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41 GASTROENTEROLOGY Prep-free colonoscopy system well tolerated By Eric Oliver C heck-Cap reported final results from its U.S. pilot study of its C-Scan System, a preparation-free colorectal cancer detection system. Researchers evaluated the C-Scan System on a pilot basis. Forty pa- tients ingested a C-Scan capsule, and then underwent a fecal immu- nochemical test and a comparative colonoscopy. Twenty-eight of the patients were evaluable. All 40 patients completed the procedure and a questionnaire after- ward. All 40 patients said their satisfaction levels were higher after the C-Scan than the colonoscopy. Researchers found the 28 evaluable patients had similar CRC polyp detection profiles to the company's previous post-CE approval study. Check-Cap will now begin the investigational device exemption pro- cess. The company expects to launch a U.S. pivotal study in late 2020. The C-Scan already received regulatory approvals in the European Union and Israel. n PE-backed GI documentation software company acquires EMR software developer By Eric Oliver Provation Medical acquired MD-Reports, an EMR, practice manage- ment and report-writing software provider. What you should know: 1. Provation has been active in the gastroenterology space for 25 years. Its documentation software is used in 42 of the top 50 GI hospi- tals and at more than 2,600 facilities across the U.S. 2. MD-Reports complements Provation's existing offerings. Its soft- ware is in use at more than 530 physician offices, hospitals and ASCs across the U.S. 3. The acquisition will add practice management capabilities to Prova- tion's portfolio. 4. Provation is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, a private equity investment firm. n GIs make $394K annually + other survey insights By Eric Oliver M edpage Today released results from its Fall 2019 Salary Survey, specifi- cally for gastroenterology. Health Media collected more than 12,500 survey responses, including 5,308 with salary information. It based the GI report on 69 GI- specific responses. Here are 18 insights into the specialty: Yearly base salary: Physician/surgeon: $394,661 Physician asssistant: $161,956 Nurse practitioner: $110,795 Top five highest-salaried physician special- ties: Orthopedics: $426,413 Cardiology: $422,414 Urology: $406,714 Radiology: $399,841 Gastroenterology: $394,661 Type of facility practiced in: Single-specialty group practice: 28.6 percent Hospital (non-government): 24.4 percent Multispecialty group practice: 16 percent Solo private practice: 10.9 percent College (academic): 8.4 percent College (clinical): 4.2 percent Government facility (clinical): 4.2 percent Government facility (academic): 1.7 percent Community healthcare center: 0.8 percent Other: 0.8 percent n