2026 Gastroenterology Reimbursement and Coding Update (Virtual) | November 2025-Changes to Reimbursement Landscape- HR1 and MPFS

Changes to Reimbursement Landscape- HR1 and MPFS

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Video Summary

The speaker, a gastroenterologist, discusses significant upcoming changes to the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule affecting GI reimbursement. Despite a slight 3.26% conversion factor increase, new CMS policies impose a 2.5% efficiency adjustment cutting work RVUs and a 50% reduction in indirect practice expense payments for facility-based endoscopy. These changes create financial losses, especially for facility-based practices performing most GI procedures, resulting in an estimated 8% payment decrease and a $58 million nationwide cut. With rising operational costs and reimbursement cuts, GI practices must enhance billing, coding, and documentation expertise to adapt and maintain viability.

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Edward Sun, MD, MBA, FASGE

Keywords

2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

GI reimbursement changes

CMS efficiency adjustment

facility-based endoscopy cuts

gastroenterology billing and coding