GI & Endoscopy

Three GI leaders to know this week:

Here are three recent news and policy updates from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American College of Gastroenterology:

More low-income Latino patients were likely to get a screening colonoscopy when provided patient navigation materials, according to a study published in Cancer and reported on in CancerNetwork.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy penned a letter voicing its support for a House bill that would lower drug costs for seniors and update Medicare payments in 2021.

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

Dallas-based GI Alliance acquired Little Rock-based GastroArkansas, marking the sixth state the gastroenterology services organization has expanded into.

Six gastroenterologists practicing at Hickory, N.C.-based Gastroenterology Associates were nominated to the state's 2019 best doctors list, according to the Hickory Daily Record.

Sushovan Guha, MD, PhD, is a gastroenterologist and physician executive director at Banner Digestive Diseases Institute in Phoenix. He shared his thoughts on the uses of artificial intelligence in gastroenterology with Becker's ASC Review.

The Raleigh Endoscopy Center in Cary, N.C., partnered with artificial intelligence tech company Avesha to run a clinical trial on its cloud-based AI inferencing system for colonoscopies.

Five must-read GI articles this week: