GI & Endoscopy

Virginia Health Information released its 2019 Healthcare Pricing Transparency report offering an array of insights into colonoscopy costs at ASCs, in hospital outpatient departments and in physician office suites.

Here are the five most popular GI articles published on Becker's ASC Review:

Ian Leibowitz, MD, is chief of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition services for the Washington, D.C.- based Children's National Health System.

Mitch Gifford and physician assistant Sarah Johnson have been hired to work at five of St. Luke Health System's specialty clinics in Duluth, Minn., according to Business North, a website covering Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin.

Fifty-two projects received a total of more than $3 million in funding courtesy of the American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation.

Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital opened its 37,000-square-foot outpatient clinical center at its hospital in Needham, Mass., Wicked Local reports.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia plans to build a 37,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic in Abington, Pa., the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Physicians should follow hereditary colorectal cancer guidelines to prevent early-onset CRC in at-risk patients, according to research from the Ohio Colorectal Cancer Prevention Initiative, CURE reports.

Five new technologies were presented at the 2019 American Gastroenterological Association Tech Summit, including apps, blood-based tests and more.

Ali T. Nawras, MD, is chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Toledo (Ohio).