Becker's Healthcare February 8, 2024
Claire Wallace

While gastroenterologists continue to face physician fee cuts from Medicare, many are holding the line and refusing to drop patients with Medicare, citing an obligation to treat all patients equally.

Benjamin Levy III, MD, a gastroenterologist at University of Chicago Medicine, told Becker’s that it is important to continue providing screening colonoscopies for Medicare patients, especially as colon cancer rates continue to rise.

Colon cancer is among the most common types of cancer diagnosed in both men and women, and cancer...

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