GI & Endoscopy

The Colorado Cancer Coalition and the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network are working to advance a bill to lower the colonoscopy screening age from 50 to 45 in the state, The Gazette reports.

Three gastroenterology specialists making headlines:

The Florida Department of Health placed an emergency restriction order on a gastroenterologist's medical license after he inappropriately touched a woman during an emergency room exam, according to the Miami Herald.

Three GI leaders to know this week:

  Pentax Medical received FDA clearance for its Imagina Endoscopy System for gastrointestinal procedures at ASCs.

  The American Gastroenterological Association voiced support for the CMS decision to update Stark self-referral and anti-kickback statutes.

Santa Barbara (Calif.) Gastroenterology Consultants joined inSite Digestive Health Care, California's largest private practice GI group.

Iterative Scopes closed a $5.2 million seed round, bringing its total funding to $7 million.

Medscape released its 2020 physician lifestyle and happiness report, diving into trends in specialty choice, satisfaction and more.

Colorectal cancer incidence rates have increased around 10 percent since 1990, an analysis by United European Gastroenterology reveals.