Amid heavy demand, patient backlogs, RadNet to add 21 imaging centers, ballooning total past 400
Radiology Business August 8, 2024
Amid heavy demand for radiology services, RadNet Inc. plans to add 21 new imaging centers, ballooning its total well past 400, leaders said Wednesday.
The Los Angeles-based outpatient provider currently operates 398 centers, with about 37% (or 149) held through hospital joint ventures. RadNet continued to see swelling patient volumes during 2024’s second quarter, with nuclear medicine a bright spot.
On a same-center basis—meaning only counting locations operating in both Q2 of 2023 and 2024—MRI volumes increased nearly 12%. CT, meanwhile, grew by 10%, and PET/CT leapt 14%. Overall volumes, including routine imaging, X-ray, ultrasound and mammography, climbed 6% compared to the same three months in 2023.
RadNet recently closed the acquisition of six American Health Imaging centers in Houston...