The Community Immunity During COVID-19 Act, introduced by Congresswoman Lauren Underwood (IL-14), would provide robust funding to develop, scale, and evaluate local initiatives to boost vaccination rates during this pandemic. These investments will be particularly important for building confidence around an eventual COVID-19 vaccine once one has been proven to be safe and effective. Read […]
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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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Physicians, Patients Give Telehealth High Marks During COVID-19 Pandemic
Washington DC – A study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology suggests that telehealth services are an effective way to treat patients safely during periods of health care system disruption and shows that both patients and gastroenterology (GI) physicians overwhelmingly approve of telehealth services provided during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Joint AGA/DHPA Guidance: Recommendations for Resumption of Elective Endoscopy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, medical associations and government authorities recommended delaying elective procedures and surgeries, including endoscopic procedures. As new COVID-19 diagnosis rates plateau in certain communities around the United States and federal, state and local authorities permit the reopening of health care facilities, resumption of elective endoscopy activity is appropriate.
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Resource Guide on Resumption of Endoscopic Facility Operations
As the federal government, State governments, and local authorities lay the groundwork for reopening of ambulatory surgical centers, DHPA thought it would be helpful to share an analytical framework through which endoscopic facilities can assess the appropriate timing and safeguards for resuming operations.
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