Becker's Healthcare April 15, 2021
Gastroenterologists are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and adapting to new changes in how they practice medicine.
Here are four factors that could make or break a gastroenterology practice in the next two years, according to four gastroenterologists.
1. Payer regulations. A recent decision by Empire BlueCross BlueShield to not allow members to have outpatient endoscopies in an outpatient hospital setting is one factor concerning Maurice Cerulli, MD, a gastroenterologist at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and associate professor at Hempstead, N.Y.-based Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
“Since I work at an academic medical center, I perform all my procedures in such settings,” he said. “I am concerned that other payers may follow, which...