Technology Set to Alter Colonoscopy Practices

The demand for physicians to treat functional and motility disorders is likely to increase as the population ages. New tools on the horizon should expand and improve the evaluation and management of these disorders.

The same holds true for hepatitis C therapy. “We're only at the tip of the iceberg in taking care of patients with hepatitis C and chronic liver disease,” Dr. Frakes said.

As the committee points out in its report, however, limited reimbursement for such labor-intensive cognitive services means that midlevel providers increasingly will need to be utilized to make services effective and financially viable.