“The Protecting Patient Access to Cancer and Complex Therapies Act protects our ability to provide these complex therapies in our practices, while still achieving the same savings for the Medicare program,” said Dr. Ketover. “We hope Congress can advance this bill without delay.”
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Press Releases
DHPA Supports Guidelines that Recommend Colorectal Cancer Screening Starting at Age 45
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and colorectal cancer rates in persons under age 50 have doubled in the past three decades.
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UnitedHealthcare’s Advance Notification Policy: Paperwork Over Patient Care
UnitedHealthcare’s attempt to clarify its ill-advised advance notification program doesn’t change the fact that this replacement policy will delay care and limit access to life-saving colonoscopy and other endoscopic examinations that prevent cancer.
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Statement on UnitedHealthcare’s Advance Notification Policy for Gastroenterology Services
Although UnitedHealthcare has decided not to implement its planned prior authorization policy in favor of an ill-defined advance notification program, we are concerned that this replacement policy creates a new pretext for future prior authorization requirements, which will delay care and limit access to life-saving colonoscopy and other endoscopic examinations that prevent cancer.
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The Value of Colonoscopy: The Gold Standard in Colorectal Cancer Screening (Video)
In this animated video, Dr. Lisa Mathew of South Denver Gastroenterology discusses the importance of being screened for colorectal cancer starting at age 45 and why colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening.
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