GI & Endoscopy

CRH Medical posted revenues of $32 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, growing their full year revenues to $112.7 million.

Arvest Bank granted Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology Associates a $26 million construction loan for its Premier Medical Plaza, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports.

American Gastroenterological Association President David Lieberman, MD, advocated on Capitol Hill for the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, which addresses screening colonoscopy coinsurance for Medicare patients.

Here are seven gastroenterologists featured in the news this past week:

Carol Burke, MD, is the director of the center for colon polyp and cancer prevention at Cleveland Clinic.

The five most read gastroenterology stories on Becker's ASC Review for the week of March 7-13:

American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy experts went to Washington, D.C., March 12 to speak about colorectal cancer screening and barriers.

Here are four updates on gastroenterology and industry-relevant companies to note from this week:

David C. Whitcomb, MD, PhD, is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Precision Medicine Service director.

Colorectal cancer is "preventable, treatable and beatable," according to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, which released new colorectal cancer screening resources for National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.