GI & Endoscopy

CMS began looking to separate moderate sedation services from procedure codes in all specialties back in 2014, including gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to an AGA report. The three major GI societies have been working to educate CMS on the issue; they…

CMS began looking to separate moderate sedation services from procedure codes in all specialties back in 2014, including gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to a statement by ACG, AGA and ASGE. The three major GI societies have been working to educate CMS…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of July 5 to July 8, 2016.

The FDA has cleared Getinge Group's STERIZONE VP4 Sterilizer for expanded indications.

University of California San Francisco researchers have developed a non-invasive colon screening method.

Farzana Rashid Hossain, MD, is a gastroenterologist who practices in Radnor, Pa. Dr. Hossain is also affiliated with Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia.

Here are six gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial named Bhavesh B. Shah, MD, medical director of interventional gastroenterology.

A Credence Research report shows that the global endoscopy devices market is expected to grow at a rapid rate from 2016 to 2022, according to a Mobile Computing Today report.

Umecrine Cognition named Bruce Scharschmidt, MD, senior development adviser and a member of its board of directors.