GI & Endoscopy

GI and endoscopy continue to be profitable specialties for ASCs in spite of some declines in reimbursement. Here are 13 important reimbursement, business and physician concepts you should know for your ASC.

GI and endoscopy continue to be profitable specialties for ASCs in spite of some declines in reimbursement. Here are 20 important development, business and financial issues related to GI and endoscopy in ASCs.

Greensboro, N.C.-based NeuIsys Imaging System Solutions, a provider of state-of-the-art CT and MR imaging systems to physician practices, has entered into agreements with three gastroenterology (GI) practices have to plan, install and service the recently FDA-approved NeuViz 16 Multi-Slice Computed…

The INSERM research group at the Institute of Research against Digestive Cancer used a new, in vivo microscopic imaging technology to develop a technique that may help improve outcomes of surgery to remove pancreatic cancer, according to a news release…

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A study from the University of Pittsburgh found significant overuse in surveillance colonoscopy among patients at low-risk for colorectal cancer but significant under-use in patients at high-risk, according to a report in Reuters Health.

Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Ill., has been awarded three-year certification as a Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, according to a report by the Herald-News.

Here are five of the biggest issues currently facing gastroenterologists.

Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., has been named as one of the top 10 hospitals for gastroenterology surgery procedures in the state of Missouri and received recognition from the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, according to a report…

Boston Scientific Corp. has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and CE Mark approval to market its WallFlex Fully Covered Esophageal Stent for the treatment of malignant esophageal strictures caused by tumors in patients with resectable…