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  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    March 14, 2024

    We have a patient who had a colonoscopy in August 2014, and one sigmoid polyp was removed. In the operation note, it was originally put in the plan to repeat the colonoscopy in five years.

  • Improving Scheduling of Esophageal Motility Procedures

    February 14, 2024

    The study aimed to identify factors resulting in delayed scheduling of patients for EMS/pH procedures, with a performance goal of reducing the number of days from case request to procedure by 20 percent.

  • New Kentucky CRC Newsletter Designed to Educate and Engage Key Stakeholders

    February 9, 2024

    CCPP founder and ASGE member Whitney Jones, MD, explains, “We are ramping up our efforts to improve CRC outcomes through general awareness and evidence-based interventions.”

  • Case 17: General GI

    February 9, 2024

    A 65-year-old female is hospitalized following right hip replacement three days ago. A GI consult is requested for evaluation of abdominal distention. She has poor oral intake. She's receiving regularly scheduled intravenous (IV) morphine for hip pain.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    February 9, 2024

    Can the new CPT code G2211 which went into effect on January 1, 2024, be used in GI practices?

  • “Time-Out” Process Study

    February 9, 2024

    Successful applicants to the ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program submit a summary of a recently conducted quality improvement (QI) project as part of the application process.

  • Modern Staffing Solutions for Practices

    February 9, 2024

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered one of the worst job crises. As we exit the COVID-19 pandemic, the employment picture has changed dramatically.

  • Five Tips on Finding Your First Job!

    January 23, 2024

    It’s the last six months of your fellowship and time to find a job. This is an exciting time but also can be filled with apprehension and anxiety.

  • Applying to Advanced Endoscopy Fellowships: Tips From a Program Director and Applicant

    January 23, 2024

    The Program Director Perspective by Pushpak Taunk, MDThe prospect of applying for another fellowship after more than a decade of medical training can seem daunting. 

  • Year-by-Year Strategies for Excelling in the GI Board Exam

    January 23, 2024

    Congratulations to everyone who matched in a GI and hepatology fellowship. The three years dedicated to this specialty will pass swiftly. It is crucial to prepare and organize a study schedule early on.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    January 12, 2024

    We have a patient in the hospital who has a G-tube that the patient says is too small—medications are difficult to give, and feeds are too slow. Our doctor exchanged the tube at the bedside. Would this be considered just a visit and not a procedure?

  • Improving Scheduling of Esophageal Motility Procedures

    January 11, 2024

    The purpose of this study was to identify what factors result in delayed scheduling of patients for EMS/pH procedures.

  • Case 16: Interventional Endoscopy

    January 11, 2024

    A 61-year-old male with a history of hypertension, well-controlled on metoprolol, presents with complaint of left upper quadrant abdominal pain, bloating and dyspepsia after meals for four months.

  • Sociedade Brasileira de Endoscopia Digestiva

    January 2, 2024

    The ASGE Exhibit Booth accompanied ASGE Faculty to Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian Digestive Disease Week, held from November 23-26.

  • Sociedad Interamericana de Endoscopia Digestiva

    January 2, 2024

    The Chilean Gastroenterology Society, in collaboration with the Interamerican Endoscopy Society (SIED), invited the ASGE to participate in the Pan American Week of Gastroenterology (SPED 2023).