GI & Endoscopy

The American Gastroenterological Association has voiced its opposition of the one-year sustainable growth rate patch included in HR 4302, but the AGA supports the provision of the bill that would delay ICD-10 until Oct. 1, 2015.

In a recent study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers set out to examine the prevalence, trends and risk factors associated with fecal incontinence in the United States.

Seven gastroenterologists from across the United States share how they are using benchmarking to improve colonoscopy quality.

Exact Sciences has announced the FDA Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee unanimously voted to approve its stool-based DNA colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard.

Preventing Colorectal Cancer, a not-for-profit advocacy group, announced its 2014 PCC Champion Awards for Colorectal Cancer Prevention, including Aasma Shaukat, MD, a gastroenterologist and clinical researcher with Minneapolis VA Medical Center.

On February 29, 2000, President Bill Clinton declared March 2000 National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Since then March has been a focal point for medical societies, non-profit organizations, physicians and ambulatory surgery centers in the effort to promote screening and…

The American Gastroenterological Association announced it is now accepting applications for the 2015 AGA Fellows program.

Here are 11 statistics on the prevalence, care and mortality associated with liver disease and pancreatitis in the U.S., according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse Digestive Disease Statistics for the United States report.

Horizon BlueCross BlueShield of New Jersey has launched a new program designed to improve colonoscopy patient outcomes, patient experience and lower costs through coordination of care, according to an NJBIZ report.

Researchers set out to compare radiofrequency ablation and endoscopic surveillance in Barrett's esophagus patients with low-grade dysplasia in a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.