Digestive Healthcare Center

What Digestive Healthcare Center does

Digestive Healthcare Center is a private, founder-owned gastroenterology practice established in 1989 by Dr. Charles A. Accurso in Hillsborough, New Jersey. The practice operates three office locations across Somerset County (Hillsborough, Somerville, and Warren) and is co-affiliated with the Central Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Center, an adjacent ambulatory surgical facility where most endoscopic procedures are performed. Its clinical team comprises 7 board-certified gastroenterologists and 4 advanced practice providers (NPs/PAs) supported by hospital staff privileges at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset.

The practice delivers a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal services, including colonoscopy, upper endoscopy (EGD), capsule endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), therapeutic ERCP, FibroScan liver assessment, hemorrhoidal banding via the CRH O'Regan system, Bravo pH monitoring, anorectal manometry and biofeedback, breath testing, and infusion therapy for IBD. Non-invasive colorectal cancer screening options include the Shield blood test and Cologuard. Care is delivered through in-person office visits, a co-located ambulatory surgery center, telemedicine virtual visits, and a patient portal with HIPAA-compliant messaging via Klara. The practice maintains an active patient education blog and presence across major social platforms.

Digestive Healthcare Center generates revenue primarily through insurance-based fee-for-service billing across professional services, facility fees from the affiliated ASC, anesthesia, and pathology. The target customer is the adult population in Central New Jersey seeking diagnosis and treatment of digestive conditions including colorectal cancer, IBD, IBS, reflux, liver disease, and hemorrhoids. The go-to-motion is sales-led, relying on physician reputation, hospital referrals, and patient word-of-mouth rather than paid advertising. The practice has accumulated 35 years of operating history and a portfolio of peer-selected recognitions including Castle Connolly Top Doctor and NJ Top Docs awards.

Name

Digestive Healthcare Center

Legal name

Digestive Healthcare Center

Website

https://dhccenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Digestive Healthcare Center is a private, founder-owned gastroenterology practice in Somerset County, New Jersey, operating three offices and an affiliated ambulatory surgery center. It serves adult patients across Central Jersey with diagnostic and therapeutic GI procedures, including colonoscopy, EUS, FibroScan, and infusion therapy, billed primarily through insurance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Gastroenterology Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

General Gastroenterology (HLAKAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Endoscopy & GI Diagnostic Centers (HLAFAKAG), Digestive Oncology (GI Cancer Care) (HLAKAEAF)

Keywords

• Gastroenterology medical practice
• Digestive disease treatment
• Endoscopy procedures
• Colorectal cancer screening
• Liver disease diagnosis

Headquarters

HQ city

Hillsborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Office Visits and Consultations: In-person and telemedicine appointments billed to insurance as standard office visits. Providers select level of outpatient evaluation based on medical decision making.
2. Medical Procedures: Diagnostic and therapeutic GI procedures including colonoscopy, endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, EUS, FibroScan, hemorrhoidal banding, and infusion therapy. Separate billing from Digestive Healthcare Center and Central Jersey Ambulatory Surgical Center for facility fees, anesthesia, pathology, and physician services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Digestive Healthcare Center is a gastroenterology medical practice that diagnoses and treats digestive system disorders through in-person office visits and telemedicine consultations, supported by a broad suite of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures. Core clinical offerings include colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, FibroScan liver assessment, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), therapeutic ERCP, hemorrhoidal banding, infusion therapy, Bravo pH monitoring, breath tests, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and upper endoscopy, performed across three NJ offices and an affiliated ambulatory surgery center.

Product overview

Digestive Healthcare Center is a gastroenterology practice offering a comprehensive range of diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal procedures. The practice operates as a multi-location healthcare provider with three office locations (Hillsborough, Somerville, Warren) and an affiliated ambulatory surgery center. Core services include colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, FibroScan (liver assessment), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and various therapeutic procedures. The practice also provides virtual care through telemedicine visits, and patient-facing digital services including a patient portal and online bill pay. Screening services include both invasive procedures (colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy) and non-invasive alternatives (Shield blood test, Cologuard). The integrated service model combines in-office consultations, procedure-based diagnostics, infusion therapy, and remote care through Klara secure messaging.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Colonoscopy

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ years of providing gastroenterology care in Somerset County
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital SomersetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll DHC physicians are on staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville, NJ. Dr. Accurso served as past Chairman of Medicine and served on numerous leadership committees including executive committee and hospital board committees. Dr. Alan Gingold serves as current Chief of Gastroenterology at the hospital.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Texas Digestive Disease Consultants (TDDC): Large independent gastroenterology group in Texas with multiple offices and affiliated ASC. Comparable in being a multi-site GI specialty practice offering the same diagnostic/therapeutic procedure mix as DHC, though at much larger scale.
• United Digestive: PE-backed GI platform formed via the merger of Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates and other regional groups. Operates a similar multi-location, physician-led GI model with ASCs and infusion centers — directly comparable in structure and growth trajectory.
• PE GI Solutions: PE-backed physician practice management platform focused on gastroenterology practices across multiple U.S. markets. Direct comparable in business model — partners with independent GI practices and consolidates them into regional platforms.
• Borland Groover: One of the largest independent gastroenterology groups in the Southeast U.S., offering comprehensive GI diagnostics, endoscopy, infusion, and clinical research across multiple Florida locations. Highly comparable in operating model and service breadth to DHC, though much larger.
• Gastro Health: One of the largest PE-backed gastroenterology practice platforms in the U.S., operating multi-specialty GI clinics with affiliated ASCs. Directly comparable as a multi-location GI group practice with diagnostic, therapeutic, and infusion services — represents the consolidator archetype DHC could partner with.

Broad incumbents

• Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease Institute: Large multi-specialty academic digestive-disease center offering the full GI procedure menu DHC provides, plus advanced hepatology, transplant, and oncology. Represents the broader incumbent archetype whose integration push competes with independent specialty practices.
• RWJBarnabas Health (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset): The hospital system where all DHC physicians hold privileges and where Dr. Gingold serves as Chief of GI. Operates a much broader healthcare delivery portfolio including hospital-based GI services; could absorb outpatient GI volumes that currently flow to independent practices like DHC.

Regional players

• Connecticut GI Associates / Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants: Regional independent GI group practice serving Connecticut and broader New England. Comparable as a multi-physician GI specialty practice with similar procedure-based revenue model, though operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DHCCenter
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCkBW0uqXI79gPE7KMK_vwRg/feed?view_as=public
• Facebookfacebook.com/DHCCenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/digestivehealthcarecenter
• Pinterestpinterest.com/dhccenter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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