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Casey Means, MD, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Surgeon General testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on February 25.
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing February 24 to examine innovative ways to train America's health care workforce, with a focus on serving rural and underserved communities.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has released a report detailing legislative and regulatory reforms to modernize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Mark your calendars for education designed for trainees at every stage of fellowship hosted at the ASGE Institute for Training and Technology facility in Downers Grove, IL and/or participate virtually.
Colonoscopy remains the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening with its high sensitivity and specificity for cancer as well as precancerous lesions.
As stool-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening becomes more prevalent, gastroenterologists are seeing a corresponding rise in referrals for colonoscopies following a positive result.
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to stop the 2.5 percent Medicare cut to work Relative Value Units (RVUs) for all non-time-based physician fee schedule services.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the Ambulatory Surgery Center Covered Procedures List (ASC-CPL) for CY2026 to include GI motility and functional testing procedures.
A new analysis by KFF found Medicare Advantage insurers processed 52.8 million prior authorization requests in 2024. Of those requests, 4.1 million requests were either fully or partially denied.
ASGE has signed a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a change in policy to ensure Part B coverage of physician-administered drug formulations when self-administration is not clinically appropriate or feasible.
The Senate Aging Committee held a hearing on February 11 on the subject of how administrative and regulatory red tape fuels physician burnout and impacts patient access to care.
Senate lawmakers had an opportunity to question National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, during a hearing convened by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on February 3.
As part of advocacy efforts to improve the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) cost measures for physicians, your help is needed.
A 55-year-old male with PMHx HTN, HLD, Type III Achalasia underwent POEM (per oral endoscopic myotomy) one month ago and is now being seen in your clinic for scheduled follow up.
Are there any federal or payer requirements to keep hard copies of coding books at each practice? Our coding staff work remotely with current materials, and I haven’t found a rule requiring on-site copies.