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GI's malpractice landscape in 5 numbers | Lab pays $30M to settle kickback claims tied to GI practices | Colonoscopy the gold standard for CRC screening: AGA | How Optum built one of the largest ASC empires

June 23, 2026 1. The GI malpractice landscape in 5 numbers Full story 2. Arkansas lab pays $30M to settle kickback allegations tied to gastroenterology practices Full story 3. GI ASCs are running into the same questions: profitability under pressure,…

Tenn. GI practice to shutter | 200-site GI practice suffers data breach | How Optum built one of the largest ASC empires | Study identifies predictor of poor GI outcomes | What’s choking ASC profitability?

Plus: Data breach hits major GI group, Optum’s ASC growth, and new research on GI outcomes. June 18, 2026 1. Tennessee gastroenterology practice to shutter Full story 2. GI practice with 200+ locations suffers data breach Full story 3. Where…

The GI boom in 10 numbers | Inside ACS' new CRC screening guidelines | Independent, employed physicians' hidden income gap | Where productivity pay is flattening

June 16, 2026 1. The GI boom in 10 numbers Full story 2. The wRVU ceiling: 10 specialties where productivity pay is plateauing Full story 3. GI procedure volumes are up. Profitability per procedure isn’t. The ASC and endoscopy leaders…

The missed colonoscopy problem ASCs can't ignore | Are ASCs picking up UHC's 15% CRNA pay cut? | GLP-1s tied to lower risk of multiple cancers | 5 GI leaders to know | Fraud crackdown heats up

The latest on colonoscopy gaps, pay cuts, GLP-1 research, GI leadership & fraud enforcement June 11, 2026 1. The missed colonoscopy problem ASCs can no longer afford to ignore Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare cut CRNA pay 15% — are ASCs…

Payers overturn 80% of denied IBD therapy claims | The Stark law case to watch | 5 hospitals, health systems investing in GI | UC Davis, endoscopy center launch GI fellowship | The rise of the physician side hustle

Appeals, Stark Law, GI growth & physician income trends. June 9, 2026 1. Insurers overturn 80% of denied IBD therapy claims on appeal — but only 4% are ever challenged Full story 2. The Stark law case every physician employer…

How NYU is modernizing a 50-year-old GI surgery tool | Ascension inks $3.9B AmSurg deal | 5 Stark law cases reshaping physician pay | Virtual GI care boosts patient outcomes, access | 3 legal, policy fights shaping anesthesia

June 4, 2026 1. How NYU Langone is helping modernize a decades-old GI surgery tool Full story 2. Ascension inks $3.9B AmSurg deal, adds 300 ASCs after FTC requires 7 divestitures Full story 3. GI and endoscopy ASC volumes are…

The GI pay gap | Nearly 70% of US counties lack a GI | How an ASC got Anthem, UnitedHealthcare to disrupt surgical pricing | GI named Cleveland Clinic chief of staff | How much are ASCs worth?

June 2, 2026 1. The gastroenterologist pay gap Full story 2. Nearly 70% of US counties lack a GI: 13 concerning workforce stats Full story 3. This fall: 1,000+ execs convene in Chicago for Becker’s 32nd ASC event. Join them…

Blood, stool-based tests added to CRC screening guidelines | GI's incentive bonus picture | GLP-1s' next frontier? | A moral injury issue heading for ASC physicians | ChristianaCare researchers ID drivers of aggressive CRC

May 28, 2026 1. Blood, stool-based tests added to CRC screening guidelines Full story 2. Gastroenterologists’ incentive bonus picture, a breakdown Full story 3. The new era of ASC profitability, cost cutting: How Advocate, CommonSpirit + others are navigating it here.…

5 GI power players | Where have all the independent physicians gone?| The new face of Vanderbilt-Ingram's GI cancer fight | 2 GI groups onboard AI

5 GI power players, disappearing independents, Vanderbilt-Ingram’s cancer strategy, and AI’s growth May 26, 2026 1. 5 GI power players Full story 2. Where have all the independent physicians gone? Full story 3. AI, robotics and next-generation spine tech take…

Inside GI's office-based endoscopy pay bump | Stark law misconception warning issued | 5 new bariatric ASCs in '26 | Anesthesiologist pay by state, adjusted for cost of living | Independent GI group inks Nexus deal

GI deals, Stark law alerts & ASC expansion news May 21, 2026 1. GI’s office-based endoscopy reimbursement bump: 5 things to know Full story 2. Feds issue Stark law misconception warning Full story 3. Northwell, Barrow and Columbia spine leaders…