GI & Endoscopy

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Mo., has added Donald Thompson, MD, a gastroenterologist, to its medical staff, according to a March 3 News Tribune report. Dr. Thompson’s clinical interests include inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer screening, esophageal…

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and King Saud University Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have launched a three-year research collaboration to study inflammatory bowel disease in families with multiple affected members. The project will analyze clinical data…

Recruitment efforts and leadership reshuffling within gastroenterology remain active as hospitals and health systems double down on cancer prevention, digestive disease growth and advanced surgical capabilities.  In the past month alone, several organizations, from academic medical centers to community hospitals,…

Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates agreed to pay $4.75 million to resolve allegations that it received kickbacks in exchange for referrals of gastrointestinal pathology services, as well as performed medically unnecessary GI pathology services, according to a March 2 news release from…

The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Chicago, the most populated city in the Midwest, earns $1,063,700 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool.  Here are the salaries of the highest paid gastroenterologists in the 10 most populated cities in the Midwest,…

Colonoscopy billing can be very complex, hinging on distinctions between screening and diagnostic intent. A single ICD-10 code, CPT selection or missing modifier can shift a procedure from fully covered preventive care to a medically necessary diagnostic service.  Here are…

For years, artificial intelligence in gastroenterology has been synonymous with polyp detection, but some leaders say that framing misses the bigger transformation underway. The next wave of disruption will instead be from predictive analytics, chronic disease management and AI-driven clinical…

Philadelphia-based Temple Health’s Fox Chase Cancer Center appointed David Weinberg, MD, as vice president and physician lead of the cancer screening and prevention service line and associate director of cancer screening and prevention for the Institute for Cancer Research, according…

For years, Russ Arjal, MD, a gastroenterologist and co-founder and chief medical officer of WovenX, watched the same pattern repeat itself in gastroenterology. The specialists were skilled. The care was strong. But patients were still falling through the cracks. The…

Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System has added Neelima Rao, MD, to its gastroenterology staff.  Dr. Rao is a gastroenterologist with more than a decade of experience providing care, according to a recent Facebook post from the health system.  She completed…