Press Releases

The final 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)/Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) rules were released on Nov. 2.

ASGE has developed a guideline to aid in quicker diagnosis of malignancy in biliary strictures of unknown cause to help avoid life-threatening issues such as infection and liver damage. 

ACG, AGA and ASGE submitted recommendations to CMS for improving practice issues and payment rates for gastroenterologists next year. Our comments were in response to CMS’ 2024 proposed rules.

ASGE supports the development and implementation of family and parental leave policies for the workforce. ASGE recognizes that family and parental leave are important for provider wellbeing and in reducing disparities in the gastroenterology workforce.

The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has released the first evidence-based guideline on ergonomics in endoscopy, recommending doctors receive work safety education and use properly positioned equipment to lower their injury risk.

More than 40 of the nation’s leading gastroenterologists and allied health care professionals participated in a summit that the ASGE hosted at its IT&T Center last week as part of the ASGE Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Project.

AASLD, ACG, AGA, ASGE and NASPGHAN recognize that the new class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists may be associated with delayed gastric emptying.

Standing with CRC Patient Advocates and GI Community in expressing frustration with ACP Guidance.

On July 31, 2023, the American College of Physicians (ACP) published updated clinical guidance maintaining 50 as the age when clinicians should start screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in patients who are asymptomatic and at average risk.

ASGE has developed the first guideline in North America for the procedure endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).