In a comment letter to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regarding the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Interim Final Rule, DHPA wrote that the procedurally, statutorily and constitutionally flawed policy will severely restrict access to life-saving drug treatments and have adverse economic consequences for the Medicare program by shifting care from the more […]
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GI News Round Up – Friday December 18
A collection of GI policy-related news curated by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
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DHPA Opposes Most Favored Nation Rule Announced by CMS
The MFN Rule could dramatically restrict patient access to infusion medications administered in physician offices, especially for patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, which are both major categories of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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DHPA Supports USPSTF Recommendations to Begin CRC Screening at 45, Calls for More Research on Disparities in Communities of Color
While supporting the draft recommendations overall, Dr. Glenn Littenberg, DHPA chair of health policy, expressed some concern about USPSTF’s recommendations with respect to screening colonoscopy versus stool-based CRC screening.
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Broad Physician Coalition Urges Trump Administration to Issue Final Rules to Modernize Stark
The Digestive Health Physician Association and eighteen groups representing physicians who provide care for millions of Americans urged the Trump Administration to issue final rules to modernize the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback statute (AKS) so that physicians can better provide coordinated care, which improves outcomes and lowers costs.
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