GI & Endoscopy

After 32 years in practice, gastroenterologist William Morris, MD, will retire and close his Newark, Ohio-based office on Nov. 30, the Newark Advocate reports.

Rising COVID-19 infections and subsequent delayed GI procedures are worrying gastroenterologists and GI executives. 

Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center, a RWJBarnabas Health facility, launched a gastroenterology fellowship through a partnership with Rutgers Health, according to the Hudson Reporter.

Twenty-one percent of surveyed hospitals think telehealth is routinely leveraged in gastroenterology, according to a survey from management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. 

CMS' procedure price look-up tool allows users to compare average pay for several procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health named Aasma Shaukat, MD, as director of outcomes research in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, the system said Aug. 23.

Colonoscopy backlogs could take "years to recover from," according to the CFO of Minneapolis-based MNGI Digestive Health. 

Southlake, Texas-based GI Alliance has more than 500 locations and more than 600 physicians.  

Arizona-based Yuma Regional Medical Center is investing $5.2 million in a Palisade Bio post-gastrointestinal surgery drug, the biopharmaceutical company said Aug. 20.

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is adding endoscopy suites and outpatient rooms in a $42 million expansion.