One of the most common procedures in gastroenterology – esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) – needs to consistently meet quality measures, but data on interventions to improve them is lacking, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AGA’s Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee has developed new guideline recommendations on the role of ...

The private New York City clinic where Joan Rivers stopped breathing while undergoing an outpatient procedure on her vocal cords released a statement Wednesday about the clinic's care following a ...

There may be one polyp or multiple polyps present. If your doctor discovers a polyp in your body, they’ll likely perform a biopsy. During a polyp biopsy, a sample of tissue is removed and analyzed ...

Just one day after an explosive report surfaced claiming Joan Rivers had underwent an unplanned throat biopsy, the New York clinic has hit back in a statement saying “a biopsy of the vocal cords has ...

Proper coding is quintessential for a practice to be sustainable. Stephanie Ellis, president of Ellis Medical Consulting, identified seven common coding mistakes in gastroenterology and endoscopy and ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is increasingly performed for acute and chronic leukemia and other hematologic malignancies, and marrow failure states. 1 Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms ...

Outcomes of concern for this retrospective study were eosinophilic esophagitis (EOE) mucosal biopsies, EoE diagnosis, proton pump inhibitor initiation, and recommendations being followed for repeat ...

The clinic where Joan Rivers stopped breathing during a minor throat procedure last month categorically denied a Daily News report Wednesday that alleged a doctor who traveled with the late comedian ...

CMS began looking to separate moderate sedation services from procedure codes in all specialties back in 2014, including gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to an AGA report. The three major GI ...

Celiac disease is common and can present with nonspecific upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients may therefore undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy as their initial investigation. Markers of villous ...