DHPA has submitted comments that propose ways to streamline the development and approval of Physician-Focused Payment Models (PFPMs) to the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee’s Medicare Red Tape Relief Project. The new initiative is aimed at “delivering relief from the regulations and mandates that impede innovation, drive up costs, and ultimately stand in […]
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Archives for August 2017
DHPA Submits Stark Law Modernization Comments in Response to Medicare Red Tape Relief Project
DHPA has submitted comments on the importance of modernizing the federal physician self-referral law (Stark Law) to the U.S. House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee’s Medicare Red Tape Relief Project, an initiative aimed at “delivering relief from the regulations and mandates that impede innovation, drive up costs, and ultimately stand in the way of delivering […]
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GI News Round Up 08/21-08/25
A collection of GI policy-related news curated weekly by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
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DHPA Comments on CY 2018 Updates to Quality Payment Program
DHPA has filed comments in response to CMS’s CY 2018 Updates to the Quality Payment Program (“QPP”) Proposed Rule. In its comment letter, DHPA provided three specific suggestions for CMS to consider incorporating into the Final Rule to ensure Medicare beneficiaries’ continued access to critically important drug treatments and to facilitate greater participation by independent […]
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GI News Round Up 08/14-08/18
A collection of GI policy-related news curated weekly by DHPA. Topics include: MACRA, MIPs, APMs, Medicare, ambulatory surgery centers and other issues of importance to GI physicians providing high quality and cost-efficient care in the independent medical practice setting.
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