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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.

March 1, 2017

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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Filed Under: Letters to Policymakers, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening, Resources

March 9, 2016

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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Filed Under: Advocacy, Fact Sheets, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening, Resources

March 9, 2016

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 (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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Filed Under: Advocacy, Fact Sheets, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening, Resources

March 9, 2015

DHPA Supports Brown-Wicker Legislation to Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

March 9, 2015, Washington, D.C. – 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 introducing legislation that would remove barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment. “On behalf of our 1,200 physician members who last year treated more than […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

July 21, 2014

DHPA Supports Removing of Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act in the House of Representatives

In July 2014, DHPA wrote to Representative Charlie Dent to express support for his legislation, the “Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2014.” The legislation sought to remove a Medicare loophole that required patients to pay a co-pay if a polyp was discovered and removed during a routine diagnostic colonoscopy — a procedure which […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening, Resources

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Adult Gastroenterology Associates is a single-specialty GI and hepatology practice serving Tulsa and much of Northeastern Oklahoma, with physicians who specialize in colon cancer screening, treatment of GERD, IBD, and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas.

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