Becker's ASC

CMS Payment Rates for 6 Upper GI Procedures

Here are the 2010 Medicare payment rates for six upper GI procedures in the ASC setting. 1. Upper GI endoscopy including esophagus, stomach and either duodenum and/or jejunum as appropriate; with ...
Becker's ASC

Anthem: Shifting certain GI procedures to ASCs could create $12B in savings

Colonoscopies and upper gastrointestinal procedures cost an average of 1.7 times more in a hospital outpatient department than they cost in an ASC, according to a July report from Anthem’s Public ...
WGNO

Motus GI Completes First Clinical Evaluation of New Pure-Vu® Gastro in Upper Gastrointestinal (GI) Procedures to Support FDA Submission

- Pure-Vu Gastro achieves high usability scores in supporting upper endoscopy procedures with first time users - - On track to submit a 510(k) to the U.S. FDA for the Pure-Vu Gen 4 Gastro device in Q4 ...
EurekAlert!

Anesthesia Care Team model for GI procedures saves time, increases access to care, compared to nurse-administered sedation model

DALLAS – Using a physician anesthesiologist-led Anesthesia Care Team model increases patient access to care, compared to nurse-administered sedation for gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedures, ...
Medscape

Combining Upper-Lower GI Screening Feasible, Effective

BERLIN — Pairing a screening or surveillance colonoscopy with a same-day esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) proved feasible and yielded clinically relevant upper gastrointestinal (GI) findings, ...