An organization could add an additional $87,532 on one MRI machine or over $260,000 via CT each year through strategic site selection, experts estimated.

Patients appeared to show little interest in the offering, presenting an "important quandary" for the specialty, according to a new study. 

The health insurer has faced criticism over its use of PA, including a class action lawsuit alleging it denied claims for imaging and other healthcare services in bulk

The disparity appeared concentrated among white, privately insured, higher income, and middle aged (50-79 year-old) men. 

An octogenarian visited the emergency department three times in August 2019 complaining of chest pain, with doctors instead diagnosing angina via X-ray. 

It may be necessary to monitor physicians' average daily productivity numbers over more extended periods of time to address this issue. 

The “first imaging department of its kind” will deliver CT, ultrasound, X-ray, fluoroscopy and ambient MRI, all in one location. 

The surge in imaging utilization is independent of increased patient volumes, “suggesting that other extrinsic drivers” contributed, researchers noted.