GI & Endoscopy

Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.) is the healthcare organization with the lowest PPO payment rates for screening colonoscopies from Health Care Service Corp., which provides Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states.

Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center is the healthcare organization with the highest PPO payment rates for screening colonoscopies from Health Care Service Corp., which provides Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states.

The Sanford Center for Digestive Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., has become the first program of its kind in the Dakotas to receive accreditation for its gastroenterology fellowship program, according to an Oct. 16 report from local news station KELO. 

Gastroenterology has increasingly consolidated in the last five years, as private equity and management service organizations see the benefit in accessing economies of scale.

The gastroenterology industry is constantly evolving as artificial intelligence and new technologies offer specialists new ways to care for and treat patients. 

Artificial intelligence has been shown in a recent study to be advantageous in increasing polyp detection.

Here are five of the many physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology: 

The Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology signed a joint research agreement with Tokyo-based medtech start-up AI Medical Service, which is focused on the development of diagnostic endoscopic artificial intelligence. 

Here are three updates on UnitedHealthcare's standing in the gastroenterology industry that Becker's has reported on since Sept. 22:

From robot nurses to a change in how patients are cared for, the gastroenterology industry could look vastly different in 10 years.