Chicago-based GI Partners of Illinois saw its GI case mix tilt toward more complex, chronic and multidisciplinary care in 2025, COO Dr. Geogy Vennikandam told Becker’s. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and length. Question: Do…
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In 2026, Dr. Geogy Vennikandam, COO of GI Partners of Illinois, is betting that his group’s biggest growth opportunity will come from transforming a fully integrated digestive health platform. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and length.…
ASCs are seeing a surge in colonoscopy demand as CRC rates rise, especially among adults under 50. Updated screening guidelines that lowered the recommended starting age from 50 to 45 have added millions of newly eligible patients, driving a steady…
As colonoscopy demand rises, driven in part by more diagnostic referrals for patients under 55, GI leaders are also seeing patients trend older and more medically complex. Omar Khokhar, MD, a gastroenterologist and managing partner at Illinois GastroHealth in Bloomington,…
Many independent specialty groups are heading into 2026 under mounting margin pressure. Dr. Geogy Vennikandam, chief operating officer of GI Partners of Illinois, said his organization is responding by treating margin compression as an operational problem that can be engineered…
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Medical device company and surgical equipment manufacturer ConMed plans to exit its gastroenterology product lines. ConMed’s gastroenterology segment is projected to generate about $90 million in revenue in 2025, according to a Dec. 5 news release from the company. By…
Gastroenterologists at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine have developed a large language model for surveillance colonoscopy intervals. Manual processes for applying guidelines can have wide variability and inconsistencies,…
Here are three major GI groups leading gastroenterology practice acquisitions and ASC growth: GI Alliance Southlake, Texas-based GI Alliance is one of the nation’s largest gastroenterology platforms, with more than 1,000 physicians across 400-plus sites in 20 states. The group…
Here are 10 important stats on GI pay, reimbursements and compensation that specialists should know heading into 2026:
New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Health System has begun offering truFreeze spray cryotherapy for selected gastrointestinal conditions. The cryotherapy system, developed by Steris, enables targeted ablation of dysplasia and lesions in the GI tract by delivering liquid nitrogen through a catheter,…