Tag: Featured
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ABIM will not require practice assessment for MOC through 2018
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / ABIM will not require practice assessment for MOC through 2018ABIM announced December 16, 2015 it will extend through the end of 2018 its decision not to require practice assessment, patient…
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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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New Book: The Gut Microbiome, D.A. Johnson, Editor
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / News / New Book: The Gut Microbiome, D.A. Johnson, EditorThe Gut Microbiome: New Understanding and Potential Translational Applications for Disease Management ACG Past President Dr. David Johnson is the editor…
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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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AJG November 2015: Table of Contents and Podcast
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Uncategorized / AJG November 2015: Table of Contents and PodcastThe November 2015 “Red Journal” Table of Contents The November issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology includes a position statement on…
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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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New ACG Barrett's Esophagus Guideline
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Uncategorized / New ACG Barrett's Esophagus GuidelineNew ACG Guideline: Diagnosis & Management of Barrett’s Esophagus November 2015 AJG Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, FACG; Gary W. Falk, MD,…
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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…
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CMS Cuts Reimbursement to Colonoscopy – What You Need to Know
American College of Gastroenterology / Posts / Expert Insights / CMS Cuts Reimbursement to Colonoscopy – What You Need to KnowCMS on October 30 released the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule. ACG, AGA and ASGE are outraged at…