GI & Endoscopy

United Digestive has partnered with private equity firm Kohlberg & Company.

Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate. 

The increased demand for gastroenterology services combined with the limited number of gastroenterologists has caused trouble for the industry's workforce. 

Castle Connolly recognized 162 female gastroenterologists for their achievements in medicine on this year's "Exceptional Women in Medicine" list.

Gurnee-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group, an affiliate of GI Alliance, has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to resolve a class-action settlement alleging it failed to protect the private information of 227,943 patients in an October 2021 data breach, according to…

Gastroenterologists earn less than general surgeons in every state, according to 2022 salary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Here are three quick statistics on gastroenterologist pay from Doximity's "2023 Physician Compensation Report" that healthcare leaders should know.

Medtronic has partnered with Cosmo Pharmaceuticals and Nvidia to create a platform for third-party developers to build artificial intelligence models that can be used with Medtronic's GI Genius endoscopy modules. 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center was named the top children's hospital for pediatric gastroenterology in 2023 by U.S. News & World Report. 

Previse, a health research company developed by Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, has launched its first laboratory-developed test, Esopredict, for the detection of esophageal cancer.