The Hospitals of Providence opened Weight Loss Center West and Providence Medical Partners General Surgery and Weight Management at a single site in west El Paso, Texas, July 22, KFOX14 reported the same day. Benjamin Clapp, MD, a board-certified bariatric…
GI & Endoscopy
Medtech company EvoEndo has reached 3,000 sedation-free transnasal endoscopy cases with the EvoEndo Endoscopy System. More than 100 practitioners have used the system, and several hospitals have performed more than 300 cases, according to a July 23 news release from…
The Digestive Health Center of Alliance, formerly known as the Digestive Health Center of North Richland Hills, has opened a new center in Fort Worth, Texas. The 9,500-square-foot facility includes three procedure rooms, one operating room and 14 preoperative and…
Several health systems and hospitals have recently opened new gastroenterology centers or expanded their service offerings to meet patient demand. Here are six updates from five healthcare organizations: 1. Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center cut the ribbon on…
Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center cut the ribbon on a new endoscopy center, according to a July 14 report from Davidson County Source. The new center will provide care for a variety of digestive conditions and procedures, including…
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Outpatient real estate investor Montecito Medical has acquired a property in Waco, Texas, that is 100% occupied by GI Alliance. The 13,620-square-foot property also includes an ASC, according to a June 23 news release from Montecito Medical. GI Alliance supports…
Gastroenterology groups are selling AI as their growth engine, from recruiting and colonoscopy detection to pitching skeptical millennial hires, but a Johns Hopkins study found physicians actually view AI-heavy-using colleagues as less competent, a “competence penalty” that cuts against the…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has begun offering pediatric gastroenterology services at its Folsom (Calif.) Turn Pike Specialty Care Clinic. According to a July 10 news release the clinic provides consultations for infants, children and adolescents with conditions including celiac…
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed three healthcare-related bills into law, including a measure requiring health insurance plans to cover follow-up colonoscopies after a positive screening test with no out-of-pocket costs, according to a July 9 news release from the…
Health systems, payers and private equity platforms are all still competing for GI assets, and the last 18 months show consolidation moving in multiple directions at once: mega-platforms getting bigger, PE sponsors trading assets among themselves and health systems still…