Captify Health, a colonoscopy prep-focused management services company, notified about 244,300 patients that their personal information may have been compromised during a data breach of the company's colonoscopy prep retail site, Bank Info Security reported Jan. 9.
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Brian Lacy, MD, PhD, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., has been appointed to Biomerica's scientific advisory board.
Exact Sciences, a cancer screening and diagnostic test provider, is expecting to report revenue between $550.7 and $552.7 million for the fourth quarter, according to a Jan. 8 release.
Dayton (Ohio) Gastroenterology has added artificial intelligence polyp detection tool GI Genius to its practice.
West Virginia University Health System's J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown became the first in the state to receive Medtronic's GI Genius endoscopy modules.
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Great Neck, N.Y.-based gastroenterologist Morris Barnard was sentenced to 30 months in prison and must pay $1.4 million for a Medicare billing fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Jan. 5.
One GI is a management services organization that provides support for gastroenterologists in Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee.
GI Alliance, a Southlake, Texas-based GI practice management company, has appointed Kelly Robison and Paul Mango to its board.
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Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Ky., has become the first hospital in the state to perform AI-assisted colonoscopies after receiving three GI Genius units as part of Medtronic's Health Equity Assistance program.