GI & Endoscopy

Here are the five most popular Becker's ASC Review gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Oct. 12 to Oct. 16.

American Medical Association president-elect Andrew Gurman, MD, recently published an opinion piece on the In-Office Ancillary Services Exemption in The Hill.

The American College of Gastroenterology has elected its 2015 to 2016 president.

Kenneth M. Payne, MD, is director of the division of gastroenterology, co-medical director of the digestive disease center service line and professor of medicine at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is a member of the American Gastrointestinal…

Here are three gastroenterologists who made headlines within the past week.

The American Gastroenterological Association has urged HHS and CMS to release measures-development funding and understand the value of physician-led organizations bring to quality measures development.  

On Monday, Exact Sciences announced its noninvasive stool DNA colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard was included in the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's recommendation statement for colorectal cancer screening.

FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital in Rockingham, N.C., has integrated several gastroenterology and general surgery services at its FirstHealth Digestive Health Center in Rockingham, according to a Richmond County Daily Journal report.  

Michael R. Lucey, MD, is chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Wisconsin Health in Madison. He is also a professor of gastroenterology/hepatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. His…

Commonwealth Laboratories has entered into an agreement with Quest Diagnostics.