The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) is a trade association of independent gastroenterology physician practices with the aim of promoting and preserving accessible, high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent GI medical practice setting.
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Fact Sheets
Modernizing the Stark Law for MACRA (Infographic)
As our healthcare system shifts from a fee-for-service model to value-based care, two payment structures incentivized by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) are the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs).
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Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (HR. 1220, S. 624)
The Digestive Health Physicians Association strongly supports the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (S. 624, HR. 1220), bipartisan legislation to remove financial barriers to life-saving colorectal cancer screenings and treatment for Medicare beneficiaries.
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Policy Recommendations for Modernizing the Stark Law
The physician self-referral law, know as the “Stark Law,” was passed by Congress in 1989 and substantially amended in 1993. Health care delivery has changed dramatically since then, but this antiquated state has not kept pace with new and innovative delivery models.
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Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 (Infographic)
Learn why Medicare patients will continue to face unfair fees for colonoscopies unless Congress passes the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act.
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