GI & Endoscopy

Here are three gastroenterologists who were featured in the news within the past week.

Quality reporting now impacts how gastroenterologists are paid, but reporting can be time consuming and complex. Two practicing GI physicians share best practices for keeping up with quality reporting requirements in the field.

Carey Strom, MD, worked as a network provider for years, but now he practices outside of the traditional payer contract model in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Benson (Ariz.) Hospital plans to add a new GI lab, as well as expand its physical therapy services, according to a Tucson News Now report.

Carrell Clinic, based in Dallas, and Digestive Health Associates of Texas, based in Fort Worth, Texas, have collaborated to open the HyGleaCare Center in Austin.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has appointed Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE, as its president.

Over the last decade, an increasing number of doctors, including gastroenterologists, have looked internationally in their wealth planning – although, overall, still a small minority.

Moshe Rubin, MD, is director of gastroenterology and program director of the gastroenterology fellowship training program, as well as the director of the Digestive Disease Service Line at New York Hospital Queens. He previously served on the faculty at Columbia…

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has issued new guidelines that cite Stretta as a viable treatment option for GERD.

Adenoma detection rate is one of the key colonoscopy quality indicators. A recent study published in JAMA examined the lifetime benefits, complications and costs of colonoscopy screening programs at various levels of ADR.