ASCs offer lower costs for a number of important screening and surgical procedures, including several gastroenterology procedures. U.S. News & World Report has identified six core procedures that are ...

As ASCs look for ways to enhance their profits, the addition of GI is often considered. GI procedures such as colonoscopy and EGD are attractive procedures to add to an existing ASC. The centers often ...

Medicare payments to physicians for common gastrointestinal procedures have declined in recent years, while reimbursement to ambulatory surgical centers and hospital outpatient departments has ...

Most patients who undergo a combined upper and lower GI endoscopy think of it as one procedure. In clinical terms, it is two: an esophagogastroduodenoscopy examining the upper tract, followed by a ...