When Vijay Bachani, MD, built New York Bariatric Group’s ASC platform, bariatrics was the business. Two years later, it isn’t. “We built our ASC platform on bariatrics. GLP-1s changed that in about two years, faster than anyone’s strategic plan accounted…
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As colorectal cancer incidence grows among younger adults and patients have more screening options than ever before, insurance coverage may not be keeping up. Adults younger than 65 account for 45% of all newly diagnosed colorectal cancer cases in the…
As GLP-1 use for weight loss becomes more common, prior treatment with the drugs is increasingly common in patients who go on to have bariatric surgery — but research has been limited on whether that prior use changes how much…
A Chicago man has been indicted on charges of impersonating physicians to obtain unauthorized prescription medications, including GLP-1 drugs, for paying customers by stealing the identities of approximately 60 physicians across 19 states, the Justice Department said in an Aug.…
Frankfort (Ky.) Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of HCA Healthcare, has opened a gastroenterology practice. Capital Gastroenterology, located in Frankfort, Ky., provides digestive health services, including colonoscopies and other preventive screenings, according to an Aug. 7 news release from Frankfort…
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Chicago-based GI Partners of Illinois, an independent GI group, and New York City-based Century Health, an AI data company, have entered a strategic partnership to build a real-world data ecosystem and advance GI research. With data including physician notes, pathology…
From academic leadership appointments to new milestones in surgical technology, here are five gastroenterologists making recent Becker’s headlines: 1. Tom Serena, CEO of the Bethesda, Md.-based American Gastroenterological Association, plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, 2026, after 12 years leading…
Colorectal cancer is now the number one cause of cancer death in adults under 50, according to a 2026 report from the American Cancer Society, and persists as one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the U.S. In California,…
GI procedure demand keeps climbing while Medicare keeps cutting what it pays for the exact setting where those procedures are cheapest to perform. Here are nine numbers to know: 28.3%: GI procedures’ share of Medicare/Medicaid ASC volume nationally; colonoscopy alone…
One pathology lab’s referral scheme has now cost two parties a combined $34.75 million in 2026, and the pattern suggests more could follow. The scheme: Advanced Pathology Solutions, a Little Rock, Ark.-based lab, allegedly set up “lean labs” inside gastroenterology…