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March 11, 2022

Gender, Age, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Clinical Trial Enrollment for Primary Liver Cancer (AGA)

Cancer clinical trials contribute critical information about the safety and efficacy of novel therapies but also provide patients access to cutting-edge treatments. Although trial enrollment has increased over the past 2 decades in the United States, notable differences remain between the sociodemographic profiles of patients affected by cancer and those participating in trials. Specifically, racial […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Newsroom, Research, Resources

February 15, 2022

DHPA Requests Safe Harbor for Copay Coupons for Drugs with no Lower-Cost Alternative

DHPA was among 18 provider and patient advocacy groups that signed onto a letter requesting that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issue new guidance indicating that manufacturer copay assistance to federal health program beneficiaries is a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute when there is a less expensive and equally effective generic or interchangeable […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

February 14, 2022

Healio: Will Congress act to extend, expand telehealth coverage beyond COVID-19?

With the onset of COVID-19, health care providers implemented telemedicine to safely expand care to patients and comply with public health guidelines. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently acted in the best interests of patients and health care providers by covering telehealth services through 2023. But what will happen to telehealth coverage after […]
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February 4, 2022

Provider Groups to GOP Healthy Futures Task Force: Site Neutral Payment Reform Key to Reducing Anti-Competitive Consolidation

DHPA joined the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, the Infusion Providers Alliance, LUGPA (Large Urology Group Practice Association) and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, in signing a letter  to the GOP Healthy Futures Task force with suggestions for policies that would increase competition and reduce anti-competitive consolidation.
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Filed Under: Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources, Uncategorized

January 28, 2022

Becker’s GI & Endoscopy: With no end in sight for COVID-19, why isn’t Congress acting on telehealth?

Long gone are the days of physicians arriving at a patient’s bedside, medical bag and stethoscope in tow. The idea of a house call is quaint, like something seen in an old movie. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, this idea has received a high-tech upgrade in the form of telehealth. The Centers for Medicare & […]
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Adult Gastroenterology Associates is a single-specialty GI and hepatology practice serving Tulsa and much of Northeastern Oklahoma, with physicians who specialize in colon cancer screening, treatment of GERD, IBD, and treatment of diseases of the liver and pancreas.

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