Colonoscopies are booming, but the economics are getting complicated. As colorectal cancer rates climb and updated screening guidelines add millions of newly eligible patients, ASCs are racing to meet ...

As medical specialties go, endoscopy is somewhat of a laggard when it comes to incorporating single-use screening devices. But that is finally changing. Becker’s Hospital Review held a webinar in ...

Two CMS policy changes — a 2.5% efficiency adjustment to work RVUs for non-time-based services and a revision to the practice expense methodology — will cut payments to gastroenterologists for ASC and ...

Medicare generally covers an endoscopy when a healthcare professional deems it medically necessary. Endoscopies can help diagnose or treat various health conditions. Doctors can also insert an ...

Hospitals suffer high costs from just a few common surgical procedures. However, intraoperative endoscopy (IOE) may help hospitals decrease these costs and complications. During an Olympus Corporation ...

SANDY — More people are experiencing chronic digestive health conditions and colon cancer is being diagnosed at younger ages, prompting one of Utah's largest health care companies to increase options ...

Compared with endoscopy, the Baveno VI criteria present a noninvasive and cost-effective method to detect high-risk varices in patients with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis, according to new research. Although ...