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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Advocacy
Protecting the Integrated Model of Care
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. Read more...
Saving the In Office Ancillary Service Exception (IOASE)
Integrated models of care allow for better coordination across specialties, translating into higher quality, lower cost and more accessible care for patients. Read more...
Pathology Services Utilization
Recent data, including 2009-2013 Medicare data relating to the cost and utilization of anatomic pathology (AP) services, demonstrates that the GAO report fails to tell the full story about cost and utilization. Read more...
Recent Advocacy
Bringing the Voice of Independent GI Practices to Our Nation’s Capital
Forty-four DHPA Board Members participated in 106 meetings on Capitol Hill over two days—marking the most meetings ever held between independent physician specialists and Members of Congress and their staffs.
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Digestive Health Physicians Association: Independent GI Practices, Improving Patient Lives (Infographic)
The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) is a trade association of independent gastroenterology physician practices with the aim of promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent GI medical practice setting.
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Modernizing the Stark Law for MACRA (Infographic)
As our healthcare system shifts from a fee-for-service model to value-based care, two payment structures incentivized by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) are the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
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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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