DHPA in the News

With the onset of COVID-19, health care providers implemented telemedicine to safely expand care to patients and comply with public health guidelines. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently acted in the best interests of patients and health care providers by covering telehealth services through 2023. But what will happen to telehealth coverage after […]
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Long gone are the days of physicians arriving at a patient’s bedside, medical bag and stethoscope in tow. The idea of a house call is quaint, like something seen in an old movie. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, this idea has received a high-tech upgrade in the form of telehealth. The Centers for Medicare & […]
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Are Medicare Advantage (MA) plans allowed to require patients to go through “step therapy” to get a medication or treatment they need? Yes — for now — but physician groups are trying to change that.
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The Biden administration is planning to rescind a “Most Favored Nation” rule from the Trump administration that would have tested a model requiring that Medicare pay no more for certain drugs than the price paid by some other developed nations. Nadeem Baig, MD, a gastroenterologist in Oakhurst, New Jersey, and a member of the board […]
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