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Letters to Policymakers

DHPA Recommends MACRA Improvements to Bipartisan Group of U.S. Representatives

In response to a group of bipartisan members of Congress who requested feedback from the physician community on how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) should be reformed, DHPA provided a letter supporting congressional efforts to improve MACRA and for the continued transition away from fee-for-service care to value-based, pay-for-performance care.
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DHPA Comment Letter on MPFS Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2023

DHPA provided a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2023, that focused on five issues impacting Medicare beneficiaries’ access to high quality, affordable care for gastrointestinal conditions and diseases.
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DHPA Requests Safe Harbor for Copay Coupons for Drugs with no Lower-Cost Alternative

DHPA was among 18 provider and patient advocacy groups that signed onto a letter requesting that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issue new guidance indicating that manufacturer copay assistance to federal health program beneficiaries is a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute when there is a less expensive and equally effective generic or interchangeable […]
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Provider Groups to GOP Healthy Futures Task Force: Site Neutral Payment Reform Key to Reducing Anti-Competitive Consolidation

DHPA joined the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association of Clinical Urologists, the Infusion Providers Alliance, LUGPA (Large Urology Group Practice Association) and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, in signing a letter  to the GOP Healthy Futures Task force with suggestions for policies that would increase competition and reduce anti-competitive consolidation.
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