GI & Endoscopy

Birmingham (Ala.) Gastroenterology Associates has expanded and opened new locations at Baptist Health System locations.

The University of Louisville (Ky.) has named gastroenterologist Craig McClain, MD, associate vice president of health affairs/research, according to The Lane Report.  

Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville, N.C., plans to file a certificate of need for a $2.2 million project that would expand its endoscopy services, according to a Triad Business Journal report.

Board-certified gastroenterologist Michael Diaz, MD, has joined HighPoint Physician Practices, one of Gallatin, Tenn.-based HighPoint Health System's employed practices, according to a report by The Tennessean.

Here are 56 statistics on RVUs and reimbursement for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, according to Boston Scientific's 2014 Procedural Reimbursement Guide for Endoscopy.

Here are new gastroenterologists who made headlines within the past two weeks.

U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has called on Gilead Sciences to justify the $80,000-plus cost of its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, according to Medscape report. Here are five things to know about the drug and its cost.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examines how sleep deprivation affected the quality of screening colonoscopy. Here are five things to know about the study.

As of May 2014, 26 GI/endoscopy devices received FDA 510(k) clearance. Here are six GI/endoscopy devices that joined the list in June.

Fausta A. Ditah, MD, has joined Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic's gastroenterology department, according to a report by The Jackson Sun.