Health systems are bracing for increased supply challenges and higher costs heading into 2025 amid a new presidential administration. 

Here are 11 studies, developments and legislative moves that changed the colonoscopy landscape in 2024:

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Physician Group Cardiology, part of Vitruvian Health, has added Sonny Achtchi, DO, to its staff. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has earned a certificate of need for a $25 million multispecialty outpatient surgical center at its eye institute, according to a Dec. 12 report from the Triad Business Journal. 

Medtronic has partnered with the University of Miami Health System to perform the first-ever patient procedure ingestion using the PillCam Genius SB capsule endoscopy kit. 

The Helmsley Charitable Trust issued a $3,035,566 grant to three researchers to explore the effects of GLP-1s, including Ozempic and Wegovy, on patients with Crohn’s disease. 

Schaumbaug, Ill.-based Chicago Cardiology Institute experienced a data privacy event, according to a Dec. 13 news release from the institute. 

While the ASC space is still largely fragmented and independent, consolidating forces have been making headway in the industry — and gastroenterology has not been spared. 

Here are three updates on Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners in 2024 as reported by Becker's: 

A Mattituck, N.Y.-based physician has pleaded guilty to receiving kickbacks in exchange for medically unnecessary brain scans. 

A physician in Jenkintown, Pa., has been charged with illegally prescribing Suboxone, a medication commonly used to treat opioid dependence.

A medical office building in Burbank, Calif., has sold for $16 million, according to a Dec. 12 report from LA Business First.

Here are six former staff suing their ASC employer in 2024:

In recent commentary published in the New England Journal of Medicine AI, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Equality AI and Boston University underscored the need for more regulation regarding both AI and non-AI algorithms in healthcare.

An overwhelming majority of nurses are happy with their career choices in 2024, with 92% glad they entered the profession, according to Medscape's 2024 "What They Love and Loathe: Medscape Nurse Career Satisfaction Report," published Dec. 13. 

Madison-based Children's Wisconsin and UW Health have entered into a joint venture that merges their congenital heart disease programs, according to a Dec. 12 report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Here are five key stats to know about Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's workforce:

ASC leaders and companies are keeping a sharp eye on the continued migration of high-acuity orthopedic procedures to the outpatient setting. 

Here are 11 Stark law violations Becker's has reported on in 2024 and where they occurred:

Eyecare practice management provider Eye Health America has added its 26th practice, Clinton, S.C.-based Family Eye Care Center.