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A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

The application deadline has passed. Participants will be notified via e-mail of their acceptance by Dec. 15, 2009.

This informal workshop will emphasize attendee participation and close faculty/attendee interaction. There will be 12 plenary and six breakout sessions in which faculty will conduct various exercises, such as preparing and writing grants and clinical proposals.

A popular feature of this workshop is the one-on-one mentoring sessions with experienced faculty. Attendees will be paired with a faculty mentor based on their current research project. In addition, representatives from NIH will be there to consult with attendees.

The educational sessions are supported in party by an educational grant from AstraZenaca.
 

This course is co-sponsored by AASLD and AGA Institute. The educational sessions are supported in part by an educational grant from AstraZenaca and Salix Pharmaceuticals.

The application deadline has passed. Applicants will be notified of acceptance via e-mail by Dec. 15, 2009.

 

During this program, attendees with attend a series of lectures and interactive discussions that will emphasize the broad spectrum of GI research opportunities and demonstrate how gastroenterology can cultivate their particular areas of research, e.g., oncology, infectious disease, gender impact, etc.

Download a conference brochure.

View video overviews of the conference from course directors, Joel Brill, MD, AGAF, and Mark DeLegge, MD, AGAF on YouTube.

There is enormous potential for technological innovation in gastroenterology. While recent advances in minimally invasive surgery and endoscopic procedures have made inroads to enhanced patient care, there are still many unmet needs to be addressed. The GI tract could also hold the key to future therapies for widespread chronic conditions, such as diabetes and obesity.

This conference will bring together inventors, medical device companies and investors to explore lessons learned from failed but promising GI technologies that did not achieve favorable coverage or reimbursement, identify future opportunities, address what can be done to overcome the barriers to transitioning new concepts into clinical practice, and encourage investment in future technologies.

Conference participants will each play an important role in helping to support and ultimately stimulate innovation that will advance the field of GI and improve patient outcomes.

Who Should Attend and Why

GI physician inventor - Learn how to take an idea from prototype to market acceptance and approval, including the critical elements in designing and conducting meaningful clinical trials, and what investors and industry executives look for when deciding to invest in potential new technologies.

Medical device company representatives - Discover how to overcome clinical trial, regulatory, reimbursement and coverage hurdles; how comparative effectiveness will affect the adoption process; and how investors indentify potential investment opportunities.

Investors - Identify emerging diagnostic and therapeutic technologies with the potential to generate high rates of return, and learn about how the AGA plans to support innovation in the GI field.

McVey Associates, along with the AGA Center for GI Practice Management and Economics is offering an ongoing series of audio conferences, timed with the quarterly release of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits.

Noon - 1 p.m. ET

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

The IPA World Congress will present an outstanding program that provides a general overview about probiotics and includes sessions devoted to the health concerns that have been shown to respond positively from probiotic supplementation and the prevention of diseases using probiotics. Experts in the field will present the latest topics on biotechnology and the international regulatory environment, as well as introduce the most recent data on the clinical benefits of probiotics. The meeting is CME approved for healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the role of probiotics in the gut health.
• Describe the clinical activity surrounding probiotics.
• Identify the health concerns that have the most documented research findings with probiotics.
• Explain the regulations surrounding probiotics on a global scale.

Download the program. 

To learn more about this conference and to register, visit http://www.ipaworldcongress.com/. 

Hosted by the International Probiotics Association (IPA) and endorsed by the AGA Institute

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

Join the world's largest gathering of physicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Digestive Disease Week® is the annual meeting of the AASLD, AGA, ASGE and SSAT.

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Registration is now open.

The 2010 AGA Spring Postgraduate Course will address what's on the horizon for a wide spectrum of digestive diseases and how you can incorporate these latest advances into your practice. In addition, you will obtain practical information on how to handle difficult clinical cases and challenging endoscopic situations. The course will focus on six major topics:

• Upper GI Disorders
• Functional Diseases
• Inflammatory Intestinal Disorders
• Pancreaticobiliary Diseases
• Liver Disease
• New Frontiers in Digestive Disease

Clinical Challenge Sessions
Hear the experts debate the most appropriate approach to case-based problems related to major GI and liver topics.Participate in the discussion by asking questions and making commentary.

Course Highlights:

• Relevant take-home points that you can apply immediately to your practice.
• A mix of learning formats that provide variety, enhance your learning experience and improve retention.
• Direct access to an internationally renowned faculty of top experts in the field.
• Take-home syllabus containing detailed summaries of all sessions that can be used as a permanent reference tool after the course. Additional copies are available for purchase.

Course Director:
Sheila E. Crowe, MD, AGAF
University of Virgina

Course Co-Directors:
Jorge A. Marrero, MD, MS
University of Michigan

Bruce E. Sands, MD, AGAF
Harvard Medical School

2010 AGA Spring Postgraduate Course Resources
Pre-order by April 2 and save!

CD-ROM - Access audio and slides of all lectures and clinical challenge sessions. CD-ROM will be available by June 1, 2010.

Online Sessions - View the sessions, including audio and slides online and earn CME. Sessions can be accessed by June 1, 2010.

Purchase the CD-ROM and get the Online Sessions for just $10!

Pre-order today!

View a video overview of the course from faculty member, Joel Brill, MD, AGAF, on YouTube.

Learn how to make your practice thrive in a changing health-care environment by attending this 1 ½–day course designed exclusively for GI practice managers/administrators. Led by a faculty of experienced physicians and practice management experts, this unique course will address today's most pressing practice management-related topics, including coding for new technologies, preparing for an audit, implementing an electronic medical record and more.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

A one-day seminar designed to keep you up-to-date on reimbursement, coding and compliance changes.

Attend this seminar and walk away with:

• The most current ICD-9 & CPT coding instruction, with 2010 changes.
• Strategies to assist correct coding, reimbursement and compliance.
• Gastroenterology coding techniques that work and reduce paperwork.
• Tips on how to handle special gastroenterology situations.

This is the second joint meeting of the AGA and the SAGE.

The AGA Institute-sponsored sessions highlight two topics: IBD and liver pathology.

IBD Sessions:
• Clinical advances in IBD 
• New concepts in treatment (immunosupresion, biologics, probiotics)
• Pouchitis

Hepatology Sessions:
• Portal hypertension: news from DDW 2010 and the Baveno Consensus Workshop
• Ascites and liver cirrhosis
• Probiotics and liver diseases
• Variceal bleeding

The program includes talks, symposia, breakfast and lunch with the experts and interactive videoendoscopy. There will be several plenary and breakout sessions in which faculty will discuss actual clinical cases. This meeting emphasizes attendee participation and close faculty/attendee interaction.

Download the preliminary program. (Spanish | English).

SAGE Course Directors:
Edgardo Smecuol and Horacio Vázquez

AGA Faculty:
Guadalupe García Tsao, MD
Yale University

Aaron Brzezinski, MD 
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

McVey Associates, along with the AGA Center for GI Practice Management and Economics is offering a series of four audio conferences, timed with the quarterly release of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits.

Noon - 1:00 p.m. ET

Please check back early spring for registration details.

Over three days, you will hear from experts on topics ranging from cancer screening to coding. Each topic will be presented by experts in the field and offer you the knowledge necessary to be the best GI provider you can be.

Speakers will discuss cutting-edge research that focuses on disease mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders involving gastrointestinal neuromuscular function, sensation, psychosocial aspects, brain-gut interactions, and ingestive behavior and its control and treatment.

Important Deadlines

Abstracts Due: March 3, 2010
Meeting Pre-registration: fee discount if registered before June 15, 2010
Meeting Registration: July 15, 2010
Hotel Reservations: July 26, 2010

The conference is designed to provide a forum for the presentation, discussion and debate of translational and clinical research in the area of neurogastroenterology and motility, and functional gastrointestinal disorders so that physicians and health care professionals diagnosing and managing patients in this area will be able to draw on the latest evidence-based methods for promoting effective patient outcomes. Neurogastroenetrology & motility disorders encompass a broad spectrum of problems that includes gastroesophageal reflux disease, non-cardiac chest pain, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and obesity. These conditions are multifactorial in origin; alterations in brain-gut interactions, as well as in the absorptive, sensory, secretory and motor functions of different regions of the gastrointestinal tract, are considered key underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that constitute more or less accessible targets for therapy. Therapies are directed at the underlying biological mechanisms and psychological disturbances It is important to stress that these four societies are interested in the integration of patient management, and in providing a forum for research scientists and clinicians to work together in an interactive and supportive collaboration as new data become available.

Download the preliminary program.

View information for abstract submission and preparation.
 

Co-sponsored by the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society (ANMS), the Functional Brain-Gut Research Group, the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and the International Group for the Study of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.

Endorsed by the AGA Institute. 

This course precedes NGM 2010. 

This is a comprehensive course on gastrointestinal motility in clinical practice. The course will emphasize new developments in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders and functional gastrointestinal disorders. It will stress the role and application of these new developments to the practitioner. The faculty are active practitioners and publishers in the field of gastrointestinal motility, functional gastrointestinal disorders, and neurogastroenterology.

The goal of this course is to familiarize and update participants on the current indications, methodology, and interpretation of clinical motility tests. In addition, the course will provide an in-depth discussion of the physiology and pathophysiology and treatment of gastrointestinal motility and functional bowel disorders, emphasizing the spectrum of gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophageal motility disorders, gastroparesis, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic constipation. Multiple formats will be used, including didactic lectures, workshop discussions, and case-based presentations. Each of these will involve participation of the audience – the practicing physician, the gastrointestinal motility nurse and technician, and the gastroenterology fellow. Case presentations will emphasize key points from the lectures and stress the applicability of new knowledge to the clinical care of patients. Information from national and ANMS practice guidelines will be covered.

Live demonstrations

• Focus on applications of gastrointestinal motility tests in clinical practice
• Workshops for different levels: physicians, nurses, technicians, and gastroenterology fellows
• Case-based learning for physicians, nurses, and gastroenterology fellows.

Download the program. 
 

Sponsored by the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and the University of Kansas Medical Center Continuing Education.

Endorsed by the AGA Institute

Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) 2010 will cover a wide range of topics focusing on basic science and molecular advances as well as their clinical applications. A number of distinguished scholars will be in attendence and the congress will serve as a platform for researchers and clinicians to present their work in the form of oral and poster presentations.

 

Organized in conjunction with the 4 Asian Pacific societies- Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology, Asian Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of Liver and International Society for Digestive Surgery, the APDW 2010 promises to be a truly top-class meeting with the theme-“ Gastroenterology in Asia-Pacific- Excellence in the New Decade”.

The scientific program will include one day of postgraduate courses, two days of live endoscopy demonstrations and three full days of scientific program showcasing the best scientific work in gastroenterology, hepatology, GI endoscopy and GI surgery.

To learn more about this conference please visit www.apdw2010.org.my/index.html.
 

McVey Associates, along with the AGA Center for GI Practice Management and Economics is offering a series of four audio conferences, timed with the quarterly release of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits.

Noon - 1 p.m. ET

McVey Associates, along with the AGA Center for GI Practice Management and Economics is offering a series of four audio conferences, timed with the quarterly release of the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits.

Noon - 1 p.m. ET