GI & Endoscopy

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.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Health opened a gastroenterology practice in Morristown, Tenn., recruiting a local gastroenterologist with more than 20 years of experience, the Citizen Tribune reported Nov. 20.

Forty-four surgery centers or practices with gastroenterology services opened or were announced so far in 2020.

After a banner year for activity in 2019, COVID-19 disrupted private equity investment in the gastroenterology space. Yet activity has resumed as the year winds down to a close. 

The American College of Gastroenterology awarded University of Miami gastroenterologist Maria Abreu, MD, its Lifetime Disruptor award at ACG 2020, Oct. 23-28.

  Here are the five most-read stories about gastroenterology and endoscopy from Nov. 12-20:

  Here are four updates from GI companies and practices from the past week:

Exton, Pa.-based US Digestive Health partnered with West Chester (Pa.) GI Associates, the platform announced Nov. 17.

  Jacksonville, Fla.-based Digestive Disease Consultants is building a second ASC in the city, according to Abdi Abbassi, MD, a gastroenterologist with the practice.