GI & Endoscopy

Over the last three years, Becker's ASC Review reported on 98 new gastroenterology developments. There have been 41 new developments with GI services in 2020 so far.

Motus GI entered into a partnership Dec. 2 with Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston to incorporate the company's Pure-Vu system.

  Here are five recent updates from GI companies and practices:

With COVID-19 increasing across the U.S., ensuring patients receive access to colorectal screening remains of utmost importance to gastroenterologists across the country.

H.I.G. Growth Partners entered into a partnership Dec. 1 with Rochester Hills, Mich.-based The Center for Digestive Health creating Pinnacle GI Partners, a new investment platform in Michigan.

Here are four recent updates from GI companies and practices:

Exton, Pa.-based US Digestive Health acquired the practice of four physicians previously associated with Pottstown (Pa.) Medical Specialists, the platform announced Nov. 24.

Women who contract early-onset colorectal cancer are more likely to die from the cancer depending on where they live, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.  

In response to growing early-onset colorectal cancer rates, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued draft guidelines Oct. 27 to lower the CRC screening age to 45.

States that expanded Medicaid increased the number of colon cancer screenings and led to more detected cancers, according to a pre-publication study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.