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Letters to Policymakers

February 15, 2022

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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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

February 4, 2022

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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January 28, 2021

DHPA Urges CMS to Rescind Ill-Conceived MFN Interim Final Rule

In a comment letter to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regarding the Most Favored Nation (MFN) Interim Final Rule, DHPA wrote that the procedurally, statutorily and constitutionally flawed policy will severely restrict access to life-saving drug treatments and have adverse economic consequences for the Medicare program by shifting care from the more […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Newsroom, Press Releases, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting

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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December 31, 2019

DHPA Submits Comments on CMS, HHS-OIG Proposed Rules on Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute

DHPA today submitted comments on the proposed rules issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) to modernize and clarify the federal physician self-referral (Stark) law and the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS).
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Filed Under: Advocacy, Letters to Policymakers, Modernizing the Stark Law, 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

Become a Member

    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

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    • 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

    • Inflammatory Bowel Disease Infographic in English and Spanish

    • Race-Based Clinical Recommendations in Gastroenterology (AGA)

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