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GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association Center for GI Innovation and Technology's STAR Registry has enrolled its first two patients.  

Medicare often set trends for commercial payers, and Highmark has determined it will opt for Medicare's stance and lift restrictions on colorectal cancer screening drugs, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Viekira Pak to treat patients with chronic hepatitis C virus, including those with cirrhosis.

With each New Year comes a fresh batch of CPT updates. The three GI sister societies have released a report on 2015 coding updates for gastroenterologists to know. Here are 17 colonoscopy coding updates to know.

The U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved lanreotide (Somatuline Depot Injection, Ipsen Pharma) for the treatment of patients with unresectable, well or moderately differentiated, locally advanced or metastatic gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

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