On July 7, CMS released its proposed rule updating the 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, including key changes for gastroenterology leaders. Here are five takeaways for gastroenterologists and ASC leaders. 1. GI payments…
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CMS has spent the past three years systematically expanding colorectal cancer screening coverage — adding new modalities, eliminating patient cost-sharing and lowering the eligible age. For high-volume GI ASCs, the policy changes carry a reimbursement paradox: more patients are coming…
Gastroenterology companies are growing in 2026, adding new offices, expanding provider networks and drawing fresh capital as consolidation reshapes the specialty. Here are six GI companies Becker’s has reported on that are getting bigger this year: 1. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Borland…
Gastroenterologists performing colonoscopies in ASC and hospital outpatient settings are absorbing a targeted physician pay cut in 2026, one that arrives on top of a 40-year erosion in procedure reimbursement and that most high-volume GI programs did not anticipate in…
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has named Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD, chief of its division of gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery, effective Nov. 1, 2026. Dr. Giorgi joined the medical center after serving in several clinical, academic and leadership roles…
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A single ICD-10 code, a missing modifier or a misclassified procedure intent can shift a colonoscopy from a fully covered preventive service to a medically necessary diagnostic one, which could change what the payer reimburses, what the patient owes and…
Gastroenterology is simultaneously one of the highest-paid and most financially frustrated specialties in medicine. Pay has climbed 47% over the last decade but fallen below 2015 levels in inflation-adjusted terms. Here are 15 numbers that capture where GI compensation stands…
Gastroenterology has become one of the most active investment targets in healthcare in 2026. Since January, Becker’s has reported on more than 34 hospitals and health systems expanding GI services — through new facilities, physician recruitment, practice acquisitions, technology deployments…
Eugene (Ore.) Gastroenterology Consultants will open a new 34,000-square-foot clinic and ASC, The Register-Guard reported June 26. The two-story building will house an endoscopy center on the first floor, with additional procedure rooms designed to expand capacity for screenings, diagnostic…
Borland Groover will open a new outpatient gastroenterology office in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on July 6, expanding the Jacksonville-based practice’s footprint along the Emerald Coast. According to a news release shared with Becker’s July 23, the office will serve…