GI & Endoscopy

Despite the outcry over cost of procedures such as colonoscopy, GI reimbursement has suffered harsh cuts in recent years. The presidents of the American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy met May 22 with…

Independence (Mo.) ASC and Consultants in Gastroenterology are celebrating 20 years of providing GI care.

How do colorectal cancer screening rates vary across the United States?

The National Colorectal Roundtable is heading the push for the "80 by 2018" initiative, which aims to raise the national colorectal cancer screening rate to 80 percent by 2018. Three gastroenterologists and three colorectal surgeons discuss what physicians in the…

Mitchell Cohen, MD, has been elected the physician-in-chief of Children's Alabama and named chair of the pediatrics department of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.

Brian Bosworth, MD, has been elected president of the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Here are five things to know about Dr. Bosworth and the NYSGE.

In March, the Catalyst for Payment Reform and Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute released a report on price transparency. Nearly all states, 90 percent, received a failing grade on efforts to provide consumers access to price data. Overall, the United…

Here are eight polyp surveillance measures from the American Gastroenterological Institute Polyp Surveillance Performance Measures report.

EndoChoice named Carnegie Hill Endoscopy in New York as its first Fuse Full Spectrum Endoscopy System Center of Excellence. Here are five things to know about Fuse and Carnegie Hill Endoscopy.

What are the important dates, requirements and impacts of meaningful use for gastroenterologists?