In December, former President Barack Obama committed a rare act: He signed into law a bill that passed both the House and Senate overwhelmingly in a lame-duck session. That law, the 21st Century Cures Act, has great ambitions—curing cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, to name only two—but some of its many goals directly affect gastroenterologists and their patients, especially those who have procedures performed at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs).
The changes are aimed at