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May 13, 2016

GI News Round Up – 05/07/16 – 05/13/16

Colonoscopy

Current Medicare policies make CRC screening unaffordable for low-income groups: 5 key insights
By Anuja Vaidya
Becker’s GI & Endoscopy

Guideline Calls for Colonoscopy Before Resection To Find Second Tumors
By Christina Frangou
General Surgery News

Task Force Updates Guidelines for Postsurgical Surveillance Colonoscopy, Adding 10 Years of Data
By Monica J. Smith
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News


Gastroenterology

National colonoscopy quality improvement registry reaches 3 million cases
By Healio Gastroenterology Staff
Healio Gastroenterology


Medicare Reimbursement

Colonoscopy Bundles Offer Opportunity for GI Physicians
By AIS Health Staff
AIS Health’s Value-Based Care News

One ASC’s experience bundling payments for colonoscopy reaps success: 6 takeaways
By Anuja Vaidya
Becker’s GI & Endoscopy

Payers, payment & cost of care: 10 statistics from gastroenterologists
By Laura Dyrda
Becker’s GI & Endoscopy


MACRA

At Congressional Hearing on MACRA Rule, Focus Turns to Concern for Small Docs
By Rajiv Leventhal
Healthcare Informatics

High Stakes Payment Reform Comes with High Hopes
By Christopher Cheney
Health Leaders Media

Is MACRA the “Burning Platform for Progress” in Healthcare?
By Kyle Murphy, PhD
EHR Intelligence

Is the new MIPS payment system deadline too challenging?
By Greg Slabodkin
Health Data Management

MACRA final rule could hit healthcare industry hard
By Tracey Walker
Managed Healthcare Executive

MACRA proposed rule: Good intentions from CMS but a burden for small practices, says doc
By Jessica Davis
Healthcare IT News

Need to get caught up on MACRA? Start here.
By Rivka Friedman
The Advisory Board Company

ONC officials: IT for MACRA, cybersecurity remain top-of-mind issues
By Katie Dvorak
FierceHealthIT

The Docs Have Already Tuned Out on MACRA
By Gabriel Perna
Diagnostic Imaging

Three Takeaways from the MACRA Proposed Rule for Docs
By Rachel V. Rose
Diagnostic Imaging


Affordable Care Act

Independent Physician Views on the Affordable Care Act
By Melissa Byington
Diagnostic Imaging

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