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Modernizing the Stark Law

The Digestive Health Physicians Association supports the bipartisan Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2019 (H.R 2282, S. 966), which promotes care coordination and will enable physicians to participate more fully in the value-based payment models incentivized by the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).

The legislation has the full support of 27 physician organizations representing more than 500,000 physicians who care for millions of Medicare patients.

The Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act would modernize the outdated “Stark” self-referral law that poses barriers to care coordination. Congress recognized the Stark Law hinders care coordination when it authorized the Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to waive the self-referral and anti-kickback prohibitions for Accountable Care Organizations. MACRA’s full potential can only be achieved by modernizing this law for physician-led alternative payment models (APMs) as well.

The bill will provide CMS with the regulatory authority to create exceptions under the Stark Law for APMs and to remove barriers in the current law to the development and operation of such arrangements.

August 24, 2018

DHPA Submits Comments on CMS Request for Information on the Stark Law

The Digestive Health Physicians Association has submitted a comment letter in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Request for Information on the Physician Self-Referral (Stark) law. DHPA is committed to ensuring that independent GI practices across the country can participate in alternative payment models (APMs) and other novel financial arrangements that deliver […]
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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, Resources

March 14, 2018

Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R. 4206, S. 2051)

DHPA strongly supports the Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R. 4206, S. 2051), which promotes care coordination and will enable physicians to participate more fully in the value-based payment models incentivized by the bipartisan Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) (Pub. L. 114-10, enacted April 16, 2015). H.R. 4206, was […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Fact Sheets, Modernizing the Stark Law, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

February 13, 2018

Proposal for New Stark Law Exception in Trump Budget Will Improve Care Coordination for Medicare Patients

The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) applauds the proposal in President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget to establish new protections in the physician self-referral law (Stark Law) for health care services furnished through Alternative Payment Models (APMs). DHPA worked closely with Members in both chambers to develop bipartisan legislation that would do precisely what is called for in the President’s Budget.
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Filed Under: Advocacy, In-Office Ancillary Services Exemption (IOASE), Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom, Pathology Services Utilization, Press Releases

December 29, 2017

Modernizing the Stark Law Will Improve Care for Medicare Patients and Lower Costs

Published in The American Journal of Managed Care As a physician, my primary concern is ensuring my patients get the best care possible, which often requires coordinating with other specialists. Every day I work with doctors in my practice—and in other practices—to give my patients access to a diverse team of experts that works together […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, DHPA in the News, Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom

November 3, 2017

Modernization of Stark Law promotes value-based care

Pulished in Healio The bipartisan legislation, “The Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act of 2017,” was recently introduced by the Senate to modernize the Stark Law and eliminate the barriers it poses to care coordination. Read More >>
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Filed Under: Advocacy, DHPA in the News, Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom

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