UHC backs off prior auth, replaces with Advance Notification Program
AGA is in this battle for the long haul, and we’re prepared to continue fighting for you and your patients.
GI society statement: UHC offers to trade GI prior auth for a poorly defined alternative
An update on our fight to #StopUHCGIPriorAuth.
USA Today covers campaign to stop UHC GI prior auth
With one week until UnitedHealthcare’s GI prior authorization policy goes into effect, media and regulators are taking notice.
Welcome new AGA board members!
Private practice GI Dr. Lawrence Kim joins the presidential line-up.
New podcast for C. difficile Awareness Month
Freshen up on C. diff by tuning in to these quick chats with Drs. Paul Feuerstadt and Sahil Khanna.
Two of our favorite #WomeninGI in the news
Join us in congratulating Drs. Aja McCutchen and Fola May for receiving much-deserved recognition this week.
Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Abdomen”
Image challenge: a 73-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for remote squamous cell carcinoma of the skin presented with a 2-to 3-month history of postprandial dyspepsia and refractory eructation.
The #1 thing to do for your patients with gastric intestinal metaplasia
AGA’s guideline says: test and treat H. pylori in all patients with GIM.
FDA recommends switch to partially or fully disposable duodenoscope models
Review our key takeaways from FDA’s recent announcement recommending practices transition to scopes with disposable components or fully disposable scopes.
Farewell to the AGA Community
After six years and more than 9,000 discussion posts, the AGA Community will close on April 1.