Trends In Colorectal Cancer Screening – The Impact Of Health Care Reform: An Interview With Brian Jacobson, MD

19 Sep 2012

Medtech Insight recently spoke with Brian Jacobson, MD, associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and the chair of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy’s Health and Public Policy Committee, about trends in colorectal cancer screening and the potential impact that health care reform will have on the colonoscopy market.

Although the US Supreme Court recently upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the debate still rages on health care reform. Efforts to repeal the ACA are ongoing and there is a great deal of uncertainty as to what impact the new law will actually have on the economy, consumers, providers, and businesses. Whatever the outcome of current discussions, preventive care will remain at the forefront of any health care reform effort, and companies with screening and diagnostic technologies could very well benefit from this changing dynamic in the health care system.

One clinical area that could see a boost from expanded coverage under health care reform is colorectal cancer (CRC) screening....