Author: Claire Wallace

The American College of Gastroenterology held its annual meeting last month in Charlotte, N.C. David Johnson, MD, a professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, highlighted 11 key takeaways from the meeting to…

Wages in the U.S. were up 7.7 percent from the same time last year in October, with the economy adding 239,000 jobs, up from last month's 192,000, according to a Nov. 2 report from CNBC. 

St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners has named Robert Folberg, MD, as vice president of education for its newly launched innovation center. 

Private-equity backed Unifeye Vision Partners has added Eye Care of San Diego in Mission Hills, Calif., to its network, its ninth partnership in the state and 13th overall. 

Cleveland, Ohio-based University Hospitals broke ground on a health campus in Amherst that will include a two-story medical office building and an orthopedic-focused ASC, according to a Nov. 1 report from local news station WTAM.

CMS released its 2023 payment and procedure updates for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, finalizing an update of 3.8 percent. 

Physicians have been struggling with changes to the workforce throughout COVID-19, with recruitment becoming more difficult for practices. The American Medical Association has suggested two ways that private practices can best recruit talent: 

Long COVID-19 cases, defined as suffering from COVID-19 symptoms for three months or longer, are more prevalent in women than men, according to an Oct. 31 report from CNBC based on U.S. Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics…

Volunteer Surgery Center in Talbott, Tenn., owned by Tennova Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, is celebrating one year of operation, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Citizen Tribune. 

From a controversial colonoscopy study to top GI hospital rankings, here are the 10 most read gastroenterology stories from Becker's this month.