GI & Endoscopy

Here are five GI devices to keep an eye on that Becker's reported on in 2024:

From athletes to actors, several prominent figures suffer from irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. 

GI management services group Gastro Health has tapped Eugenio Hernandez, MD, as its chief medical officer. 

In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2385, requiring insurance coverage for all colonoscopies in patients that show signs or symptoms of colon cancer or have an existing colon condition.

Here are 10 recent changes to colonoscopy laws, reimbursements and recommendations from 2024 that physicians should watch going into 2025:

Beginning Jan. 1, patients in four states now have full insurance coverage for their colonoscopy procedures. 

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network and Lehigh Valley Physician Group have added local physician group Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists to their network. 

After almost four years of legal back-and-forth, three Ohio judges have upheld a unanimous $7 million verdict from October 2023 against Germantown, Md.-based Alteon Health and Patrick Bovino, DO, WFMJ 21 reported Jan. 2. 

From new legislation to shuttered practices, these are the five most-read gastroenterology stories that Becker's covered in 2024: 

On Jan. 1, a new law went into effect in Nebraska, requiring insurance companies to cover every part of colorectal cancer screenings.