Clinicians hoping to renegotiate their contract should have data on the value they bring, including RVUs, quality metrics and patient satisfaction.
New stool- and blood-based tests have the potential to overcome some of the barriers of initial colonoscopy screening.
Conor P. Delaney, MD, MCh, PhD, explained why it’s essential and how to focus on effective team-based and quality patient-centered care.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
A good pathologist can be a gastroenterologist’s best friend. A good GI pathologist, that is.
