A pivotal year for cancer blood tests An FDA advisory panel voted Sept. 23 in favor of approving Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer early detection blood test, marking the first time a blood test of this kind has reached that stage of…
GI & Endoscopy
Multi-physician gastroenterology practices lose $140,000 to $220,000 a year to billing errors, according to medical billing company ProMBS. The company says the losses come mostly from miscoding, not care quality. The losses come mainly from undercoded colonoscopy conversions, missed codes…
Washington, D.C.-based Gazuntite, a specialist referral platform, has added Anchorage, Alaska-based Pioneer GI Clinic to its network. Pioneer GI Clinic is joining Gazuntite as the platform’s founding gastroenterology specialists, providing the gastroenterology practice with an ownership stake in Gazuntite, according…
Bariatric surgery use among U.S. adults rose briefly after the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders expanded eligibility in 2022. Then it went into a sustained decline,…
The long-standing narrative that there is a shortage of gastroenterologists in the U.S. is starting to shift, as recent data reveal more details about exactly where access to GI care is the most strained. A task force report from the…
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Somersworth, N.H.-based Atlantic Digestive Specialists provided notice of a data security incident that may have impacted protected health information. In March 2026, the practice was alerted to suspicious activity on its network and launched an investigation. The review determined that…
Demand for colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures keeps climbing, but many centers find themselves unable to absorb volume as the workforce struggles to keep pace with anesthesia needs. Amy Oxentenko, MD, vice dean of practice and chief patient experience officer…
Gastroenterology practices, a gastroenterologist and a lab tied to GI practices have agreed to pay $35.05 million in 2026 to resolve federal allegations, according to Justice Department announcements. Kickback cases account for $34.75 million of that. Both kickback cases involve…
Chicago-based WovenX Health has built a GI procedure partner network spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to support a national colorectal cancer screening navigation program, according to a Sept. 30 news release. The program, which begins next month, will…
CapsoVision has received FDA clearance for AI Highlights, an artificial intelligence-assisted reading tool for its CapsoCam Plus capsule endoscopy system, according to a Sept. 28 news release from the Saratoga, Calif.-based medical technology company. The tool, cleared Sept. 25, is…