GI & Endoscopy

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy outlined its position on regulatory burdens in CMS' proposed rule.

David A. Greenwald, MD, director of clinical gastroenterology and endoscopy at the New York City-based Mount Sinai Hospital and co-chair of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable's Public Awareness and Social Media Task Group detailed the successes seen in the roundtable's…

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Anil K. Rustgi, MD, is the chief of the division of gastroenterology at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health recently added Scott Itzkowitz, DO, and Dorothy Truax to its Novant Health Gastroenterology practice in Supply, N.C., the Greater Wilmington Business Journal reports.

CMS released a procedure price lookup tool to provide consumers a view the average payment for common procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.

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…