GI & Endoscopy

Here are the top five most-read gastroenterology stories this week:

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…

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.