Tag: Colonoscopy
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Take Action: CMS Comments Due Sept. 8
Earlier this summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed drastic cuts to the 2016 Medicare physician reimbursement…
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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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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,…
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Medicare Cuts to Colonoscopy Threaten Progress Against Colorectal Cancer
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Medicare Cuts to Colonoscopy Threaten Progress Against Colorectal CancerI am incredibly frustrated and disappointed today. Devastating cuts to reimbursement for lifesaving colonoscopy exams under Medicare’s Physician Fee Schedule…
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CMS Proposes Cuts to 2016 Colonoscopy Rates: ACG, AGA and ASGE Will Fight Cuts
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / CMS Proposes Cuts to 2016 Colonoscopy Rates: ACG, AGA and ASGE Will Fight CutsLate Wednesday, July 8, CMS released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which, if finalized, would drastically…
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Shocker: High Quality Colonoscopy Saves Lives
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / Shocker: High Quality Colonoscopy Saves LivesA study published this week concluded that higher quality colonoscopies in terms of better adenoma detection were associated with as…
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Medicare Beneficiaries Gain Access to Hepatitis C Info & Screening Under SCREEN Act
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / Medicare Beneficiaries Gain Access to Hepatitis C Info & Screening Under SCREEN ActLearn more about the Medicare demonstration project Learn more about the SCREEN Act Download this infographic for web, posters
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Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Richard Neal Introduce SCREEN Act: Bill Reduces Barriers for Medicare Beneficiaries to Colorectal Cancer and Hepatitis C Screening
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / Senator Ben Cardin and Congressman Richard Neal Introduce SCREEN Act: Bill Reduces Barriers for Medicare Beneficiaries to Colorectal Cancer and Hepatitis C ScreeningSenator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Representative Richard Neal (D-MA) introduced the “Supporting ColoRectal Examination and Education Now (SCREEN) Act” (S.…