The Medicare Care Coordination Improvement Act would remove barriers to physician practice participation in APMs. Specifically, it would provide CMS the same authority to waive restrictions in the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute for physicians seeking to develop and operate APMs as was provided to Accountable Care Organizations in the Affordable Care Act. It would allow physician practices to incentivize practitioners to provide high quality care while alternative payment models are under development and in operation.
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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
DHPA Submits Comments in Response to Medicare Red Tape Relief Project on Physician-Focused Payment Models
DHPA has submitted comments that propose ways to streamline the development and approval of Physician-Focused Payment Models (PFPMs) to the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee’s Medicare Red Tape Relief Project. The new initiative is aimed at “delivering relief from the regulations and mandates that impede innovation, drive up costs, and ultimately stand in […]
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DHPA Submits Stark Law Modernization Comments in Response to Medicare Red Tape Relief Project
DHPA has submitted comments on the importance of modernizing the federal physician self-referral law (Stark Law) to the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee’s Medicare Red Tape Relief Project, an initiative aimed at “delivering relief from the regulations and mandates that impede innovation, drive up costs, and ultimately stand in the way of delivering […]
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DHPA Comments on CY 2018 Updates to Quality Payment Program
DHPA has filed comments in response to CMS’s CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program (“QPP”) Proposed Rule. In its comment letter, DHPA provided three specific suggestions for CMS to consider incorporating into the Final Rule to ensure Medicare beneficiaries’ continued access to critically important drug treatments and to facilitate greater participation by independent […]
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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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