Category: Expert Insights
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CMS: “Meaningful Use Changes Forthcoming”
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS: “Meaningful Use Changes Forthcoming”As many of you know, last week CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt was quoted in the press stating that “in 2016,…
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Senate Committee Weighs-in on FDA Review of Duodendscopes
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Senate Committee Weighs-in on FDA Review of DuodendscopesOn Wednesday, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) released a new report:…
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2016 Medicare Reimbursement Rates: Popular GI Codes
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / 2016 Medicare Reimbursement Rates: Popular GI CodesACG is extremely disappointed that Congress and CMS chose to finalize the 2016 Medicare reimbursement rates without alleviating significant cuts…
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Conversations With Women in GI: Amy Oxentenko, MD, FACG, on Medical Education
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Conversations With Women in GI: Amy Oxentenko, MD, FACG, on Medical EducationConversations with Women in GI is a new series by Jill Gaidos, MD, FACG. This article first appeared in the…
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Congress Adjourns Without Alleviating Cuts to Colonoscopy but Eases Meaningful Use Burdens
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Congress Adjourns Without Alleviating Cuts to Colonoscopy but Eases Meaningful Use BurdensCongress closed out 2015 by passing the fiscal 2016 spending package, appropriating funds for the various federal agencies and programs.…
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Coalition of GI Patient Advocates Urge Congress to Pass the SCREEN Act
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Coalition of GI Patient Advocates Urge Congress to Pass the SCREEN ActThis week, the Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC) urged Senator Ben Cardin and Representative Richard Neal to include the SCREEN…
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Congress Must Pass Legislation Important to Clinical GI
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Congress Must Pass Legislation Important to Clinical GIAs you are aware, Medicare has finalized plans to significantly cut colonoscopy reimbursement beginning January 2016. Did you know that…
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Congress Must Pass the SCREEN Act
As you are aware, Medicare has finalized plans to significantly cut colonoscopy reimbursement beginning January 2016. Did you know that…
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Reverse Medicare’s Colonoscopy Cuts – Support the SCREEN Act
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Reverse Medicare’s Colonoscopy Cuts – Support the SCREEN ActACG President Ken DeVault recently articulated a “credo” which has guided the College in its advocacy to preserve appropriate reimbursement…
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Keep the Pressure On: ACG's Credo on Medicare Cuts
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Keep the Pressure On: ACG's Credo on Medicare CutsI want to let you know that the ACG takes recent CMS changes in colonoscopy reimbursement extremely seriously and we…