Major health systems are shedding hospitals and funneling the proceeds into ASCs. Tenet, Ascension and Community Health Systems have collectively divested dozens of hospitals in recent years, ...

UT Health San Antonio physicians are using an AI-powered detection system during colonoscopies to help identify precancerous polyps in real time. The computer-aided detection system, known as CADe, is ...

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai investigators identified molecular mechanisms linked to inflammation and scarring in alcohol-associated liver disease, according to two recent preclinical studies.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center has named Richard Peek Jr., MD, co-leader of its Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Program alongside Kristen Ciombor, MD. Dr. Peek is professor of ...

The Louisiana State Legislature has passed a bill ensuring certified registered nurse anesthetists are reimbursed by insurers for anesthesia services they are licensed to provide, sending the measure ...

While GLP-1s continue to dominate the conversation around weight loss and management, bariatric surgery still maintains a strong presence in the gastroenterology space. Becker’s has reported on at ...

Florida has the highest hourly mean wage for ophthalmologists in the U.S., while Minnesota has the highest hourly mean wage for the profession when adjusted for cost of living, according to new data ...

The American College of Surgeons is urging lawmakers to address instability in Medicare physician payment as the House Energy and Commerce Committee met May 20 to examine physician payment reform. The ...

Tulsa-based Oklahoma Heart Institute became the first facility in the U.S. to use the Supira percutaneous left ventricular assist device as part of the SUPPORT II research trial. The SUPPORT II trial ...

Two CMS policy changes — a 2.5% efficiency adjustment to work RVUs for non-time-based services and a revision to the practice expense methodology — will cut payments to gastroenterologists for ASC and ...

Healthcare costs have hit record highs over the last decade, driven largely by the expansion of large, vertically integrated health systems and the increasing cost of hospital operations. In an April ...

Expansion of ambulatory care is central to St. Louis-based Ascension’s growth strategy, particularly through the planned acquisition of AmSurg, according to financial documents published May 15. The ...