GLP-1’s drugs continue to expand horizons in gastroenterology, bariatrics, diabetes and chronic disease care — but the scale of the drugs’ adoption could be creating new areas of risk management for physicians, according to a report published Risk & Insurance…
GI & Endoscopy
Medtech company HistoIndex has expanded its U.S. network with the addition of two hepatology and gastroenterology centers. The company added Houston Research Institute Kingwood and Knowledge Research Center in Orange, Calif., extending access to its AI-driven diagnostic services for liver…
Nearly 300 ASCs were included on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list for colonoscopy and endoscopy, with more than 50 being located in the Northeast. The ratings evaluated 17 types of episodes of care grouped into…
New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine researchers identified a mechanism that may help suppress chronic intestinal inflammation, according to an April 24 study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The study examined how the immune system tolerates gut microbes…
New gastroenterology, endoscopy and bariatric facilities have been concentrated in the South so far in 2026. Becker’s has reported on a total of 16 new GI practices in 2026, seven of which were developed in Southern states including Alabama, Georgia,…
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Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint has opened a new colorectal surgery clinic in Waukee, Iowa, CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines reported April 22. Iowa ranks second in the nation for cancer rates, according to the report, underscoring the need for expanded…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has added four gastroenterology physicians to expand endoscopy services in Bismarck, N.D. Gastroenterology specialists Elida Voth, MD, Makda Bsrat, MD, Steven Park, MD, and Maaz Badshah, MD, joined Sanford Health, according to an April 21…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is now offering sedation-free transnasal endoscopy using the EvoEndo system, becoming the first in South Florida to provide the option. The approach allows physicians to evaluate the upper digestive tract through the nose as an alternative…
Gastroenterology pay hit $530,000 in 2025, according to Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report published April 11. The report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17, found that orthopedic surgeons are pulling in $611,000…
A low FODMAP diet and the antibiotic rifaximin provided similar symptom relief for patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea, according to a study published April 21 in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. In a randomized controlled trial of 65 subjects,…