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Letters to Policymakers

November 17, 2015

Comments to CMS on MACRA and Implementation of Alternative Payment Models

On behalf of more than 1,300 gastroenterologists and other physician specialists whose independent GI practices are members of the Digestive Health Physicians Association, DHPA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services responding to CMS’s request for information regarding implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, promotion of Alternative Payment Models, and Incentive […]
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October 1, 2015

DHPA Supports Congressional Letters to CMS Opposing Proposed Colonoscopy Cuts

The Digestive Health Physician Association (DHPA) commends 94 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 27 Members of the U.S. Senate for their leadership in signing a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expressing concern that the pending proposal to reduce Medicare fee for service reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening […]
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September 8, 2015

DHPA Opposes Proposed CMS Cuts to Colonoscopy Reimbursements

On behalf of more than 1,200 gastroenterologists and other physician specialists whose medical practices are members of the Digestive Health Physicians Association, DHPA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule for Calendar Year 2016.  The comments focus on the threat posed by CMS’s proposed […]
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June 17, 2015

DHPA Works with GOP Doctors Caucus to Support In-Office Ancillary Services Exception (IOASE)

In June 2015, DHPA worked with the GOP Doctors Caucus to oppose the repeal of the in-office ancillary services exception (IOASE). DHPA, along with the GOP Doctors Caucus, provided data to Congress in a letter that showed physician practices should be able to provide ancillary services such as advanced imaging, physical therapy, radiation therapy and anatomic […]
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July 21, 2014

DHPA Supports Removing of Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act in the House of Representatives

In July 2014, DHPA wrote to Representative Charlie Dent to express support for his legislation, the “Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2014.” The legislation sought to remove a Medicare loophole that required patients to pay a co-pay if a polyp was discovered and removed during a routine diagnostic colonoscopy — a procedure which […]
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Filed Under: Advocacy, CRC Screening Resources, Letters to Policymakers, Protecting Patient Access to Integrated GI Care in the Independent Setting, Resources

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