The business of medicine is not a new concept, but it is becoming increasingly important. Every dollar counts and the physician practices that grasp and master the essential revenue cycle management concepts will be those that find sustainability in a…
GI & Endoscopy
Lawrence Kosinski, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, is an established leader in the gastroenterology field. He is the managing partner of Illinois Gastroenterology Group, the result of the merger of six private GI practices. He is also a member of the…
With declining reimbursement and escalating overhead, the pressure is on to maintain and increase physician practice revenue. Are gastroenterologists looking to different strategies to keep their practice successful? Here are 10 statistics from the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2014.
Solo practice may no longer be the optimal strategy for physician independence. Many practices are finding the key to autonomy through strength in numbers. Here are seven gastroenterologists who lead GI practices with 20 or more physicians.
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health named Anton Decker, MD, president of Mercy Health Physicians, its partner physician group practice, according to a Cincinnati.com report.
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Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer are undergoing less surgery for tumor removal than before, and yet survival rates are improving, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.
Jonathan Lamphier, MD, will open the Novant Health Gastroenterology Brunswick clinic in Supply, N.C., according to a Port City Daily report.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amongst other health agencies, supports widespread hepatitis C screening of Americans born from 1945 to 1965, but a new study calls this practice into question, according to a report by The Bellingham…
Here are six recent news updates on key company players in the GI/endoscopy field.
HEPATIQ received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its HEPATIQ software, which is used to display and process liver-spleen images.