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Two members of ASGE’s CRC Screening Project Advisory Council – Jennifer Christie, MD, MASGE, and Tonya Adams, MD – participated in Fight CRC’s ‘Call-On Congress’ events in Washington, DC on March 1-3.
An ASGE project that is designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and completion colonoscopy rates for underserved patients is entering its final phases.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on February 25 a crackdown on fraud in Medicare and Medicaid.
Effective January 1, 2026, United Healthcare (UHC) will require most members enrolled in UHC Medicare Advantage HMO and HMO-POS plans to obtain a referral from their primary care provider (PCP) before accessing certain specialist services.
On February 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2027 proposed standards for the health insurance marketplaces, including the issuers and brokers who assist marketplace enrollees.
Casey Means, MD, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Surgeon General testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on February 25.
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee held a hearing February 24 to examine innovative ways to train America's health care workforce, with a focus on serving rural and underserved communities.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, has released a report detailing legislative and regulatory reforms to modernize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to stop the 2.5 percent Medicare cut to work Relative Value Units (RVUs) for all non-time-based physician fee schedule services.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the Ambulatory Surgery Center Covered Procedures List (ASC-CPL) for CY2026 to include GI motility and functional testing procedures.
A new analysis by KFF found Medicare Advantage insurers processed 52.8 million prior authorization requests in 2024. Of those requests, 4.1 million requests were either fully or partially denied.
ASGE has signed a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a change in policy to ensure Part B coverage of physician-administered drug formulations when self-administration is not clinically appropriate or feasible.
The Senate Aging Committee held a hearing on February 11 on the subject of how administrative and regulatory red tape fuels physician burnout and impacts patient access to care.
Senate lawmakers had an opportunity to question National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, during a hearing convened by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on February 3.
ASGE, ACG, and AGA jointly urged Aetna to update its coverage policy so that endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG). Our goal is for Aetna to explicitly recognize ESG as a covered bariatric/endobariatric option.