Gastroenterologists’ average annual income rose from $453,000 in 2021 to $501,000 in 2022 — an increase of 11%, second only to oncologists’ 13% bump, according to the 2023 Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report. In terms of 2022 income, gastroenterologists finished fifth among the 29 specialties in the Medscape survey of more than 10,000 physicians. The top earners were plastic surgeons ($619,000), orthopedists ($573,000), cardiologists ($507,000), and urologists ($506,000).
Author: Abhay Panchal
CHICAGO – The regular use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was found to be associated with a lower risk of early-onset conventional and advanced adenomas. The authors say that aspirin could prove to be an effective strategy in preventing early-onset colorectal cancer cases. “What we have here is a 15% reduction for all adenomas and 33% for those with advanced histology, which to us is quite substantial. We have not seen that much [33%] in previous studies so I would think it definitely needs more study,” said Cassandra D. Fritz, MD, MPHS, a gastroenterologist with Washington University, St.…
Tomorrow, America’s Physician Groups (APG) will kick-off its Annual Spring Conference “Going the Distance” in San Diego with breakout sessions focused on wide ranging operational issues and 3 general sessions that address restoring trust in the profession, lessons from the pandemic and Medicare Advantage. Next Thursday, the American Medical Association (AMA) will kick off its 5-day House of Delegates session in Chicago with a plethora of resolutions and votes on the docket and committee reports on issues like the ethical impact of private equity on physicians in private equity owned practices, health insurer payment integrity and much more.These meetings are…
Endoscopists’ predictions of polyp histology were more accurate than those of a computer-aided diagnostic tool (CADx) in real-time colonoscopy, but overall accuracy was highest when the endoscopists and CADx agreed, according to a new study. “Our results support the role of CADx as an independent second reader in a clinical setting, which can improve the performance of the endoscopist in achieving accurate optical diagnosis of polyp histology in vivo,” write James Weiquan Li, MD, of Changi General Hospital in the Singapore Health Services in Singapore, and colleagues. Still, more research is needed to establish the tool’s role during real-time colonoscopy,…
Sixty-one percent of gastroenterologists participate in a fee-for-service payment model, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report” for 2023. The data comes from a Medscape “Physician Compensation Report” for 2023 that surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties about their income, work hours, job satisfaction and more from Oct. 7 to Jan. 17. Here is the percentage of gastroenterologist participation in various payment models, according to Medscape:Fee-for-service: 61 percentEpisodes of care payments: 13 percent
It sounds like a simple solution to a complicated problem: Find out what kind of obesity you have based on a one-time genetic saliva test. Then you and your doctor can get a better idea if anti-obesity drugs or other treatments are more likely to work for you. The goal of creating the obesity types and test is to increase chances you’ll lose weight and improve your health and well-being, vs. a one-strategy-fits-all approach. It’s what Mayo Clinic researchers had in mind when they created four phenotypes of obesity.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), a leading gastrointestinal medical society, recently awarded a three-year recognition for quality and safety to Evangelical Community Hospital’s Ambulatory Surgical Center. This recognition is part of its program specifically dedicated to promoting quality in endoscopy in all settings where it is practiced in the United States. The Evangelical Ambulatory Surgical Center is one of more than 600 endoscopy units to be granted the recognition since 2009. The ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program honors endoscopy units that have demonstrated a commitment to patient safety and quality in endoscopy as evidenced by meeting the program’s…
Bethesda, MD (June 1, 2023) – Today, Barbara H. Jung, MD, AGAF, will begin her term as the 118th president of the AGA Institute. She currently serves as the first woman Robert G. Petersdorf professor and chair of internal medicine at the University of Washington and is the fourth woman president to lead AGA. Dr. Jung is an international expert in the field of TGF-beta superfamily signaling in colon cancer and has made significant contributions at AGA prior to becoming president, most recently as a member of the finance and operations committee, chair-elect of audit committee and vice chair of…
Almost a year after announcing its intention to acquire a majority stake in M.I.Tech, the South Korean medtech responsible for a portfolio of gastrointestinal and airway stents, Boston Scientific is walking away from the deal. In a statement sent to Fierce Medtech on Thursday, Boston Scientific said the agreement “required global regulatory approvals that we were not able to obtain in some countries.”
Key takeaways: The ACG and AGA have released a joint clinical practice guideline with 10 evidence-based recommendations for the pharmacological management of adults with chronic idiopathic constipation, the first to include magnesium oxide and senna.