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Many of our providers are asking if they can bill for a telephone or audio only visit to discuss test results with patients. This ended in May 2025, and the current guidelines do not appear to support reimbursement.
This month’s case takes a different approach. Rather than focusing on a clinical scenario, we’re spotlighting leadership fundamentals for APPs and why they’re critical to the future of GI care.
Independent medical practices have long been the cornerstone of community-based care, offering patients personalized attention and continuity that large systems often struggle to provide.
Success reflects a collective effort as the course of 2025 reminded your GI colleagues. Read on for responses from ASGE committee members who share their lessons learned from the year.
Is there something (as a coder) that we can send on claims to avoid sequestration, reduction in federal payment?
A 46-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetes presents with a two day history of severe epigastric pain that radiates to his back with associated nausea and vomiting.
Clinical research has long served as the bridge between scientific discovery and patient care. Today, its role in gastroenterology is expanding, shaping not only treatment options but also the patient–physician relationship.
A provider wants to do an office visit the same day as the patient’s infusion since the patient is coming back from college. If we do that, can we add a modifier to get paid for both?
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.
A 30 year-old male with a history of cystic fibrosis and PEG tube dependency presents to clinic with complaints of difficulty using PEG tube, leaking around tube and abdominal pain.
The ASGE Endoscopy Quality Improvement Project – EQuIP – Prizes Program promotes quality improvement projects that have the potential to transform quality care in endoscopy.
Chronic care management is essential for many chronic gastrointestinal disorders. This article will introduce how to utilize chronic care management CPT codes to assist in developing an organized process to care for your patients.
We are looking into the coding for smoking cessation. We have heard that it will interfere with our office visits. What are the educational and documentation requirements to qualify for smoking cessation coding?
Our endoscopy center faced staffing shortages and changes in scheduling and recall management starting March 2022, leading to backlogs, especially in filling last-minute cancellations within one week.
We’ve all seen how the landscape of medicine has evolved dramatically over the past decade. What excites me most today is how our specialty is moving toward a more individualized approach, what we now call precision gastroenterology.