Category: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

United Digestive recently partnered with private equity firm Kohlberg & Company, ending its partnership with Frazier Healthcare Partners, who created the platform in tandem with Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates in 2018.

St. Luke’s Carbon Campus in Weissport East, Pa., which is part of Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network, now offers Medtronic’s artificial intelligence-assisted polyp detection device GI Genius, tnonline.com reported April 4.

Boston Scientific has closed on its $615 million acquisition of gastroenterology device company Apollo Endosurgery.

Here are three key moves in the gastroenterology industry that Becker’s has reported on since March 1: 

Here are 10 moves from major gastroenterology groups that Becker’s has reported in the first quarter of 2023:

United Digestive has partnered with private equity firm Kohlberg & Company.

Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee’s Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility’s Medicare reimbursement …

The increased demand for gastroenterology services combined with the limited number of gastroenterologists has caused trouble for the industry’s workforce. 

Castle Connolly recognized 162 female gastroenterologists for their achievements in medicine on this year’s “Exceptional Women in Medicine” list.

Gurnee-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group, an affiliate of GI Alliance, has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to resolve a class-action settlement alleging it failed to protect the private information of 227,943 patients in an October 2021 data breac…