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QI Spotlight: Improving patient post-procedure discharge instructions

The GI endoscopy service determined by using patient experience and complaint data that patients were frequently not receiving adequate discharge instructions.

Optimizing Endoscopy Efficiency Across Settings: Practical Lessons from ASCs and Hospitals

Efficiency in endoscopic practice is more than just throughput—it’s about delivering safe, timely, and patient-centered care while maintaining the well-being of the healthcare team.

Quality Counts: Choosing the Right QI Project for Your GI Practice

Quality improvement in gastroenterology, is a phrase that is often uttered in conferences, meetings, and on societal websites. It’s a concept that gastroenterologists know is important, but formal training in QI initiatives is not standardized.

Rethinking the Role of the Endoscopy Technician: Advancing to the Endoscopy Expert

The role of the endoscopy technician has traditionally been underrecognized within the gastrointestinal (GI) procedural team. Historically, technicians have received limited formal education, often relying on on-the-job training from senior colleagues.

2025 Coding Update for Chronic Care Management Codes and Case Study

Chronic care management is essential for many chronic gastrointestinal disorders. This article will introduce how to utilize chronic care management CPT codes to assist in developing an organized process to care for your patients.

ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

We are looking into the coding for smoking cessation. We have heard that it will interfere with our office visits. What are the educational and documentation requirements to qualify for smoking cessation coding?

QI Spotlight: Filling Open Patient Slots

Our endoscopy center faced staffing shortages and changes in scheduling and recall management starting March 2022, leading to backlogs, especially in filling last-minute cancellations within one week.

Precision Gastroenterology: Harnessing Personalized Medicine for Transformative Patient Care

We’ve all seen how the landscape of medicine has evolved dramatically over the past decade. What excites me most today is how our specialty is moving toward a more individualized approach, what we now call precision gastroenterology.

September is Women in Medicine Month

September is Women in Medicine Month, a time to celebrate the achievements of women in medicine across all stages of the profession.

What is a GI Hospitalist (GIH) and Could This Be the Right Career Path for You?

GIHs are gastroenterologists who specialize in the care of hospitalized patients with gastrointestinal conditions. The specifics of the role can vary significantly between institutions.

The Overlooked Link Between Trauma and GI Health

This article explores the profound impact of gender-based violence (GBV), including intimate partner violence (IPV), on gastrointestinal (GI) health.

Education Corner August 2025

Join us this September for the 7th Global GI AI Summit & Workshop and hands-on Fellows Courses, bringing together clinicians, innovators and trainees to advance AI, endoscopy skills and the future of GI care.

Navigating Experiences & Barriers

Case 30: Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm

A 77 year old male with past medical history of HTN, HLD, prediabetes, obesity, COPD, AAA who initially underwent an CT abdomen pelvis WWO in 6/2013 for evaluation for nephrolithiasis which noted a 1.3 x 2.2 cm cystic structure in the neck of pancreas.

ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

We understand that for studies we bill for interpretation, the service date is the read date. However, Medicare/Medicaid states for studies like Bravo and capsule endoscopy, it should be the ingestion date. Can you please clarify?