AI-powered detection tools have become one of the most closely watched additions to the endoscopy suite, promising to catch precancerous polyps that even experienced endoscopists might miss. But a wave of new research is complicating that promise, raising questions about…
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Boston Children’s Hospital was ranked as the top pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings, published Sept. 15, evaluated 91 hospitals in pediatric gastroenterology based on patient outcomes including liver…
A single colonoscopy can generate more than one bill: a procedure claim, a sedation claim, and sometimes a separate anesthesia claim, plus a facility claim when the case is done at an ASC. Gastroenterology practices are also navigating anesthesia staffing…
The American Gastroenterological Association released a new clinical practice update on surveillance of metaplastic and premalignant conditions of the esophagus and colorectum in older adults, published Aug. 3 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Because surveillance colonoscopies and EGDs make up…
Carle Health and Christie Clinic, both based in Champaign, Ill., have opened the Champaign Endoscopy Center, according to a Sept. 2 news release. The new center, which expands the groups’ partnership to address rising demand for digestive health services in…
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Pharmacies have been seeing compelling interest in Medicare’s GLP-1 Bridge program since its July launch, NPR first reported. The demonstration, designed to give eligible Medicare Part D beneficiaries access to certain GLP-1s at a fixed monthly cost, will run through…
The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Dallas earns $997,400 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool. The average salary for gastroenterologists is $530,000, according to a report from Medscape. Here is what the five highest-paid gastroenterologists in Dallas earn each year,…
Physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can now order every noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test Medicare covers, ending a long-standing physician-only requirement under a CMS coverage change. CMS authorized the expanded coverage in June when it finalized a decision memo revising…
Administrative barriers, not insurance coverage, pose the biggest obstacle to bariatric surgery access in the U.S., according to a study published Aug. 29, 2026, in the journal Obesity Surgery. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina ran a secret…
Patients who actually completed an at-home colorectal cancer screening kit had a 43% lower risk of dying from the disease, according to a study published Aug. 21 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Umeå University re-evaluated 14…