Author: Francesca Mathewes

Gastroenterology has seen a number of industry-changing developments in recent years, and new recommendations regarding minimum ages and the quality of colonoscopies promises even more change in the industry. 

A newly developed, teleoperated robotic endoscopy system could open up access to the procedure globally, Advanced Science News reported Sept. 30.

Physician legislators are circulating a letter asking their colleagues in Congress to address decreasing Medicare reimbursements. 

A hospital, a laboratory, three lab employees, a referring physician and his office manager will collectively pay more than  $7.2 million to settle allegations that they defrauded government healthcare programs through unnecessary or tainted laboratory testing. 

While still a largely independent field, consolidation is on the rise in the ASC industry, with a few major players building out substantial ASC chains. 

Site-neutral payments are a policy proposal that many ASC and physician groups have long supported in an effort to even out payments between ASCs and HOPDs. ASCs historically receive lower reimbursements for the same procedures performed in HOPDs, despite no…

Millennial psychiatrists have the highest satisfaction with their pay of all other specialty physicians, according to a recent Medscape report. 

A Florida surgeon's license has been suspended after he dissected the wrong organ during what was supposed to be a splenectomy Aug. 21, resulting in the patient's death, the Miami Herald reported Sept. 26. 

Escondido, Calif.-based Graybill Medical Group and Palomar Health, which merged in 2020 to form Palomar Health Medical Group,will split following a cyberattack, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Sept. 25. Here are nine things to know:

Here are five updates on Aetna in September, as reported by Becker's: