GI & Endoscopy

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

The use of menthol spray during colonoscopy has been shown to improve adenoma detection rate and reduce colonic peristalsis during the procedure, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.

Biomerica, an advanced diagnostics products company, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2015.

Nearly 450 gastroenterologists with the American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in response to the Medicare 2015 physician fee schedule proposed rule.…

Biotechnology company Synthetics Biologics has expanded its Irritable Bowel Syndrome Clinical Advisory Board with the appointment of four GI physicians.

Smart Clinic, a physician-designed mHealth application, and the American College of Gastroenterology have reached an agreement for software marketing and distribution.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Illinois Gastroenterology Group in Elgin have partnered to create an intensive medical home program focused on Crohn's disease. Here are six things to know about the program and its partners.

The payer-provider relationship can be contentious. Here are 11 statistics on how gastroenterologists plan to interact with payers this year, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2014.

A recent study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, outlines three ways gastroenterologists can demonstrate value in the new healthcare continuum.

Here are 50 statistics on the median starting salary in the gastroenterology field and 48 other specialties, according to The Online Database of Graduating Physicians 2013-2014 Physician Salary Survey.