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ACG, AGA, ¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï, IDSA, and NAPSGHAN join AASLD in expressing alarm over ACIP’s 8–3 vote to end the recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth.

CMS finalized the CY2026 OPPS/ASC rule with a 2.6% payment increase, 500+ new ASC procedures (including POEM and EndoFLIP), reduced drug administration payments in off-campus sites, and removed several quality measures with extended voluntary reporting.

Despite conversion factor increase, practice expense changes and misguided ‘efficiency’ adjustments may harm GI patients

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is implementing a faster way to schedule Veteran community care appointments with a new program called External Provider Scheduling (EPS).

¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï is monitoring the federal shutdown that began today after a lapse in appropriations. Essential functions continue, but many federal activities are curtailed with reduced staffing.

Current Medicare telehealth flexibilities will lapse beginning October 1, 2025, unless Congress passes legislation to extend those flexibilities.

¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï has joined more than 90 medical specialty societies and state medical associations in a letter to congressional leaders urging extension of the enhanced advance premium tax credits (APTCs).

The European Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï) have developed a joint society position statement .

¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï has joined an AMA-led letter asking the CMS to evaluate its process for incorporating measures into the MIPS and MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs), and to prioritize the value of specialty-led QCDRs.

ACG, AGA, and ¶¶Òô´ó¹Ï submitted joint recommendations to CMS on the CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, and Ambulatory Surgery Centers proposed rules.