UW Medicine cut the ribbon on its new Outpatient Medical Center Digestive Health & Endoscopy Center at UW Medical Center – Northwest in Seattle. The 13,750-square-foot center includes four procedure rooms, 12 admit/recovery bays and eight exam rooms, according to…
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The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Houston, the most populated city in the South, earns $1,105,600 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool. Here are the salaries of the highest paid gastroenterologists in the 10 most populated cities in the South,…
GLP-1 drugs continue to transform care for diabetes, obesity and chronic disease, driving new approvals, pricing debates, coverage shifts and evolving health system strategies. Since late 2025, developments in the GLP-1 landscape have unfolded on multiple fronts, from novel formulations…
Hackensack Meridian Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has opened a new Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The center provides specialized care for patients with IBD and related colorectal conditions and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterology, colorectal surgery,…
Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health has become the first health system in the state to treat a patient using histotripsy, a noninvasive ultrasound-based therapy for liver tumors. The procedure uses the Edison Histotripsy system to deliver image-guided sonic beam therapy that…
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Stool DNA testing climbed sharply after the pandemic began while colonoscopy and fecal immunochemical test use fell, a study of nearly 25 million privately insured Blue Cross Blue Shield beneficiaries found. The study was published Oct. 21 in JAMA Network…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai received a $1.8 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to expand its prehabilitation program for inflammatory bowel disease to hospitals in Israel. The 10-week program, originally developed at Cedars-Sinai, aims to…
Office-based endoscopy procedures would see an average 16% increase in Medicare payment in 2026, while ASCs and hospital outpatient departments would face an average 8% cut, according to a report from the American College of Gastroenterology. Here’s a breakdown of…
Gastroenterology reimbursement continues to erode under Medicare and commercial payment models, even as operating costs, staffing pressures and inflation rise. From steep long-term inflation-adjusted cuts to new 2026 ASC reductions, here are 10 data points illustrating how reimbursement trends are…
From AI-assisted endoscopy and triage models to outpatient expansion, these are the disruptors gastroenterologists told Becker’s will define the specialty’s next chapter. Question: What do you see as the biggest disruptor facing gastroenterology in 2026? Editor’s note: These responses have…