Houston-based Quentin Mease Clinic is set to receive nearly $9 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to open an outpatient gastroenterology lab, according to a Dec. 19 report from Community Impact.
The American Gastroenterological Association issued a statement Dec. 20 objecting to UnitedHealthcare’s advance notification program for gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures and its proposed gold card prior authorization program planned for 2024.
UR Medicine Finger Lakes Health affiliate Finger Lakes Gastroenterology has relocated to a new facility in Geneva, N.Y., according to a Dec. 17 report from FingerLakes1.com.
U.S. hospitals’ facility fees for colonoscopy procedures covered by private health insurance are on average about 55% higher than facility fees billed by ASCs, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Heal…