GI & Endoscopy

Midwest Endoscopy Center has served Naperville, Ill., and its surrounding communities since 2007.

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

The American Gastroenterological Association supports The Restoring the Patient's Voice Act, which would implement an appeals process for when a patient has been subjected to step therapy.

Allergan is under legislative scrutiny for signing over patent rights for its eye drug, Restasis, to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Business Insider reports.

Gary Varilek, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Lincoln, Neb.-based Gastroenterology Specialties.

Here is how five major, publicly traded gastroenterology companies fared in the stock market for the week of Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, 2017.

Fecal immunochemical testing is undermined when patients fail to obtain a follow-up colonoscopy after positive test results. However, researchers identified two methods that improve follow-up rates, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

TransMed7, a medical device company, appointed Michael Demeure, MD, chair of its endocrine and gastrointestinal health team.

New York City-based NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn added Adam Goodman, MD, to its staff, appointing him director of endoscopy and quality.

Medicare accrued a substantial amount of savings by moving colonoscopies to Tennessee ASCs, according to Ambulatory Surgery Center Association 2014 data.