Plus: Northwestern AI tool automates colonoscopy quality assessment September 10, 2026 1. The colonoscopy reimbursement cut GI ASCs didn’t see coming Full story 2. Completing at-home screening cuts cancer deaths 43% Full story 3. The GI Forum at Becker’s ASC…
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Plus: UnitedHealthcare cuts prior auth by 30% September 8, 2026 1. 10 numbers behind shrinking GI reimbursements Full story 2. How GI physicians can prepare for a possible ‘litigation wave’ Full story 3. The economics of independent and hospital-affiliated GI are pulling…
Plus: The states quietly making it harder to open a new ASC September 3, 2026 1. The new math working against GI margins Full story 2. Where GI is booming and where it’s about to run out of physicians Full…
September 1, 2026 1. The GI billing mistakes costing practices the most in 2026 Full story 2. The small touches giving GI centers an edge with patients Full story 3. The GI Forum at Becker’s ASC Conference brings together the…
Plus: The physician gender pay gap hasn’t budged August 27, 2026 1. The price of hiring a GI physician: 186 days and $46,000 upfront Full story 2. The catch in GI’s $6.2B outpatient boom Full story 3. The economics of…
Plus: Physician whistleblower lawsuit leads to $2.4M MA settlement August 25, 2026 1. Endoscope manufacturer faces $1M lawsuit after demo explosion Full story 2. More colorectal cancer screening options, more coverage problems Full story 3. 31st Annual. The largest ASC gathering…
Plus: The 1 word defining ASCs’ future August 20, 2026 1. The colonoscopy and endoscopy gold rush Full story 2. Chicago man charged with stealing physicians’ identities to fraudulently obtain GLP-1 drugs Full story 3. This specialty group captured $1.3M in additional…
Plus: HCA affiliate opens gastroenterology practice in Kentucky August 18, 2026 1. The mistakes crushing gastroenterology ASC profits Full story 2. The 1st physician specialty to top $600K Full story 3. Even the best-run spine ORs see preventable positioning injuries.…
Albany Gastroenterology Consultants agrees to settle class-action data breach lawsuit. August 13, 2026 1. $34.75M+: The GI kickback settlements in 2026 Full story 2. Colonoscopy volumes are up, reimbursement isn’t: 9 numbers to know Full story 3. New mandatory Medicare model could shift…
Plus: GI Associates to open clinic August 11, 2026 1. Where GI is booming and where it’s about to run out of physicians Full story 2. The 2026 GI fellowship match in 15 numbers Full story 3. Nearly half of…
