-MS), […]
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Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 (Infographic)
Learn why Medicare patients will continue to face unfair fees for colonoscopies unless Congress passes the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act.
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DHPA Supports The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act in Senate
The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) today applauded U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) for re-introducing legislation that would remove barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment. The Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (S. 479) would waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer […]
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Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (HR. 1220, S. 624)
The Digestive Health Physicians Association strongly supports the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (S. 624, HR. 1220), bipartisan legislation to remove financial barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries.
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