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March 21, 2017

DHPA Welcomes 66th Member

DHPA is happy to welcome Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County as our 66th member practice. DHPA’s membership has now risen to more than 1,600 physicians in 31 states. Gastroenterology Associates of Fairfield County offers all of the latest gastrointestinal procedures either in their offices, their ambulatory surgical center, or at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. All of their […]
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March 17, 2017

GI News Round Up 03/13-03/17

DHPA in the News Two New Advanced APMs Could Be the Answer for Medical Specialists AJMC By Dr. Fred Rosenberg Barriers to colonoscopy screenings tackled in physician-led APM AMA Wire By Troy Parks MACRA MACRA: What Oncologists Do This Year Will Affect Payments in 2019 Cancer Network By Bryant Furlow APMs, MIPS […]
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March 14, 2017

American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) – Two New Advanced APMs Could be the Answer for Medical Specialists

By Fred Rosenberg See full article in AJMC The enactment of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015 will fundamentally alter payment to physicians treating Medicare patients. MACRA incentivizes physicians through 2 payment systems: the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs). MIPS is a modified fee-for-service system which […]
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March 14, 2017

GI News Round Up 03/06-03/10

MIPS & MACRA AHA Advises MedPAC on Implementing MACRA, MIPS, APM Policies EHR Intelligence By Kate Monica Exploring MIPS Advancing Care Info, Improvement Activities RevCycle Intelligence By Jacqueline Belliveau Do the math: An argument for why providers should participate in MIPS and MACRA MedCity News By John Squire APMs Proposed APMs will increase […]
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March 10, 2017

AMA Wire – Barriers to colonoscopy screenings tackled in physician-led APM

By Troy Parks See full article in AMA Wire Advanced alternative payment models (APM) are one option for physician practices to participate in the Quality Payment Program (QPP), and several have already been submitted to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC), which reviews and evaluating Advanced APMs. One of these submissions seeks to […]
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