• Jul 16
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Groups Ask Congress to Protect Integrity of USPSTF
    ASGE and other organizations are asking Congress to protect the integrity of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. USPSTF is tasked with making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services, including colorectal cancer screening.
  • Jul 15
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Public comment period open for new ASGE Guideline
    The Standards of Practice (SOP) Committee has developed a guideline entitled, “ASGE Guideline on the role of endoscopy in acute lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding.”
  • Jul 11
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Alert: New Scam Letters and Calls Target Medical Practitioners
    The DEA is warning registrants of new fraud schemes in which scammers impersonate DEA personnel and notify registrants that they are under investigation, presumably in an attempt to obtain personal information.
  • Jul 07
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> AMA Report Describes Changes in Physician Practice Ownership
    A new report from the American Medical Association (AMA) describes the changes in the ownership and organization of physician practices since 2012.
  • Jul 03
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Alert: Congress Passes One Big Beautiful Bill
    On July 3, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the Senate-amended version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, by a vote of 218 to 214.
  • Jul 02
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> New ACIP Members Make First Recommendations
    Newly appointed members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted last week to no longer recommend thimerosal-containing flu vaccines for all ages and approved clesrovimab for newborns and infants entering their first RSV season.
  • Jun 28
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Preventive Services Coverage: A Win for CRC Screening Access
    On June 27, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, upholding the ACA provision that requires most private insurers to cover preventive services recommended by the USPSTF without cost-sharing by patients.
  • Jun 25
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Action Alert: Tell Senators Not to Jeopardize Health Care for Millions
    Last week, the U.S. Senate released its budget reconciliation package. Likethe House-passed version, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that,if passed, millions of Americans would lose their health care coverage.
  • Jun 23
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Medical Community Asks for Reinstatement of ACIP Members
    ASGE joined about 100 national and state medical societies in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in calling for reinstatement of terminated members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
  • Jun 11
    <鶹ýƵ class="item-list__title"> Take Action NOW to Protect Access to Care
    On May 22, the House passed its version of a sweeping tax and spending bill (H.R. 1) that is now under consideration in the Senate.