Practice Management


  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    December 9, 2025

    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.

  • Case 33: APP Leadership – The Basics

    December 9, 2025

    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.

  • The Future of Healthcare: Are Private Equity Partnerships Sustainable for Independent Practices?

    December 9, 2025

    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.

  • Celebrating Collective Effort

    December 9, 2025

    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.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    November 12, 2025

    Is there something (as a coder) that we can send on claims to avoid sequestration, reduction in federal payment?

  • Case 32: Acute Pancreatitis

    November 12, 2025

    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.

  • The Evolving Role of Clinical Research in Gastroenterology

    November 12, 2025

    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.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    October 8, 2025

    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?

  • Increasing Withdrawal Time

    October 8, 2025

    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.

  • Case 31: Painful, Leaking PEG Tube

    October 8, 2025

    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.

  • 2025 EQuIP Prize Winners

    October 8, 2025

    The ASGE Endoscopy Quality Improvement Project – EQuIP – Prizes Program promotes quality improvement projects that have the potential to transform quality care in endoscopy.

  • 2025 Coding Update for Chronic Care Management Codes and Case Study

    September 10, 2025

    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.

  • ASGE Answers Your Coding Questions

    September 10, 2025

    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?

  • QI Spotlight: Filling Open Patient Slots

    September 10, 2025

    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.

  • Precision Gastroenterology: Harnessing Personalized Medicine for Transformative Patient Care

    September 10, 2025

    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.