Category: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

3 acquisitions shaking up the GI industry

Here are three acquisitions from 2023 that are shaking up the gastroenterology industry:

Where Health Care Service Corp. pays the lowest rates for colonoscopies

Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.) is the healthcare organization with the lowest PPO payment rates for screening colonoscopies from Health Care Service Corp., which provides Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states.

Where Health Care Service Corp. pays the highest rates for colonoscopies

Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center is the healthcare organization with the highest PPO payment rates for screening colonoscopies from Health Care Service Corp., which provides Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states.

Sanford Health becomes 1st in region to add accredited GI fellowship program

The Sanford Center for Digestive Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., has become the first program of its kind in the Dakotas to receive accreditation for its gastroenterology fellowship program, according to an Oct. 16 report from local news station KELO.&nbs…

5 gastroenterology megadeals disrupting the industry 

Gastroenterology has increasingly consolidated in the last five years, as private equity and management service organizations see the benefit in accessing economies of scale.

5 new GI devices making waves

The gastroenterology industry is constantly evolving as artificial intelligence and new technologies offer specialists new ways to care for and treat patients. 

3 AI-driven polyp detection devices changing colonoscopies

Artificial intelligence has been shown in a recent study to be advantageous in increasing polyp detection.

5 physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology

Here are five of the many physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology: 

Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology partners with AI endoscopy startup

The Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology signed a joint research agreement with Tokyo-based medtech start-up AI Medical Service, which is focused on the development of diagnostic endoscopic artificial intelligence. 

Where UnitedHealthcare stands in GI today: 3 notes

Here are three updates on UnitedHealthcare’s standing in the gastroenterology industry that Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 22: