2018 Radiology 100: Radiology, Disrupted

Consolidation Continues Vexing RBJ’s Annual Effort to Identify a Representative Sampling of the Largest Practices in the Land

In radiology circa 2018, is consolidation the single most inescapable form of disruption?

It just may be.

Consider: Seven bellwether radiology practices completed merger and acquisition deals in the 18 months leading up to July, according to the investment bank Coker Capital Advisers. A handful of others were in talks as of that same month, and, according to another investment bank, Provident Healthcare Partners, the movement is propelled by such business-not-as-usual factors as market fragmentation, hospital consolidation, increasing demand for radiology services, value-based payment models and the march...