CMS released a procedure price lookup tool to provide consumers a view the average payment for common procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
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Medline entered into a three-year agreement to distribute Biomerica's colorectal disease screening test, EZ Detect.
Olympus Corp. issued a statement defending its duodenoscopes after a piece from The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists tied contaminated scopes to more than 190 superbug infections, The Japan Times reports.
Research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found patients with adenomas don't receive follow-up colonoscopies at recommended times.
The Canadian Association of Gastroenterology released new national colorectal cancer screening guidelines suggesting at-risk individuals should begin screening between the ages of 40 and 50, or 10 years earlier than when an immediate relative was diagnosed, The Globe And Mail…
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Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run Healthcare will now offer pediatric gastroenterology services after adding a new provider, the Times Herald-Record reports.
In the U.S., about 12,500 clinical gastroenterologists are in private practice, multispecialty groups and hospital-based settings.
Male sex, active smoking and previous intestinal resection are risk factors for postoperative endoscopic recurrence of Crohn’s disease, according to a study in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Medscape released the Ethics Report 2018: Money, Romance and Patients survey, which asked physicians their thoughts on key ethics issues, including whether it's acceptable for physicians to date their patients, random drug testing and more.
UC Los Angeles G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience Executive Director Emeran Mayer, MD, will join uBiome's medical advisory board.