From pay shifts to projected increases in colorectal cancer cases, here are 13 numbers worrying gastroenterologists:
3%. How much gastroenterologist compensation fell in 2024, according to Medscape’s 2025 Physician Compensation Report.
2.83%. The Medicare pay cut that took effect Jan. 1 without Congress intervening and follows a 1.69% Medicare pay cut in 2024 and 2% drop in 2023
8%. The percentage of gastroenterologists have contemplated suicide, according to Medscape’s 2025 Gastroenterologists and Suicide Report.
28%. The percentage of GIs that believe that suicide is a very significant issue for the profession.
Around 34%. The share of GIs who know at least one other physician that has contemplated suicide.
49%. The percentage of GIs who believe the medical profession has hardly addressed physician suicide.
29%. The share of gastroenterologists who are facing symptoms of burnout, according to Medscape’s Gastroenterologist Mental Health & Well-Being Report 2025.
10%. The percentage of gastroenterologists who are facing depression.
138%. The increased likelihood of cancer deaths among people taking the new FDA-approved blood test every three years, as recommended, compared to those who undergo colonoscopy once a decade, according to a new study from Stanford Medicine.
17%. The percentage of patients who paid nothing out-of-pocket for bowel preparation for screening colonoscopies, according to a study led by Eric Shah, MD, at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan. Many leaders are concerned about how that could affect screening volumes.
29%. The decline in Medicare physician payment since 2001, when adjusted for inflation, according to the American Medical Association.
1,630. The projected national shortage of gastroenterologists by 2025.
8%. The projected growth rate of colon cancer among men in the U.S. in 2024. The expected growth rate among women is 7%.
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