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Letters to Policymakers

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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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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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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Massive Physician Coalition Blasts Bill That Would Force Care Into Hospitals

The Digestive Health Physicians Association (DHPA) and a broad coalition of 29 physician groups voiced strong opposition to H.R. 2143, legislation that would eliminate the in-office ancillary services exception (IOASE) and make it harder for physicians to coordinate care for their patients.
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