GI & Endoscopy

As the trend towards consumerism grows in healthcare, patients will increasingly want to know the price of the care they receive.

Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., has recently added board-certified gastroenterologist Christian Mendez, MD, according to a report by The Dunn County News.

North Central Surgical Center in Dallas, recently donated more than $5,000 to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, according to a CEN report.

In a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers set out to examine the lower survival rate of black patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Myron Falchuk, MD, of the Boston Endoscopy Center and an AmSurg partner, was recently chronicled in Jerome Groopman, MD's book How Doctors Think.

Here are 16 statistics on the prevalence, care and mortality associated with inflammatory bowel disease including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel syndrome, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.

The American Gastroenterological Association, American College of Gastroenterology and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy have announced a joint commitment to combat the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 2014 Medicare reimbursement cuts to upper GI/endoscopy services.

Here are issues that have had a significant impact on the field of gastroenterology in 2013, according to Medscape's Top 10 Practice Changers in Gastroenterology: 2013 report.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recently penned a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and Ways and Means Committee in support of repealing the sustainable growth rate formula.

Here are 18 statistics on gastroenterologist compensation by geographic area in 2012 in comparison to 2011, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2013 and Gastroenterologist Compensation Report: 2012.