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Screening Colonoscopies May Begin to Take a Back Seat to Non-Invasive Tests

June 6, 2022

New stool- and blood-based tests have the potential to overcome some of the barriers of initial colonoscopy screening.

Using Team-Based, Patient-Centered Care to Improve Patient Experiences

May 22, 2021

Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD, explained why it’s essential and how to focus on effective team-based and quality patient-centered care.

AGA symposium provides practical tips to avoid physician burnout

May 20, 2019

Carol A. Burke, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE, FACP, and Joseph C. Anderson, MD, MHCDS, FACG, shared practical ways physicians and institutions can decrease the chance for burnout in the AGA symposium “Balancing Work and Life While Avoiding Burnout in Gastroenterology” on Sunday afternoon.

Coding and billing experts will share best practices

May 17, 2019

“It’s more important than ever for clinicians to have a firm grasp on the business aspects of their clinical practices,” says Sunday morning’s AGA “The Business of Medicine” Symposium Chair David Kunkel, MD.

AGA offers dedicated programming for trainees and early career GIs

May 17, 2019

Avinash G. Ketwaroo, MD, walks through sessions designed to meet the unique needs of DDW® attendees in the early stages of their careers in gastrointestinal medicine.

MACRA law brings dramatic changes to physician payment

May 9, 2017

Medicare payment systems are undergoing perhaps the greatest change since Medicare was enacted in 1965 due to a law known as MACRA, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.

Fight for fair reimbursement will continue, AGA president says

May 9, 2017

“In his presidential address on Monday at DDW^®, AGA President Timothy Wang, MD, AGAF, reviewed AGA’s accomplishments and priorities under his leadership over the past year, highlighting several new tools that help AGA members address changes to the GI practice environment.

AHCA, proposed federal budget cuts are cause for concern in GI profession

May 7, 2017

The future of gastroenterology is enmeshed in politics. From the partisan battles that led to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to last week’s party-line approval of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by the House of Representatives, every gastroenterologist, practice and academic center is tied to politics.

Patients benefit when GIs partner with pathologists

May 7, 2017

A good pathologist can be a gastroenterologist’s best friend. A good GI pathologist, that is.

Practice Management

Screening Colonoscopies May Begin to Take a Back Seat to Non-Invasive Tests

Using Team-Based, Patient-Centered Care to Improve Patient Experiences

AGA symposium provides practical tips to avoid physician burnout

Coding and billing experts will share best practices

AGA offers dedicated programming for trainees and early career GIs

MACRA law brings dramatic changes to physician payment

Fight for fair reimbursement will continue, AGA president says

AHCA, proposed federal budget cuts are cause for concern in GI profession

Patients benefit when GIs partner with pathologists

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