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Gastroenterologists Question Benefits, Note Potential Harms of New UHC Program

On Sept. 1, UnitedHealthcare introduced a new national initiative called the gold card program, which is set to go ...

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Insurance Hurdles Compound Difficulties for IBD Patient Care

Insurer-mandated barriers to care for patients with IBD were associated with decreased satisfaction with insurance ...

MAY 7, 2024

Mandated Cost Transparency Requirement For GI Procedures Is Not Being Met

Three years after the Hospital Price Transparency Rule was implemented, a large proportion of hospitals are not ...

MARCH 28, 2024

Mailed FIT Yields Impressive CRC Screening Participation Rates in Health-System Study

A more proactive approach to CRC screening using FIT resulted in high participation and detection rates across a ...

JANUARY 29, 2024

Patient Navigator Improves Bowel Prep Success Rates

Hiring a full-time patient navigator may significantly improve outcomes in underinsured patients undergoing ...

JANUARY 24, 2024

Zero Coinsurance for Screening Colonoscopy After Positive Stool Test Could Up Patient Life-Years

Cutting out coinsurance for patients undergoing colonoscopy after a positive stool test could improve patient ...

JANUARY 11, 2024

HCV Undertreated in the United States

Most of people with hepatitis C have not received the direct-acting antivirals that can cure more than 95% of these ...

AUGUST 29, 2023

UHC Policy Leaves GI Societies, Practices Concerned and Confused

The night before a controversial UnitedHealthcare endoscopy policy was to go into effect, the insurance company ...

JULY 12, 2023

Disconnect Between ACG/AGA Guidelines and Insurance Policies on IBD Biologics

Many major insurance companies do not adhere to the most recent recommendations on IBD treatment from the ACG and ...

MARCH 15, 2023

Information Without Context

Empowering patients with access to information has unveiled a restless dichotomy of knowledge without ...

APRIL 19, 2022

No Surprises Act Passes, Targeting Unexpected Bills

In December 2020, after years of heated debate and mounting anxiety from patients, Congress passed legislation to ...

JULY 19, 2021

Navigators Speed HCV Prior Authorization Insurance Coverage

Although the prior authorization process for direct-acting antiviral agents to treat hepatitis C has become ...

MAY 6, 2019

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