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1. 5 new GI robots, procedures in 2024
... company Geneoscopy received FDA approval for its noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test, ColoSense. 2. Ambu earned FDA clearance for its aScope Gastro Large and Ambu aBox 2. The aScope Gastro ...13 May 2024 -
2. The cost of preventive GI care
Gastroenterological cancers, including colorectal cancer, are on the rise across the nation, as the cost of healthcare also continues to rise. Here is the average cost of five preventive GI procedures ...10 May 2024 -
3. ASCs biggest opportunities for growth
... gastrointestinal and colorectal area with the increased screening guidelines. There is growing demand to incorporate lower-acuity cardiology procedures, although that growth is taking time. There is ...10 May 2024 -
4. Can patients wait longer between colonoscopies?
... in adults with no family history of colorectal cancer whose first colonoscopy is negative, according to a May 9 report from Medscape. Researchers used Swedish nationwide registry data to compare 110,074 ...10 May 2024 -
5. Noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test gains FDA approval
Life sciences company Geneoscopy received FDA approval for its noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test, ColoSense. ColoSense is the first noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test to offer ...07 May 2024 -
6. 5 physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology
... serve as director of Aurora-based University of Colorado department of surgery's new colorectal surgery fellowship program. The one year fellowship is the only colorectal surgery fellowship to have been ...07 May 2024 -
7. The dangers of declining gastroenterology reimbursements
... the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, told Becker's. "Even when I was a fellow in 2008 at Mayo Clinic, we were already seeing young patients with colorectal cancer, and even then ...06 May 2024 -
8. AGA lauds lawmaker scrutiny of UnitedHealth in wake of hack
... delays and denials for care. This is particularly worrisome as applied to colonoscopies and endoscopies when colorectal cancer is the nation's #2 cancer killer and is on the rise among Americans under 50." ...02 May 2024 -
9. Colorectal cancer in 2024: 9 key statistics
The American Cancer Society has released estimates for colorectal cancer cases in the U.S. for 2024. Colorectal cancer has become the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the ...29 April 2024 -
10. How the gastroenterology market is changing
... Preventive Services Task Force recently changed the colonoscopy guidelines to begin screening at age 45 due to an increased incidence of colorectal cancer being diagnosed at age 49. The thought was to ...29 April 2024 -
11. Why the outpatient colonoscopy market has 'skyrocketed' ...
... of colorectal cancer being diagnosed at age 49. The thought was to perform screening colonoscopies on patients at age 45 in order to remove polyps before they have a chance to grow into cancer," Benjamin ...25 April 2024 -
12. ASCs in 2024: What is getting easier, and harder, per 25 leaders
... of Chicago Medicine: The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently changed the colonoscopy guidelines to begin screening at age 45 due to an increased incidence of colorectal cancer being diagnosed ...25 April 2024 -
13. New ASCs looking to gastroenterology
... April 3: AVALA Surgery Center, an ASC specializing in gastroenterology, colorectal procedures and pain management, opened in Metairie, La. The center focuses on outpatient endoscopic procedures. Athens, ...18 April 2024 -
14. Bad news for gastroenterology
... costs but are poorly reimbursed or not reimbursed at all, in some cases." Patients not getting screened for colorectal cancer "I would say that the biggest threat is patients not getting screened and ...18 April 2024 -
15. 10 notes on colonoscopies in 2024
... 3. A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine assessed the performance of a cell-free DNA blood-based test in a population eligible for colorectal cancer screening in identifying colorectal ...16 April 2024 -
16. Medtronic, ModMed to collaborate on GI Genius documentation
... the rates of polyp detection among colonoscopy patients, achieving a 50% reduction in missed colorectal polyps over a standard colonoscopy, according to an April 10 press release. Medtronic will input ...10 April 2024 -
17. GI's reimbursement problem in 5 numbers
... in the cost of a diagnostic colonoscopy at ASCs, compared to 17% at HOPDs, according to the JAMA study. 153,020. The estimated number of people who were diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the U.S. in ...10 April 2024 -
18. The biggest threat to gastroenterology
In 2021, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force began recommending colorectal cancer screening to start at age 45. However, some patients are still delaying screening. Benjamin Levy III, MD, a gastroenterologist ...01 April 2024 -
19. How this gastroenterologist is raising awareness for colorectal cancer
The White House named March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Here's how Benjamin Levy III, MD, a gastroenterologist at University of Chicago Medicine, raised awareness this month. Editor' ...28 March 2024 -
20. 5 power players in gastroenterology
... are successful in detecting colorectal cancer. The study found that the test correctly detected colorectal cancer in 83% of people confirmed to have the disease. Yamen Smadi, MD Dr. Smadi is a pediatric ...25 March 2024