Resources
ASGE Reimbursement Toolkit
The ABE Reimbursement Toolkit is now available in GI Leap. The Toolkit contains a Coding for Obesity Procedures document, an EBT Summary document, and a PowerPoint presentation to help facilitate your own meeting with payers to discuss reimbursement for endoscopic bariatric procedures. The Reimbursement Toolkit is free for ASGE members and is available here.
Position Statements
ASGE position statement on endoscopic bariatric therapies in clinical practice
Gastrointest Endosc 2015;82:767-772 / DOI: Link
ABE/ASGE position statement on training and privileges for primary endoscopic bariatric therapies
Gastrointest Endosc volume 91, ISSUE 6, P1230-1233 / DOI: Link
Technology Reviews
ASGE Bariatric Endoscopy Task Force systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the ASGE PIVI thresholds for adopting endoscopic bariatric therapies
Gastrointest Endosc 2015;82:425-438.e5 / DOI: Link
Association for Bariatric Endoscopy systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Preservation and Incorporation of Valuable Endoscopic Innovations thresholds for aspiration therapy
Gastrointest Endosc volume 93, issue 2, P334-342.E1, / DOI: Link
White Papers
ASGE EndoVators Summit: Defining the role and value of endoscopic therapies in obesity management
Gastrointest Endosc 2017;86:757-767 / DOI: Link