GI & Endoscopy

CMS and Acumen are field testing a new screening/surveillance colonoscopy cost-saving Merit-based Incentive Payment System measure.

Phoenix Endoscopy is the procedure center of Arizona Digestive Health, also in Phoenix.

Here are six practices and hospitals making headlines this past week.

A research letter, published in JAMA, examined the relationship between colonoscopy and appendicitis.

Dhiraj Gulati, MD, joined Aurora, Ill.-based Rush Copley Medical Group, Kendall County Now reports.

Adhering to the influx of regulations and dealing with EMR connectivity issues cost gastroenterologists energy and time. In 2017, 50 percent of gastroenterologists reported feeling burned out due to increased regulations, working long hours for lower compensation and working with…

Michiana Endoscopy Center serves the South Bend, Ind., area and its surrounding communities.

Here are five updates on GI companies from the past week:

Kevin Bryne, DO, joined Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Medical Group, Devils Lake Journal reports.

Although study results show RedHill Biopharma's irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea drug Bekinda, improves stool consistency compared to a placebo, investors sent the drugmaker's stock tumbling because of poor secondary endpoint results, Reuters reports.