GI & Endoscopy

President Barack Obama's $4.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2017 includes a number of elements that could affect gastroenterology, including a possible change to Medicare colonoscopy reimbursement, according to a report from the American Gastroenterological Association.

Firas H. Al-Kawas, MD, is the director of endoscopy at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. He previously served as chief of endoscopy at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.,…

The FDA's Arthritis Drugs Advisory Committee is backing a medication, which, if approved, would be the first biosimilar monoclonal antibody in the United States, according to a Medscape report.

The Society for Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates has released a number of resources for infection prevention in the GI setting.

EndoChoice has launched its Lumos Adaptive Matrix Imaging System.

Michael Kochman, MD, and Joel Brill, MD, leaders with the America Gastroenterological Association Center for GI Innovation and Technology, recently met with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to discuss the Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act.

The payment landscape for gastroenterology is changing. Here are four recent updates on reimbursement for gastroenterologists to know.

Steve G. Venturatos, MD, entered into private practice at New Orleans-based Metropolitan Gastroenterology Associates in 1983. He is a member of the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy as well as the American Gastroenterology Association.

Here are five recent gastroenterologist moves.

Here are four recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.