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Register by February 8 and Save on GI Stents Course
Save $150 when you register by Monday, February 8, for the highly-anticipated ASGE course GI Stents: Expanding Indications and Opening New Horizons. This course will be a soup-to-nuts review of stents and their placement within the entire GI tract to demonstrate the state of the art in 2010. Download a brochure and register today...
ASGE Consultation Code Resource Center
As dictated by the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, starting Jan. 1, 2010, physicians can no longer bill Medicare using consultation codes (99241-99245 and 99251-99255). ASGE has created the Consultation Code Resource Center (members only login required) to help you navigate the changes in the new coding requirements for services formerly paid under consultation codes and to keep you updated on our advocacy efforts.
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Updates on coding issues, FDA alerts, legislative alerts and other information affecting your practice is often sent to members via e-mail. To be sure that we have your correct email address, log in and select "update your profile."
Ask ASGE!
View ASGE’s newest web resource—Ask ASGE, a one-stop clearinghouse for the answers to your questions, from practice management to the latest techniques and technologies. ASGE will continuously add to this resource, so that we can provide answers and resources to all of your most pressing questions. Do you have a question that you don’t see the answer to? Submit your questions today!
ASGE Urges CMS to Delay Implementation of 2010 Consultation Code Policy
ASGE, along with ACG and AGA, submits letter to HHS expressing strong objection and requesting guidance and a one-year delay for the new consultations billing policy set to take effect on January 1, 2010. Read letter...
ASGE Issues Guidelines on Management of Antithrombotic Agents for Endoscopic Procedures
ASGE has released the new guideline “Management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopic procedures,” which was published in the December issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Developed by the ASGE Standards of Practice Committee, the guideline states that aspirin and/or NSAIDs may be continued for all elective endoscopic procedures. View the full guideline...
New Multisociety Recommendations: Nonanesthesiologist Administration of Propofol for GI Endoscopy
AASLD, ACG, the AGA Institute and ASGE have released the “Position statement: nonanesthesiologist administration of propofol for GI endoscopy,” which concludes that the administration by nonanesthesiologists of propofol versus sedation with commonly used agents is comparable with respect to their efficacy and safety profiles. Read the full press release and view the position statement.
Did you miss this year's Annual Postgraduate Course at DDW? Check out the "Live from New York!" recordings from nine select live case sessions at the 2009 Annual Postgraduate Course.
The New ASGE Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists
ASGE is please to introduce our newest practice management tool for gastroenterologist, The ASGE Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists. An essential coding tool for gastroenterologists, this Coding Primer was written by practicing physicians for physicians. Order your copy today!.