Practice Management News

ORLANDO – American College of Gastroenterology 2017-2018 president Irving M. Pike, MD, FACG, officially assumed his position during the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017, according to a press release.

TransEnterix Surgical received FDA clearance for its Senhance System, a new robotically-assisted surgical device, or RASD, designed to facilitate minimally invasive surgery, according to a press release from the FDA.

ORLANDO — In this exclusive video from the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017, ACG Public Relations Committee Chair Jordan J. Karlitz, MD, FACG, of Tulane Cancer Center in New Orleans, provides an overview of important research being presented at this year’s meeting, and shares some details from his own abstract focusing on which health care providers should be performing genetic testing for hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes.

ORLANDO — With the inception of a Maintenance of Certification Taskforce upon the start of her term, ACG is ‘moving the needle’ at the state and federal level to reduce the ‘impact and intrusion’ of the program on daily practice, according to the ACG president during her address to the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017.

As the Right to Try Act of 2017 moves from Senate approval to the House floor, the FDA continues to facilitate expanded access to investigational drugs for terminally ill patients with streamlined case review and clarified instructions for adverse event reports.

ORLANDO — Physician burnout must be recognized and addressed if it is to be ameliorated or prevented, the ACG president said during her address to the 30th Annual Practice Management Course held before the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017.

ORLANDO — With a few simple actions, physicians can reclaim their online reputation and drive practice success, according to an expert presenting during the 30th Annual Practice Management Course held before the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017.

ORLANDO — By staying up to date on practice drivers while incorporating ancillaries and entrepreneurship and encouraging leadership from within, private gastroenterology practices will survive and succeed, according to experts presenting during the 30th Annual Practice Management Course held before the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG 2017.

In an effort to push extensive immigration reform, President Donald J. Trump issued a letter early this week to House of Representatives and Senate leaders along with a list of changes that “must be included as a part of any legislation addressing the status of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.”

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order that he said would “expand choices and alternatives” to health insurance plans offered under the Affordable Care Act.