Gastroenterology FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Biosimilars Interchange Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News By Bruce Buckley ACG issues new guidelines for preventive care in IBS patients Healio By Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc Colonoscopy Adenoma Bulk May Predict Tumors After Colonoscopy General Surgery News By Ted Bosworth Stark Law 2016 – Health Law Year in Review […]
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Comments in Support of Comprehensive Colonoscopy Advanced Alternative Payment Model
DHPA submitted a letter to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) in support of the Physician-Focused Payment Model entitled Comprehensive Colonoscopy Advanced Alternative Payment Model for Colorectal Cancer Screening, Diagnosis and Surveillance (Colonoscopy Advanced APM). The proposal aims to address an issue in payment policy in a new, innovative and more inclusive manner […]
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Comments in Support of Project Sonar Advanced Alternative Payment Model
DHPA submitted a letter to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) in support of a Project Sonar (PS) Advanced APM, stating that it would be of tremendous consequence as the physicians in DHPA member practices care for patients with IBD. In particular, there are four aspects of PS that make it a Physician-Focused […]
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DHPA Comment Letter to CMS on Site-Neutrality Payment Provisions
DHPA filed comments in response to CMS’s interim final rule implementing the site-neutrality payment provisions in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). Congress enacted provisions in the BBA to “curb the practice of hospital acquisition of physician practices,” whereby hospitals acquire physician groups or ASCs, designate them “off-campus, provider-based departments” and bill for services […]
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Enactment of 21st Century Cures Act Removes Barriers to Quality, Coordinated Gastroenterological Care
Corrects misguided meaningful use provision aimed at ambulatory surgery centers December 15, 2016, Washington, D.C. – President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed the 21st Century Cures Act, which includes provisions from the Electronic Health Fairness Act that will protect physicians who furnish care in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) from potential penalties tied to the Medicare […]
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