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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

August 21, 2017

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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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

July 1, 2017

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

July 1, 2017

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017 (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

June 12, 2017

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow visits Huron Gastroenterology

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) visited DHPA member, Huron Gastroenterology, and met with the group’s physicians regarding healthcare issues being debated in the U.S. Congress. DHPA Board member, Dr. Naresh Gunaratnam, who also serves as research director at Huron Gastro, and his colleagues discussed with Sen. Stabenow the importance of preserving the high quality, cost […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

June 9, 2017

DHPA Joins in Effort to Protect Patient Access to Physician-Administered Drugs

DHPA joined 268 other leading physician organizations in sending a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Thomas E. Price, regarding recent policy recommendations that, if implemented, could jeopardize seniors’ access to physician-administered drugs under Medicare Part B, force community clinics to close, and increase costs for seniors. […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

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Member Spotlight

Since opening in 2004, East Valley Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates has helped tens of thousands of people with digestive and liver disorders. They are dedicated to the future of digestive healthcare and actively participate in clinical research trials.

 

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www.eastvalleygastro.com

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