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A new study by Canadian researchers published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology reveals colonoscopies may miss nearly 8 percent (or one in every 13) of colon cancers, according to The AJC.

A new online resource from the American College of Surgeons provides a state and county breakdown of the number of surgeons in each area.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has announced the naming of Phillip Haeck, MD, a partner at Plastic Surgery Associates of Seattle, as the association's new president.

Pennsylvania added 19 ASCs and one closed in fiscal year 2009, but profits leveled off, according to a release by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

N.J. Democratic Assemblyman Gary Schaer, chairman of the Assembly's Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, has introduced legislation to further regulate the out-of-network relationships in the state, according to Mark Manigan, JD, an attorney with the Health Law Practice Group at Brach Eichler.

The New Jersey Appellate Division of the Superior Court has delivered a victory to personal injury protection medical providers when the court ruled insurance carriers are barred from demanding confidential business information while "investigating" whether providers should receive payment for…

Ralph W. Peters, MD, a general surgeon with Memorial Health Care System in Fremont, Ohio, has been trained for a new incisionless, reconstructive surgical procedure to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a news release from the organization.

CMS has announced that Medicare contractors processing institutional claims should no longer automatically deny line items submitted with the modifier -GA until further notice, as such denials have been subsequently suspended at the direction of CMS.

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding at the hospital's ASC.

Anesthesiologist Andy Harris, MD, a Republican House candidate in Maryland and opponent of healthcare reform, was recently promoted in a 60-second radio ad by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, according to a report by Politico.