Reimbursement declines and staffing issues could prove to be challenges to growth for gastroenterology practices.
GI & Endoscopy
New data from cancer screening and diagnostic test provider Exact Sciences have shown an 88.3% sensitivity rate for its blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.
Here are four legal battles involving gastroenterologists that Becker's has reported on so far in 2024:
On Aug. 22, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy released updated quality indicator recommendations for colonoscopies.
Huntington, W.Va.-based Marshall Health has relocated its gastroenterology and hepatology services to an outpatient medical pavilion at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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Gastro Health’s Kennewick, Wash.-based Tri-Cities Endoscopy Center has added to its team gastroenterologist Amber Charoen, MD, one of only a few female GIs working in the area, according to a Sept. 12 report from the Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business.
In August, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy published updated guidelines regarding the quality indicators surrounding colonoscopy, according to a Sept. 12 report from the American Journal of Managed Care.
The FDA has approved Johnson & Johnson's Tremfya to treat adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis.
Gastrointestinal Specialists, PC of Troy, Mich., has partnered with Oshi Health to offer its patients access to virtual care models.
Gastroenterologist Mohammad Alomari, MD, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences division of gastroenterology and hepatology to oversee its inflammatory bowel disease program and clinic.