GI & Endoscopy

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Aug. 8 to Aug. 12, 2016.

The American Gastroenterological Association launched a new education initiative, in an effort to facilitate quality patient care. The initiative includes two elements: the creation of a PatientINFO Center and a partnership with the MyGiHealth app.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs now offers hepatitis C treatment to all veterans in its healthcare system, according to JAMA. 

Uma Sundaram, MD, received a five-year $2.39 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Sundaram is the vice dean for research and graduate education at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine…

Finger Lake Gastroenterology, of Geneva, N.Y., recently joined FLH Medical's Finger Lake Health's affiliated physicians network, the Rochester Business Journal reports. Here's what you need to know.

The geriatric/gastroenterology department at the Texas-based University Medical Center of El Paso recently received a 100 percent satisfaction rating from its patients.

Protagonist Therapeutics – a company developing oral treatments for IBD – sold more shares than expected on Wed., Aug. 10, and raised $90 million in the process, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal.

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals appointed gastroenterologist Richard S. Levy, MD, to its board of directors, effective immediately.

Geneva, N.Y.-based FLH Medical added Finger Lakes Gastroenterology, also in Geneva, to its physician network, according to a Rochester Business Journal report.

The Health Care Service Corporation and Florida Blue updated their policies to cover Exact Sciences' Cologuard.