GI & Endoscopy

Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, discussed the current state of laparoscopy, endolumenal procedures and natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery while delivering the Gliedman Oration at the Montefiore's 32nd annual Controversies, Problems & Techniques in Surgery conference, according to General Surgery News.

Charles Accurso, MD, medical director of the Digestive HealthCare Center and Central Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Center in Hillsborough, N.J., recently discussed his facility's experience with bundling payments for colonoscopies, according to an AIS Health report.

FDA is allowing NinePoint Medical to market the Real-time Targeting feature for its flagship product, the NvisionVLE Imaging System.

Here are 10 statistics on gastroenterologist payment methods and cost of care based on data from the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2016.

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of May 2 to May 6, 2016.

GI Dynamics appointed Jim Murphy as CFO.

Laboratory Corporation of America, a healthcare diagnostics, is the first United States-based laboratory to offer Epi proColon, a blood-based test for colorectal cancer screening.

Current Medicare beneficiaries, particularly those in a low-income bracket, lacking supplemental insurance may not be able to afford colon cancer screening and treatment, according to a study in Gastroenterology.

Here are three gastroenterologists who recently made headlines.

A study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that after adjustment for confounding variables there is no correlation between the risk of Barrett's esophagus and tea or coffee consumption.