Practice Management News

The incorporation of low-dose esketamine to propofol-based sedation reduced desaturation and hypotension events by approximately 61% among patients undergoing same-visit bidirectional endoscopy, researchers reported.

Facility fees for three common colonoscopy procedures were approximately 55% higher at hospitals compared with ambulatory surgery centers in the same county and with the same insurer, researchers reported in JAMA Health Forum.

“Why should I be investing in bonds when I can earn more than 5% on my cash?” Many investors, including physicians, are asking this question after being discouraged by losses they have experienced with bonds in recent years.

Staying in a hospital room or bed previously occupied by someone with Clostridioides difficile nearly doubles a patient’s risk for hospital onset-C. difficile infection, researchers found.

From a shift in nomenclature for steatotic liver disease to how a boom in live biotherapeutics will revamp treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, Healio was at the forefront of gastroenterology and hepatology coverage in 2023.

The FDA has granted de novo clearance to AnX Robotica for its “groundbreaking” artificial intelligence-assisted reading tool to aid in small bowel capsule endoscopy procedures, according to a company release.

A new clinical guideline published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology underscored the need to overcome barriers to alcohol use disorder treatment and expand multidisciplinary care for patients with alcohol-associated liver disease.

When choosing a structure for a practice, you are making two choices: what legal structure to choose and which tax treatment to select.

The Residency to Retirement resource center offers insightful and innovative strategies to help physicians reduce taxes, protect assets, invest wisely and build wealth during all phases of their careers.

Throughout 2023, gastroenterology societies made several significant clinical practice updates to guide diagnosis, management and treatment of various GI disorders such as celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and acute liver failure.