GI & Endoscopy

Conmed is leaving the NASDAQ and transferring its listing to the New York Stock Exchange.

Minneapolis-based Colon & Rectal Surgery Associates will join Infinite Health Collaborative in the spring.

Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Neelesh Ajit Tipnis, MD, surrendered his medical license to the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure Jan. 23, after being accused of sexual battery of a teenager, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reports.

Gastroenterology is an evolving field, with compensation and revenue generated for hospitals growing in the past few years.

Real-time quality improvement systems improved adenoma detection rate and technical skills of providers during colonoscopy, Medpage Today reports.

Here are 15 gastroenterology and endoscopy companies ASC leaders should keep on their radar:

Colorado could soon require insurers to cover colorectal cancer screening costs beginning at age 45 instead of 50 if the Colorado Cancer Coalition and the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network are successful in their lobbying. 

Williamsville, N.Y.-based Gastroenterology Associates opened a location in Orchard Park, N.Y., complementing the group's New York offices in Amherst and Wheatfield, Buffalo Business First reports.

Three leaders in gastroenterology to know: