It’s important to understand that there are disparities in screening rates for colorectal cancer and that death rates from the disease are higher among some ethnic groups than others. There are disparities in screening rates for many reasons, including less access to health care coverage, lower rates of recommendation from a provider.
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Value of Colonoscopy Spanish Translation (Infographic)
Hay muchas opciones de detección, pero la colonoscopia es el estándar de oro. El cáncer colorrectal se previene mediante la extirpación de pólipos, que son crecimientos precancerosos. Y una colonoscopia de detección es la única prueba que DETECTA y ELIMINA los pólipos precancerosos.
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Colorectal Cancer: Am I at Risk? Spanish Translation (Infographic)
Es importante comprender que existen disparidades en las tasas de detección del cáncer colorrectal y que las tasas de mortalidad por la enfermedad son más altas entre algunos grupos étnicos que entre otros. Hay disparidades en las tasas de detección por muchas razones, incluido un menor acceso a la cobertura de atención médica, tasas más bajas de recomendación de un proveedor.
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KOAA News5: Your Healthy Family, Nothing has changed with colonoscopies, they save lives
I recently sat down with a local gastroenterologist here in Colorado Springs who wanted to pump the brakes on this story and remind us of a few important things when it comes to colon cancer screenings and preventing cancer deaths.
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DHPA Recommends MACRA Improvements to Bipartisan Group of U.S. Representatives
In response to a group of bipartisan members of Congress who requested feedback from the physician community on how the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) should be reformed, DHPA provided a letter supporting congressional efforts to improve MACRA and for the continued transition away from fee-for-service care to value-based, pay-for-performance care.
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