GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association issued a reminder to GI physicians to contact CMS regarding colonoscopy cuts.

Borland-Groover Clinic, a gastroenterology provider in Palm Coast, Fla., plans to no longer be a participating provider with Blue Cross and Blue Shield, according to a Jacksonville Business Journal.

Edmundo Rodriguez-Frias, MD, has joined the Aton & Riedel gastroenterology practice in Alton, Ill., according to a River Bender report.

Board-eligible pediatric gastroenterologist Patrick Jones, MD, has joined Bronson Pediatric Gastroenterology in Kalamazoo, Mich., according to a mlive report.

Elham Afghani, MD, is assistant director of clinical pancreatology in the Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is a member of t he American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Pancreatic…

An article in the online version of Gastroenterology focuses on new research comparing the T cell response to gluten in children and adults with celiac disease.

Modernizing Medicine, based in Boca Raton, Fla., has closed the previously announced acquisition of Weston, Fla.-based gMed.

Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center has added a new gastroenterologist to its physician team, according to The Mercury.

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

Daniel C. Chung, MD, is clinical chief of the Gastrointestinal Unit and director of the High-Risk GI Cancer Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He provides care at the cancer center and digestive healthcare center.