A single ICD-10 code, a missing modifier or a misclassified procedure intent can shift a colonoscopy from a fully covered preventive service to a medically necessary diagnostic one, which could change ...

Colon cancer is now the number one cancer killer in the U.S. of people ages 50 and younger, and yet many folks (at any age) ...

Objectives Accurate identification of adverse events after colonoscopy is essential for quality assurance in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. Review of medical records is labour intensive as adverse ...

4 Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL, London, UK Correspondence to Professor R F A Logan, Director of Eastern Hub of BCSP, Division of Epidemiology and ...

Background Audit and feedback (A&F) interventions improve patient care but may result in unintended consequences. To evaluate plausible harms and maximise benefits, theorisation using logic models can ...

Objectives We sought to investigate if duplicate faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) sampling improves the negative and positive predictive value of patients thought to be at risk of colorectal cancer ...

They told me it was effective, and I knew mailing a Cologuard box back would be pretty dang easy.” Cologuard — a simple way ...

Arif and James are back to discuss the Vikings GM hire, ethics and the NFL Insider role, and Terrion Arnold's arrest.

Post-polypectomy colonoscopy surveillance is widely implemented to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, yet ...

Denial Journal , a leading authority in healthcare revenue cycle management and medical coding education, has released a comprehensive practice guide addressing the complexities of Current Procedural ...

The American Cancer Society released updated guidelines for colorectal cancer screening, adding options for a blood-based ...