Practice Management News

A 12-point plan from the AGA proposed ways in which collaboration between the health care community, insurers, pharmaceutical companies and legislators can improve “fixable problems” affecting patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

A “vast majority” of liver transplant centers use stigmatizing language, such as “alcoholic” or “alcohol abuse,” when describing patients with alcohol use disorder and alcohol-associated liver disease on their websites, researchers reported.

A new ACG guideline published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology underscored that early management “is essential” to prevent complications such as organ failure and pancreatic necrosis in patients with acute pancreatitis.

In a video exclusive, Healio’s Health Equity Award winner Folasade P. May, MD, PhD, MPhil, discusses the importance of a collective, nationwide effort to recognize health care disparities and support disadvantaged populations.

The number one financial goal for most doctors is, by far, getting to a comfortable retirement on their own timeline and with the lifestyle they want.

Treatment with Stelara for inflammatory bowel disease did not increase the risk for adverse maternal or fetal pregnancy outcomes, and infants exposed in utero reached developmental milestones in the first year of life, data showed.

Diagnostic stewardship, along with targeted prevention efforts and a testing and treatment clinical care pathway, reduced hospital-onset cases of Clostridioides difficile by more than 50% in a children’s hospital, researchers reported.

Although effective in select patients, the AGA advised against fecal microbiota-based therapies to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in severely immunocompromised adults or to treat other gastrointestinal conditions.

The new CMS rule aiming to streamline prior authorization signals a major step forward for primary care, but the process could still use some improvement, according to experts.

LAS VEGAS — A presenter at the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress highlighted tips for successful decision-making with patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including how to approach conversations about the benefits and risks of treatments.