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ASGE has launched the CRC Screening Microgrants Program, a health equity initiative designed to increase timely colonoscopy completion following abnormal stool-based tests (SBT) among medically underserved patients.

The Standards of Practice (SOP) Committee has developed a clinical practice update entitled, “Endoscopic Mucosal Tissue Sampling: ASGE Clinical Practice Update.” The document is available now for review and comment through August 23, 2026.

On July 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed payment rates for physician services for calendar year (CY) 2027 outlining updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for physicians.

ASGE joined leading GI and liver societies in urging OMB to withdraw proposed federal funding rule changes that could weaken peer review, restrict collaboration and research dissemination, and threaten U.S. biomedical research leadership.

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) issued a Commercial Medical Policy covering the Shield™ blood-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test for eligible average-risk individuals, effective August 1, 2026.

On July 2, CMS released the CY 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule, outlining updates to Medicare payment policies and rates for hospital outpatient and ASC services.

Senator Edward J. Markey, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congressman André Carson, introduced the Asal Sayas National Strategy on Young Adult Cancers Act to establish a national strategy to tackle the growing epidemic of cancer among adults under age 50.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s (ASGE) Standards of Practice (SOP) Committee, Artificial Intelligence Institute for Gastroenterology (AIGI) and Technology Committee have co-developed a guidance document.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a proposed rule on May 29 that would substantially revise the federal regulations governing grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of federal financial assistance.

The Standards of Practice (SOP) Committee has developed a clinical practice update entitled, “Role of Remimazolam in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: ASGE Clinical Practice Update.”