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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.

June 27, 2016

DHPA Comment Letter on MACRA Proposed Rule

DHPA today filed comments in response to CMS’s proposed rule implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Incentives for Alternative Payment Models (APMs). This major proposed rule establishes new ground rules for physician payments under the MACRA legislation passed by Congress last year. MACRA represents a fundamental change in the way physicians are paid […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

May 9, 2016

DHPA Asks CMS to Withdraw Proposed Medicare Part B Rule

The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing the proposed Medicare Part B rule. Consistent with a letter from over 240 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, DHPA urged CMS to withdraw the proposed rule, raising the following concerns: The proposed policy prescribes significant shifts in […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

May 2, 2016

U.S. House Letter to CMS Opposing Medicare Part B Proposed Rule

The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) commends more than 240 lawmakers for signing a bi-partisan letter sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) opposing its recently proposed Medicare Part B payment rule, which was developed without stakeholder input and imposes cuts that would severely harm patient access to essential medications. In the letter, […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

March 17, 2016

DHPA to Congressional Leadership: Ask CMS to Withdraw Proposed Medicare Part B Drug Payment Model

The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) has joined a coalition of more than 300 leading patient, disease and provider organizations in sending a letter to congressional leadership requesting that they ask the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to permanently withdraw its proposed rule that would implement a new “Medicare Part B Payment Model.” […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

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

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Member Spotlight

For more than 30 years, Akron Digestive Disease Consultants has been providing care for conditions affecting the esophagus, stomach, intestines, colon, liver, pancreas, and gall bladder. The practice currently has five board certified physicians committed to providing outstanding personalized and timely digestive health care.

Learn more at:
www.akrondigestive.com

Become a Member

    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.

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