GI & Endoscopy

Miami-based Gastro Health was recognized by the eHealthcare Leadership Awards for its website's doctor directory, the company said Nov. 9.  

Borland Groover is opening an endoscopy center in St. Augustine, Fla.

CMS finalized a rule Nov. 2 that changes the requirement of coinsurance when practitioners at hospital outpatient departments and ASCs remove polyps during a colorectal cancer screening. 

Columbus-based Ohio Gastroenterology Group is now providing services to Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health, according to a Nov. 8 Union County Daily Digital report.

Here are 10 physicians who specialize in gastroenterology:

Two MSU Health gastroenterologists and a physician assistant have opened a gastroenterology clinic in Lansing, Mich., local station WKAR reported Nov. 3. 

The Sun City Ambulatory Surgery Center, a Physician Partners of America company in Tampa, Fla., is teaming up with local surgeons to provide gastrointestinal care, the company said Nov. 3. 

Exact Sciences reported an increase in third-quarter revenue, including a 31 percent jump in screening revenue compared to the same period last year.

Hollis Rogers III, MD, performed his 1,000th robotic surgery at Fayetteville, Ark.-based Washington Regional Medical Center, the hospital said Nov. 2.

Check-Cap has been granted a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office covering the tracking system for its C-Span capsule, the Israeli clinical diagnostics company said Nov. 2.