Category: Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

Geneva, Ala.-based Wiregrass Medical Center is the least expensive hospital to receive a colonoscopy, according to information from data analytics company Hospital Pricing Specialists.

Cleveland, Texas-based Texas Emergency Hospital is the most expensive hospital to receive a colonoscopy, according to information from data analytics company Hospital Pricing Specialists.

Twenty percent of gastroenterologists have not yet decided if they will drop Medicare and Medicaid patients, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report” for 2023.

Fifty-two percent of gastroenterologists see patients for 30 to 40 hours a week, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report” for 2023. 

About 20 percent of gastroenterologists have had their income impacted by nonphysician practitioners this year, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report,” published on May 24. 

Jacksonville, Fla.-based gastroenterology provider Borland Groover has broken ground on a new endoscopy center and ASC in St. Johns County, Fla.

Tampa-based Florida Medical Clinic is going to add a gastroenterology practice at its Wesley Chapel, Fla.-based Epperson/Watergrass campus in July. 

Artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT made headlines earlier this year when it passed the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam; however, when given the American College of Gastroenterology’s pre-board assessment, it failed to make the grade. 

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Physician Group-Gastroenterology has added two new gastroenterologists to its team: Larry Shuster, MD, and Sergio Quijano, MD, according to a May 19 report from chattanoogan.com. 

In June, new prior authorization rules from UnitedHealthcare concerning select gastroenterology procedures will take effect, requiring patients and physicians to seek authorization for gastroenterology endoscopy services, including esophagogastroduoden…