Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News

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The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.

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February 16, 2016 Colonoscopy Costs—The Path Toward Meaningful Price Transparency
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD,
MBA, reviews factors that can create marked differences in colonoscopy costs
for patients, including tools and techniques used by clinicians and the
geographic location of practices and hospitals. Also, we review programs that
some clinicians are using to improve price transparency for this common
procedure. Dr. Mergener is partner at Digestive Health Specialists in Tacoma,
Washington, and affiliate professor of medicine at the University of Washington
in Seattle, Washington.
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13min
February 10, 2016 What’s New in GI Practice
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News editor
Adam Marcus talks with Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, and Thomas Deas, Jr., MD,
about issues affecting the practice of gastroenterology and the upcoming GI
Roundtable Meeting in Fort Worth, Texas.
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14min
August 10, 2015 Role of Positive Practice Management During the Transition to ICD-10
Kathleen Mueller, RN, CPC, CCS-P, CMSCS, PCS, CCC, reviews a selection of the overall changes gastroenterology and endoscopy practices will face when they transition from the 9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) to the 10th revision (ICD-10) as well as strategies to provide effective practice management during the change. Kathleen Mueller is president and a coding consultant at AskMueller Consulting, LLC, in Lenzburg, Illinois.

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16min
August 15, 2014 Improving Quality Outcomes: Assessing Factors Related to Failed Colonoscopy
Brooks D. Cash, MD, AGAF, FACG, FASGE,
discusses the most prevalent causes and effects of incomplete or failed colonoscopy for gastroenterologists and endoscopists
as well as patients. Factors related to failed colonoscopy, such as bowel preparation quality, and potential after effects
including increased costs also are addressed. Dr. Cash is professor of medicine in the College of Medicine at the University
of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama.

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12min
June 05, 2014 Maximizing Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy: The Patient Component
Lawrence B. Cohen, MD,
FACG, FASGE, AGAF, discusses some of the many factors related to bowel
preparation quality including the type of preparation used and patient risk
factors associated with poor preparation. He also describes techniques that
clinicians can implement to ensure patients are adequately prepared for the
colonoscopy procedure. Dr. Cohen is clinical professor of medicine in the
Division of Gastroenterology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in
New York City.

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11min
February 14, 2014 The Clinician–Patient Relationship in Preparing for Colonoscopy
Jack A. Di Palma, MD, FACG, discusses how the clinician–patient relationship may effect preparation for colonoscopy, describes techniques for improving patient preparation, and evaluates the efficacy of colonoscopy dosing strategies. Dr. Di Palma is professor and director of the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama.

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10min
November 07, 2013 Parameters That Define a Successful Colonoscopy
David A. Johnson, MD, discusses defining a successful colonoscopy, standard-of-care guidelines, and how quality regulation may improve adenoma detection rate and cancer detection. Dr. Johnson is professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia.

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10min
September 22, 2013 Colonoscopy Quality Improvement: Quality Indicators and Benchmarks

Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACP, FACG,
discusses how oversight of colonoscopy quality may affect endoscopists in the
future as well as the effective assessment of the utility of colonoscopy as a
cancer-screening tool.

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16min

FAQs about Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News:

How many episodes does Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News have?

The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.