Becker's ASC Review

87 GASTROENTEROLOGY Michigan: University of Michigan Hospitals- Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, 78.1 Minnesota: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, 100 Mississippi: Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, 54.1 Missouri: Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, 71.5 Montana: St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, 50.9 Nebraska: Nebraska Medicine-Nebraska Medical Center, 66.3 Nevada: St. Mary's Regional Medical Center- Reno, 52.9 New Hampshire: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, 56.1 New Jersey: Hackensack University Medical Center, 62.1 New Mexico: University of New Mexico Hospitals in Albuquerque, 43.3 New York: Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, 77.6 North Carolina: Duke University Hospital in Durham, 69.6 North Dakota: Sanford Medical Center Bismarck, 51.5 Ohio: Cleveland Clinic, 91.4 Oklahoma: Oklahoma Surgical Hospital in Tulsa, 49.2 Oregon: OHSU Hospital in Portland, 67.5 Pennsylvania: Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian in Philadel- phia, 74.1 Rhode Island: Miriam Hospital in Provi- dence, 53.6 South Carolina: MUSC Health-University Medical Center in Charleston, 61 South Dakota: Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, 61.2 Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, 64 Texas: Houston Methodist Hospital, 74.7 Utah: University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, 57.4 Vermont: University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, 41.5 Virginia: Centra Lynchburg General Hospi- tal, 61.8 Washington: Virginia Mason Medical Cen- ter in Seattle, 63.9 West Virginia: West Virginia University Hospitals in Morgantown, 54.9 Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Hospi- tals in Madison, 70.2 Wyoming: Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, 43.3 n AGA recommends pivot from colonoscopy-only testing By Eric Oliver A team of 60 gastroenterology experts recommended gastro- enterologists move on from a "one-size-fits-all" approach to colorectal cancer screening, in a June preprint study pub- lished in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The American Gastroenterological Association released a study that recommends gastroenterologists approach screening by using bet- ter risk assessment and more noninvasive testing, as well as recom- mending colonoscopy to patients only when it's the most beneficial. While current approaches have resulted in 67 percent undergo- ing screening for CRC, that "means that a third are not [getting screened]," said AGA Center for GI Innovation and Technology Chair Srinadh Komanduri, MD. Colonoscopy is still considered the top-line screening method and should still be the default option for all high-risk individuals, but for lower risk individuals AGA recommends integrating noninvasive screening methods, like fecal occult blood testing, into a colonos- copy screening protocol. Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center professor Joshua Melson, MD, said, "If we offered tests that were convenient, accurate, and of lower cost, and we could help people choose the best option based on their individual cancer risks, we would save more lives." The recommendations come at a time when the COVID-19-pan- demic delayed screening colonoscopy because of the risk of virus transmission. Screening colonoscopy delays have endangered patients' health and could lead to an increase in missed CRC cases and CRC mortality. n PE-backed Texas Digestive Disease Consultants breaks ground on ASC — 4 insights By Angie Stewart S outhlake-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants has a new ASC underway in Mansfield, according to MedCore Partners, a healthcare and medical real estate group involved in the development. Four things to know: 1. The freestanding ASC will occupy 14,000 square feet north of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center. 2. The site is intended to help TDDC reach "an ever-growing patient base" in Southwest Dallas-Fort Worth, according to MedCore. 3. Construction commenced in June. The ASC is expected to welcome its first patient in April 2021. 4. TDDC has more than 200-affiliated locations and is the founding practice behind The GI Alliance. n

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