GI & Endoscopy

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule includes reimbursement cuts for colonoscopy. The cuts were initially proposed in July and several societies, including the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society…

Rajeev Vasudeva, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing with Consultants in Gastroenterology in Columbia, S.C. He is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the American Gastroenterology Association, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Crohn's &…

Presage Biosciences appointed Tachi Yamada, MD, and Christoph Lengauer, PhD, MBA, to its board of directors.

HyGIeaCare plans to open a new colonoscopy preparation center at Harbor Shores Medical Center in Gilbert, Ariz., early next year.

Wayne I. Lencer, MD, is chief of the division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition and the Harry Schwachman Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology at Boston Children's Hospital. He is also a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston and…

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Nov. 16 to Nov. 20.

The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable announced its ambitious goal to achieve an 80 percent national CRC screening rate by 2018. A study published in the journal Cancer focuses on determining the number of individuals that need to be screened to…

Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Perrigo Company, based in Dublin, Ireland, acquired the U.S. rights to a Crohn's disease drug from AstraZeneca, a London-based biopharmaceutical company.

Every specialty in healthcare has had its highs and lows this year. Two practicing gastroenterologists discusses some of the most important events in the gastroenterology field this year.

Jay C. Desai, MD, is a practicing gastroenterologist with New York Gastroenterology Associates and a clinical instructor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, also in New York. He is a member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, New…