Category: News
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Act Now to Help Ensure Complex Patient Care, Cognitive Services Get New Codes
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Act Now to Help Ensure Complex Patient Care, Cognitive Services Get New CodesA recent CMS proposal may be a positive step for those of us in academic institutions or private practices whose…
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ICD-10: Updates and Tips
As you are aware, on October 1, the Medicare claims processing system is set to begin using the new ICD-10…
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The PPI Non-Responsive Patient Among ACG 2015 Session Highlights
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / The PPI Non-Responsive Patient Among ACG 2015 Session HighlightsLearn about the use of diagnostic tools to differentiate the unresponsive from the truly refractory GERD patient and outline the…
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Over 5,150 Signed Petition Opposing Medicare Cuts: Take These Next Steps
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Over 5,150 Signed Petition Opposing Medicare Cuts: Take These Next StepsThe College is grateful to ACG Members who are helping to lead the charge opposing Medicare’s cuts to colonoscopy with…
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What ACG Members Can Do to Help Stop Medicare Cuts
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / What ACG Members Can Do to Help Stop Medicare CutsIf you are a GI clinician and you haven’t signed this petition – recently proposed Medicare colonoscopy cuts could soon…
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ACG 2015, Your Abstract and the Media: What You Need to Know
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / ACG 2015, Your Abstract and the Media: What You Need to KnowEvolution of Media Coverage during the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting Long gone are the days when media coverage at the…
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ACG and GI Societies Fighting Colonoscopy Pay Cuts
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / ACG and GI Societies Fighting Colonoscopy Pay CutsThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which,…
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FDA’s Safety Communication on Supplemental Measures to Enhance Duodenoscope Reprocessing
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / FDA’s Safety Communication on Supplemental Measures to Enhance Duodenoscope ReprocessingThe FDA today announced supplemental measures to enhance duodenoscope reprocessing, including all Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) endoscopes. The College recognizes…
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Join ACG in the Fight Against Medicare Colonoscopy Cuts: Sign This Petition Now
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Join ACG in the Fight Against Medicare Colonoscopy Cuts: Sign This Petition NowMedicare bureaucrats plan to cut doctors’ reimbursement for colonoscopy starting January 2016. The stakes are high for Medicare patients and…
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Help Stop Medicare’s Planned Colonoscopy Cuts—6 Ways You Can Fight Back
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Help Stop Medicare’s Planned Colonoscopy Cuts—6 Ways You Can Fight BackThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which,…