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OUR MEMBER PRACTICES CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE AND OUTCOMES BY SUPPORTING HEALTH CARE POLICY THAT PROMOTES ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY AND COST-EFFICIENT MEDICINE IN THE INDEPENDENT GASTROENTEROLOGICAL MEDICALPRACTICE SETTING. 37 37 0 0 0 0 5000 1007000 621 0 1012621 0 0 0 0 0 715912 715912 296709 296709 0 296709 X DHPA IS A TRADE ASSOCIATION CURRENTLY COMPRISED OF 53 INDEPENDENT GASTROENTEROLOGY (GI) PHYSICIAN PRACTICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING AND PRESERVING THE INTEGRATED MODEL OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY. THE DHPA'S MEMBER PRACTICES INCLUDE OVER 1,300 GASTROENTEROLOGISTS AND OTHER PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS WHO, IN 2014, CARED FOR MORE THAN 2 MILLION PATIENTS IN NEARLY 3 MILLION DISTINCT PATIENT ENCOUNTERS. 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