GI & Endoscopy

Here are seven endoscopy updates Becker's has reported on since Jan. 3:

From a celebrity colonoscopy to a major data breach, here are four colonoscopy updates from 2023. 

Medicare ASC payments for colonoscopies with lesion removals and colonoscopies and biopsies are expected to increase in 2023, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2022: A Year in Review" report released Jan. 26.

In November, 2018, Southlake, Texas-based management services company GI Alliance was formed through a partnership between Waud Capital Partners and Texas Digestive Disease Consultants. 

Dallas-based GI Alliance, a gastroenterology management organization, has partnered with Rocky Hill-based Connecticut GI.

The American Healthcare Documentation Professionals Group, a healthcare documentation trainer and certifier, will now offer a gastroenterology program for certified medical scribe professionals. 

Becker's reported on eight Gastro Health transactions in 2022.

Kroger Health, the healthcare division of national grocery chain Kroger Co., has begun active recruitment for colorectal cancer gut and immune health observation.

Gayle King, CBS Mornings co-host and editor-at-large at Oprah Daily, shared via Instagram that she received a colonoscopy and has encouraged others to follow suit. 

The Virginia House of Delegates is pushing to pass a bill that would require health insurance companies to cover all costs for colorectal cancer screenings ABC affiliate WSET reported Jan. 24.