GI & Endoscopy

Here are five gastroenterology controversies Becker’s has reported on in the last five months: 1. In April, the National Institutes of Health withdrew renewal grant applications for the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers. Patient advocacy organizations, including the American…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Iterative Health and Nashville, Tenn.-based One GI have entered a strategic partnership to expand clinical research across One GI’s physician-led network. The collaboration positions research as a core ancillary service in community-based gastroenterology care, according to an Aug.…

Eating more cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, kale, cabbage and brussel sprouts may reduce the risk of colon cancer, according to an Aug.11 study published in BMC Gastroenterology. Researchers analyzed 17 studies including more than 639,000 participants and found…

Private equity activity in gastroenterology is slowing in frequency, even as deal sizes and consolidation momentum grow. This shift is redefining the field — and what independent GI groups and ASCs need to anticipate. 1. Deal volume is falling fast…

A dramatic rise in colorectal cancer among adults under 50 — especially those ages 45–49 — is driving a major shift across gastroenterology and ASCs. Screening guidelines dropped to age 45 in 2021, and early uptake is rising fast, even…

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare has added gastroenterologist Obaid Shaikh, MD, to its medical staff.  He is seeing patients at Penn Highlands Gastroenterology, according to an Aug. 23 report by GANT News. Dr. Shaikh specializes in conditions affecting the esophagus,…

Deep cuts to the CDC’s budget are poised to undermine the public health infrastructure that gastroenterology heavily relies on — all amid GI clinicians’ struggles with reimbursement declines and growing access challenges.  At least 600 CDC employees received permanent termination…

Anniston-based Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center has become the first hospital in Alabama to perform a new gastroenterology biopsy procedure that enables physicians to collect larger, more intact tissue samples for more accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment, according to an…

Hickory, N.C.-based Catawba Valley Health System has added gastroenterologist Gregory Diamonti, MD, to its new practice, Gastroenterology Associates of Catawba Valley, according to an Aug. 22 WHKY report.  Dr. Diamonti has 23 years of experience, previously practicing in Boone, N.C.,…

Optum subsidiary SCA Health, one of the largest ASC operators in the U.S., has expanded its reach with the acquisition of Exton, Pa.-based U.S. Digestive Health in early 2025. The deal adds significant scale to Optum’s portfolio. U.S. Digestive Health…