NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Lucid Diagnostics Inc. (Nasdaq: LUCD) (“Lucid Diagnostics” or “Lucid”), a commercial-stage cancer prevention diagnostics company and a majority-owned subsidiary of PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM, PAVMZ), today announced the launch of its first EsoGuard® #CheckYourFoodTube Mobile Test Unit serving patients and practices in the Greater Central Florida area. Florida Digestive Health Specialists (“FDHS”), Florida’s largest gastroenterology network, will co-host the inaugural precancer detection event at the Gastroenterology Associates of Sarasota offices in Sarasota, Florida under the direction of Dr. Scott Corbett, Chief of Gastroenterology at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
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June 5 (Reuters) – Akero Therapeutics Inc (AKRO.O) said on Monday data from a mid-stage study showed its experimental therapy reduced liver fat by 65% in certain patients with a type of fatty liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The drug, efruxifermin, also met secondary efficacy goals when tested alongside a diabetes treatment belonging to a class of drugs known as GLP-1 receptor agonists in the trial.
CHICAGO, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Vivante Health, the leading provider of digital digestive health solutions, today announced that Chico’s FAS, Grifols and other prominent businesses have added Vivante’s GIThrive platform to their benefits packages to help employees manage debilitating digestive diseases as well as to reduce corporate medical spend. Chico’s FAS is the publicly traded fashion company that owns and operates the Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma brands with 1,260 boutiques and outlets across the country. Grifols, a global healthcare company based in Spain that specializes in plasma-derived medicines and transfusion medicine, has 17,000 employees in the…
June 08, 2023 – Health insurer policies are increasing administrative burden for independent physician practices, pushing them to seek employment in other settings and fueling physician practice acquisitions, a report from the American Hospital Association (AHA) highlighted. The number of physician practices affiliated with hospitals and health systems has grown in recent years. Most of the discussions surrounding these acquisitions tend to focus on hospitals’ intentions and perspectives. The AHA report provides insight into physicians’ views and what may motivate them to turn to hospitals and health systems for continued employment.
KATY, TX / ACCESSWIRE / June 7, 2023 / Gastro Health & Nutrition is pleased to announce its third gastroenterology clinic opening this month. Building upon the success of its Victoria location, which has been serving the community for nearly a decade, Gastro Health & Nutrition now expands its presence to the Memorial City area of Houston. The team is now equipped with six provider groups to deliver digestive care to patients in the Victoria, Katy, and now, West Houston communities, as well as the surrounding areas. This collaboration addresses the growing demand for specialized gastrointestinal services in the region.…
Marpai adds industry-leading virtual multidisciplinary gastrointestinal care clinic to its value-based care network to improve member health and lower employer costs. NEW YORK, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Marpai, Inc. (“Marpai” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MRAI), an AI-powered Third-Party Administrator (TPA) transforming self-funded employer health plans, announces a relationship with Oshi Health, Inc. (“Oshi Health” or “Oshi”) to offer the most clinically advanced virtual digestive care to its employer health plan members. The result of rigorous clinical evaluation, this relationship meets the increased urgency of employers to address digestive health concerns and provide access to multidisciplinary digestive care to their…
UnitedHealthcare halted its controversial prior authorization policy for gastroenterology endoscopy services, set to start on June 1, opting instead to move forward with an advanced notification program. Following widespread backlash from more than 4,500 gastroenterologists and patients, the insurance company announced it would postpone the prior authorization policy that would have affected more than 27 million of its beneficiaries. Instead, UnitedHealthcare plans to implement an advance notification process “for non-screening gastroenterology procedures” under its commercial plans.
AGA’s new Clinical Practice Update provides guidance for the diagnosis and management of extraesophageal gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The guidance and associated clinical decision support tool focus on conditions suspected to have potential relationships to acid reflux and provide best approaches to diagnosis, evaluation and therapy.
A deeper understanding of the mechanisms underlying the success of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is needed to further improve its effectiveness, according to two recent reviews published in Cell Host and Microbe. Both research teams agree that more needs to be known about how various underexplored factors ― such as the patient’s diet and genetic background, how closely the donor’s microbial composition matches the patient’s existing microbiome, and the presence of nonbacterial gut inhabitants like viruses and fungi ― affect FMT success, according to a press release.
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian was named in a civil lawsuit that alleges Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist who previously practiced at the health system’s Flushing, N.Y., location, drugged and sexually assaulted a patient. Dr. Cheng was employed by NewYork-Presbyterian between July 2020 and December 2022. According to a complaint filed June 7, a 19-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency room with gallstone-induced abdominal pain. On June 21, 2021, two days after she was admitted, Dr. Cheng allegedly examined the victim without other staff present, performing an invasive and unnecessary rectal examination under the guise of medical treatment, according…