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September 14, 2018

DHPA Testifies Before U.S. Energy & Commerce Committee on Value-Based Care in Medicare

DHPA President Dr. Michael Weinstein testified before the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee during a hearing entitled “Examining Barriers to Expanding Innovative Value-Based Care in Medicare.” Dr. Weinstein testified that expanding Alternative Payment Models (APMs) to independent practices will enable health care to move to a more cost-efficient setting. Dr. Weinstein urged Congress […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Modernizing the Stark Law, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

September 13, 2018

DHPA Asks Congressional Leaders to Request CMS to Reconsider Step Therapy for Medicare Advantage Plans

DHPA joined a coalition of 240 patient and provider groups signing onto a letter to U.S. Senate and U.S. House leaders asking them to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider a proposal to allow Medicare Advantage plans to implement step therapy to manage Part B drugs. CMS originally announced the […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

September 10, 2018

DHPA Joins Coalition Opposing Payment Proposals in MPFS FY2019

DHPA joined the Patient-Centered Evaluation and Management Services Coalition in sending a letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Congressional leadership supporting CMS’s proposed simplification of documentation requirements and opposing implementation of proposed payment changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2019. In the letters, the Coalition […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

July 16, 2018

DHPA Submits Comments in Response to HHS RFI on “Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs”

DHPA has submitted comments to the U.S. Health and Human Services Request for Information entitled “Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs.” In the comment letter, DHPA focuses on several of the key initiatives highlighted in the RFI: DHPA supports site neutrality for physician-administered drugs across the hospital and independent physician practice settings […]
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Filed Under: Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

July 16, 2018

DHPA Urges Administration to Reject Proposals That Could Impact Access and Affordability for Part B Medications

DHPA joined with 215 advocacy groups to voice concern about Medicare Part B proposals outlined in President Trump’s Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs and corresponding Request for Information (RFI) that could have harmful consequences for patients with serious diseases. In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the groups wrote, “As […]
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Filed Under: Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

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