Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center and physician Medicare payments for gastroenterology/endoscopy procedures involving polypectomy, according to Boston Scientific’s 2014 Coding & ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cold snare polypectomy for colorectal polyps smaller than 1 cm significantly reduced the risk for delayed ...

Just over half of endoscopists use cold snare polypectomy to remove small polyps of less than 1 cm, despite recommendations from the U.S. Multisociety Task Force for its use in small lesions, shows ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

US endoscopists frequently stray from established best practices when removing colon polyps smaller than 1 cm, with fewer than 60% of procedures using the recommended cold snare technique, an analysis ...

Gastrointestinal and endoscopy practices are facing multiple challenges that negatively affect their bottom line — such as persistent anesthesiologist shortages, high staff turnover, rising patient ...