Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS): Answers to Five of Your Most...
As you investigate options to fulfill public reporting requirements and avoid negative payment adjustments, no doubt you have discovered there are multiple mechanisms for reporting to the Physician...
View ArticleShocker: High Quality Colonoscopy Saves Lives
A study published this week concluded that higher quality colonoscopies in terms of better adenoma detection were associated with as high as 50 to 60 percent lower lifetime risk for colorectal cancer...
View ArticleTop 10 Quotes from the Supreme Court Opinion Upholding Affordable Care Act...
The Supreme Court ruled on June 25, that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance subsidies can go to residents of any state, marking a significant win for the Obama...
View ArticleCMS Eases ICD-10 Transition with 1-Year of Flexibility
In response to concerns from ACG and the provider community, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this week released additional guidance that will allow for flexibility in the claims...
View ArticleACG and GI Societies to Fight Medicare Cuts to Colonoscopy
CMS released on July 8 the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which, if finalized, would drastically cut reimbursement rates for colonoscopy and other lower GI endoscopy...
View ArticleFight Medicare Colonoscopy Cuts: A “Playbook” for ACG Members
As you know, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) this month released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which, if finalized, would drastically cut...
View ArticleHelp Stop Medicare’s Planned Colonoscopy Cuts—6 Ways You Can Fight Back
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which, if finalized, would drastically cut reimbursement rates for...
View ArticleJoin ACG in the Fight Against Medicare Colonoscopy Cuts: Sign This Petition Now
Medicare bureaucrats plan to cut doctors’ reimbursement for colonoscopy starting January 2016. The stakes are high for Medicare patients and public health. TAKE ACTION: The American College of...
View ArticleACG and GI Societies Fighting Colonoscopy Pay Cuts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule which, if finalized, would drastically cut reimbursement rates for...
View ArticleWhat ACG Members Can Do to Help Stop Medicare Cuts
If you are a GI clinician and you haven’t signed this petition – recently proposed Medicare colonoscopy cuts could soon become reality. ACG and the joint societies are working together to fight these...
View ArticleOver 5,150 Signed Petition Opposing Medicare Cuts: Take These Next Steps
The College is grateful to ACG Members who are helping to lead the charge opposing Medicare’s cuts to colonoscopy with an online petition that so far boosts over 5,150 signatures. Many of you promoted...
View ArticleICD-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 codes. I wanted to provide a few tips and updates in response to some of your most pressing...
View ArticleAct Now to Help Ensure Complex Patient Care, Cognitive Services Get New Codes
A recent CMS proposal may be a positive step for those of us in academic institutions or private practices whose “value” is benchmarked off the relative value unit (RVU) system but spend a significant...
View ArticleUrgent: You Can Still Help Stop Medicare Cuts
Thank you ACG members! ACG and the GI societies have been extremely active on Capitol Hill, urging members of Congress to help fight proposed cuts to colonoscopy. ACG members reached out to hundreds...
View ArticleCongress Supports Colorectal Cancer Screening
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) applaud 27 members of the U.S. Senate...
View ArticleCMS Cuts Reimbursement to Colonoscopy – What You Need to Know
CMS on October 30 released the CY 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule. ACG, AGA and ASGE are outraged at the failure of CMS to accept the GI societies’ reimbursement recommendations. The cuts to the...
View ArticleReverse Medicare’s Colonoscopy Cuts – Support the SCREEN Act
ACG President Ken DeVault recently articulated a “credo” which has guided the College in its advocacy to preserve appropriate reimbursement for colonoscopy under Medicare: “ACG believes U.S....
View ArticleBreaking News: ABIM approves CME for MOC points
ABIM approves CME for MOC points After months of working with ABIM to improve the MOC process, ACG’s message to ABIM that MOC needed to be “simpler, less intrusive, and less expensive,” is closer to...
View ArticleCongress 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 in anticipation for these cuts, the ACG has urged Congress to...
View ArticleCongress Must Pass Legislation Important to Clinical GI
As you are aware, Medicare has finalized plans to significantly cut colonoscopy reimbursement beginning January 2016. Did you know that in anticipation for these cuts, the ACG has urged Congress to...
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