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Press Releases

November 30, 2020

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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Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

November 2, 2020

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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Filed Under: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Newsroom, Press Releases, Remove Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening

August 7, 2020

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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Filed Under: Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Resources

July 14, 2020

Physicians, Patients Give Telehealth High Marks During COVID-19 Pandemic

Washington DC – A study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology suggests that telehealth services are an effective way to treat patients safely during periods of health care system disruption and shows that both patients and gastroenterology (GI) physicians overwhelmingly approve of telehealth services provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Filed Under: Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Research, Resources

June 8, 2020

Ending Social Injustice and Health Care Disparities

Racism and bigotry are incompatible with the oaths and moral responsibilities that we, as physicians, accepted in dedicating our lives to protecting the health of everyone in our communities, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, nationality or sexual orientation.
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

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Member Spotlight

For more than 30 years, Akron Digestive Disease Consultants has been providing care for conditions affecting the esophagus, stomach, intestines, colon, liver, pancreas, and gall bladder. The practice currently has five board certified physicians committed to providing outstanding personalized and timely digestive health care.

Learn more at:
www.akrondigestive.com

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    Is your practice interested in promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent GI medical setting? Contact us today about joining DHPA.

    Recent News

    • Dr. Latha Alaparthi Named President & Board Chair of DHPA

    • Independent Healthcare Grants and Charitable Donations (Abbvie)

    • Community Grant Program (Walmart Foundation)

    • High School Outreach Curriculum and Blueprint for Session Titled: The Tools of a Gastroenterology Practice (Capital Digestive Care)

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

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

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    • Race-Based Clinical Recommendations in Gastroenterology (AGA)

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