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Our principal business segment is the provision of diagnostic imaging services.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, we operated, directly or indirectly through joint ventures with hospitals, 398 imaging centers located in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and New York.
−Removed: Our imaging centers provide physicians with capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders and may reduce unnecessary invasive procedures, often reducing the cost and amount of care for patients.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, we operated, directly or indirectly through hospital and health system joint ventures, 418 imaging centers located in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas and New York.
+Added: Our Imaging Centers segment provides physicians with capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders and may reduce unnecessary invasive procedures, often reducing the cost and amount of care for patients.
Our services include magnetic resonance imaging ("MRI"), computed tomography ("CT"), positron emission tomography ("PET"), nuclear medicine, mammography, ultrasound, diagnostic radiology ("X-ray"), fluoroscopy and other related procedures.
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Our multi-modality strategy diversifies revenue streams, reduces exposure to reimbursement changes and provides patients and referring physicians one location to serve the needs of multiple procedures.
−Removed: Integral to the imaging center business is our software arm headed by our eRad, Inc.
−Removed: subsidiary, which sells computerized systems that distribute, display, store and retrieve digital images.
+Added: Integral to the imaging center business is our Digital Health operating segment, which sells computerized systems that distribute, display, store and retrieve digital images.
We seek to develop leading positions in regional markets in order to leverage operational efficiencies.
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Internationally, our majority-owned subsidiary, The HLH Imaging Group Limited fka Heart & Lung Imaging Limited, provides teleradiology services for remote interpretation of images on behalf of providers within the framework of the United Kingdom's National Health Service.
−Removed: We have also established an Artificial Intelligence (AI) division, that develops and deploys AI suites to enhance radiologist interpretations of breast, lung and prostate images.
−Removed: The division is led by our DeepHealth, Inc.
+Added: We have also established a Digital Health segment division, that develops and deploys Artificial Intelligence ("AI") suites to enhance radiologist interpretations of, among others, breast, lung and prostate images.
+Added: The segment is led by our DeepHealth, Inc.
subsidiary and includes our acquisitions of Aidence Holding B.V.
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While X-ray remains the most commonly performed diagnostic imaging procedure, the fastest growing and higher margin procedures are MRI, CT and PET.
−Removed: The rapid growth in PET scans is attributable to the increasing recognition of the efficacy of PET scans in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer.
−Removed: The number of MRI and CT scans performed annually in the
−Removed: United States continues to grow due to their wider acceptance by physicians and payors, an increasing number of applications for their use and a general increase in demand due to the aging population.
+Added: The rapid growth in PET scans is attributable to the increasing recognition of the
+Added: efficacy of PET scans in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer.
+Added: The number of MRI and CT scans performed annually in the United States continues to grow due to their wider acceptance by physicians and payors, an increasing number of applications for their use and a general increase in demand due to the aging population.
In recent years, there has been rapid development of AI tools for the radiology field.
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AI methods are now being employed throughout the imaging industry in a wide variety of ways, such as speeding image acquisition, providing diagnostic assistance, or prioritizing workflows.
−Removed: In addition, AI methods can speed up administrative tasks, such as keeping track of individuals needing procedures on a regular basis (i.e., mammograms, follow-up exams, etc.) and alerting our staff to contact the patient and schedule appointments.
+Added: In addition, AI methods can speed up administrative tasks, such as tracking of individuals who need procedures on a regular basis (i.e., mammograms, follow-up exams, etc.) and alerting our staff to contact the patient and schedule appointments.
Diagnostic Imaging Settings
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While many hospitals own or lease their own equipment, certain hospitals provide diagnostic imaging services by contracting with providers of mobile imaging services.
−Removed: Using specially designed trailers, mobile imaging service providers transport imaging equipment and provide services to hospitals and clinics on a part-time or full-time basis, thus allowing small to mid-size hospitals and clinics that do not have the patient demand to justify fixed on-site access to advanced diagnostic imaging technology.
+Added: Using specially designed trailers, mobile imaging service providers transport imaging equipment and provide services to hospitals and clinics on a part-time or full-time basis, thus allowing small to mid-size hospitals and clinics that do not have the patient demand to justify fixed on-site equipment access to advanced diagnostic imaging technology.
Diagnostic imaging providers contract directly with the hospital or clinic and are typically reimbursed directly by them.
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PET scans provide the capability to determine how metabolic activity impacts other aspects of physiology in the disease process by correlating the reading for the PET with other tools such as CT or MRI.
−Removed: PET technology has been found highly effective and appropriate in certain clinical circumstances for the detection and assessment of tumors throughout the body, the evaluation of some cardiac conditions and
−Removed: the assessment of epilepsy seizure sites.
+Added: PET technology has been found highly effective and appropriate in certain clinical
+Added: circumstances for the detection and assessment of tumors throughout the body, the evaluation of some cardiac conditions and the assessment of epilepsy seizure sites.
The information provided by PET technology often obviates the need to perform further highly invasive or diagnostic surgical procedures.
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population is expected to trend older over the coming decades.
−Removed: According to a Pew Research Center report issued January 9, 2024, the number of US residents age over 65 stands at approximately 62 million, representing 18% of the population, and is expected to reach 84 million, or 23% of the total population by 2054.
+Added: According to a Pew Research Center report issued January 9, 2024, the number of U.S.
+Added: residents age over 65 stands at approximately 62 million, representing 18% of the population, and is expected to reach 84 million, or 23% of the total population by 2054.
Because diagnostic imaging use tends to increase as a person ages, we believe the aging population will generate more demand for diagnostic imaging procedures .
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• the development of combined PET/CT and PET/MRI scanners, which combine technologies to create a powerful diagnostic imaging system;
−Removed: • use of augmented reality technologies make it possible to create three dimensional images that physicians can examine through virtual reality headsets or print using a three dimensional printer.
+Added: • use of augmented reality technologies which make it possible to create three dimensional images that physicians can examine through virtual reality headsets or print using a three dimensional printer.
Additional improvements in imaging technologies, contrast agents, and scan capabilities are leading to new non-invasive diagnostic imaging applications, including methods of diagnosing blockages in the heart’s vital coronary arteries, liver metastases, pelvic diseases and vascular abnormalities without exploratory surgery.
−Removed: We believe that the use of the diagnostic capabilities of MRI and other imaging services will continue to increase because they are cost-effective, time-efficient and non-
−Removed: invasive, as compared to alternative procedures, including surgery, and that newer technologies and future technological advancements will further increase the use of imaging services.
−Removed: At the same time, the industry has increasingly used upgrades to existing equipment to expand applications, extend the useful life of existing equipment, improve image quality, reduce image acquisition time and increase the volume of scans that can be performed.
+Added: We believe that the use of the diagnostic
+Added: capabilities of MRI and other imaging services will continue to increase because they are cost-effective, time-efficient, and non-invasive as compared to alternative procedures, including surgery, and that newer technologies and future technological advancements will further increase the use of imaging services.
+Added: At the same time, the industry has increasingly upgraded existing equipment to expand applications, extend the useful life of existing equipment, improve image quality, reduce image acquisition time and increase the volume of scans that can be performed.
We believe the use of equipment upgrades rather than equipment replacements will continue, as we do not foresee new imaging technologies on the near-term horizon that will displace MRI, CT or PET as the principal advanced diagnostic imaging modalities.
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Our Scale and Reputation.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, we operated, directly or indirectly through joint ventures with hospitals, 398 centers in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Texas.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, we operated, directly or indirectly through hospital and health system joint ventures, 418 centers in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and Texas.
We are the largest operator of freestanding, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging service centers in the United States, based on number of centers and revenue.
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Our Facility Density in Many Highly Populated Areas of the United States.
−Removed: Our diagnostic imaging centers are strategically organized into regional networks concentrated in major population centers in eight states, providing a density that offers unique benefits to our patients, our referring physicians, our payors and us.
+Added: Our diagnostic imaging centers are strategically organized into regional networks concentrated in major population centers in nine states, providing a density that offers unique benefits to our patients, our referring physicians, our payors and us.
We are able to increase the convenience of our services to patients by implementing scheduling systems within geographic regions, where practical.
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Our Technologically Advanced Operations.
−Removed: In 2019, we created an AI division that now hosts the combined efforts of our acquisitions of DeepHealth, Inc., Aidence Holding B.V., and Quantib B.V..
−Removed: The division is currently focused on developing improved medical interpretation of scans within the fields of mammography, lung and prostate imaging.
−Removed: Given the importance of training data in building modern AI applications as well as getting feedback on performance, our combination of vertical integration and scale provide advantages over other AI creators.
−Removed: Alongside our established subsidiary eRad, Inc., which develops and sells computerized imaging data storage and retrieval systems, we have assembled an industry leading team of software developers to create radiology workflow solutions that improve patient care.
−Removed: The portfolio of software solutions are anchored by eRad, Inc.'s RIS/PACS, informatics designed specifically for outpatient radiology and DeepHealth OS, a cloud-native operating system that helps operate all aspects of the radiology service line from scheduling and patient preparation to technologist workflow to interpretation and referral management.
−Removed: Our DeepHealth, Inc.
−Removed: subsidiary has received FDA clearance for use of its SaigeQ “triage”/workflow product, SaigeDX advanced diagnostic product and Saige-Density breast density assessment software for screening breast mammography, which we have begun to roll out in certain markets as an Enhanced Breast Cancer Detection solution.
−Removed: Our Aidence Holding B.V.
−Removed: subsidiary is developing solutions for interpretation of chest and lung CT scans for lung cancer screening.
−Removed: It has received the CE mark for its solution and has existing customers in seven European countries, with its largest concentration in the United Kingdom, and plans to submit an application for FDA clearance to sell in the United States.
−Removed: Our Quantib B.V.
−Removed: subsidiary is primarily focused on interpretation of prostate MRI for widespread prostate cancer screening.
−Removed: Quantib’s prostate MRI post-processing software has both FDA clearances and European CE marking.
−Removed: Our digital health segment provides these solutions to us and to over 400 customers in the United States, Europe, and Israel.
+Added: In 2019, we created an AI enabled Health Informatics team that now hosts the combined efforts of our acquisitions of DeepHealth, Inc., Aidence Holding B.V., Quantib B.V, Kheiron Technologies, ICAD Inc, See Mode Technologies and CIMAR.
+Added: All of these businesses now constitute the “Digital Health segment” as a standalone business segment within RadNet.
+Added: The segment is currently focused on developing improved medical interpretation of scans within the fields of Clinical AI for mammography, lung, prostate, ultrasound imaging AI, as well as Enterprise Operations and Enterprise Imaging products such as RIS, PACS, Reporting and a Remote Scanning Solution for imaging modalities.
+Added: We have assembled an industry leading team to create radiology workflow solutions that improve patient care and drive efficiency.
+Added: The portfolio of AI enabled Health Informatics solutions are designed for outpatient radiology as well as hospital systems and at the center of these solutions is the DeepHealth OS, a cloud-native operating system that helps operate all aspects of the radiology service line from scheduling and patient preparation to technologist workflow to interpretation and referral management.
+Added: In 2025, the Digital Health segment integrated the business of ICAD Inc.
+Added: which was a leader in providing AI solutions for Breast Cancer detection.
+Added: This acquisition added roughly 1500 customers to the Digital Health business along with differentiating commercialization and product development capabilities.
+Added: Additionally, in November 2025 the segment acquired CIMAR in UK which provides Image exchange platform Services for various NHS hospitals as well as private healthcare providers.
+Added: This acquisition enables us to deliver screening programs with embedded AI solutions at scale in the UK and over time in other countries as well.
+Added: Our Digital Health segment has by now 22 FDA clearances and 15 CE marks across its portfolio of AI-enabled Health Informatics solutions.
+Added: Our digital health segment provides these solutions to us and to over 2000+ customers in the US and outside of the US.
Business Strategy
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We will continue to trim excess operating and general and administrative costs where it is feasible to do so.
−Removed: We may also continue to use, where appropriate, highly trained radiology physician assistants to perform, under appropriate supervision of radiologists, basic services traditionally performed by radiologists.
+Added: We may also continue to use, where appropriate, highly trained radiology physician assistants to perform, under appropriate supervision of radiologists, basic services traditionally performed by
+Added: radiologists.
We will continue to upgrade our advanced information technology system to create cost reductions for our centers in areas such as image storage, support personnel and financial management.
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We intend to continue to expand the number of our centers both organically and through targeted acquisitions, using a disciplined approach for evaluating and entering new areas, including consideration of whether we have adequate financial resources to expand.
−Removed: Our current plans are to strengthen our market presence in geographic areas where
−Removed: we currently have existing operations and to expand into neighboring and other areas where we believe we can compete effectively.
+Added: Our current plans are to strengthen our market presence in geographic areas where we currently have existing operations and to expand into neighboring and other areas where we believe we can compete effectively.
We perform extensive due diligence before developing a new facility or acquiring an existing facility or entering into a joint venture with a hospital to manage a facility, including surveying local referral sources and radiologists, as well as examining the demographics, reimbursement environment, competitive landscape and intrinsic demand of the geographic market.
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We believe that these joint ventures deepen and expand our strength in markets where we are already established.
−Removed: Leverage our investment in AI and technology to improve services and operating efficiency .
−Removed: We have developed a portfolio of proprietary technologies that stretch from patient-scheduling, to image storage and retrieval, to AI applications that aid in the interpretation of scans in certain fields.
−Removed: We intend to use our substantial investment in technology and AI to create differentiated service offerings in each phase of our business.
−Removed: We are currently developing solutions to improve the quality and consistency of our core imaging services, expand our service offerings, and improve our operating efficiency, ranging from patient intake through billing and collection.
+Added: Advancing a Cloud First, AI Powered Digital Health Platform.
+Added: Our Digital Health segment, DeepHealth, is a global leader in AI‑powered health informatics, offering a portfolio of 22 FDA‑cleared and 15 CE‑marked solutions.
+Added: The radiology market is facing increasing clinical, financial, and operational pressures, driven in part by fragmented care delivery and the proliferation of AI tools developed in isolation.
+Added: This siloed environment places the burden on care teams to manually bridge workflow gaps, contributing to inefficiencies and rising costs.
+Added: DeepHealth addresses these challenges through the DeepHealth OS, an enterprise‑wide platform that unifies clinical and operational intelligence.
+Added: By integrating AI, workflow orchestration, and data management into a single operating system, DeepHealth enables health systems to streamline radiology operations, enhance diagnostic quality, and improve care coordination across the imaging value chain.
+Added: Leverage our investment in AI and technology to enhance RadNet service .
+Added: We continue to invest in proprietary technologies that strengthen RadNet’s core imaging operations and create differentiated service offerings.
+Added: Our technology portfolio spans patient scheduling, image storage and retrieval, radiology information systems (RIS), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), and advanced AI applications that support scan interpretation across multiple clinical domains.
+Added: We are deploying these capabilities across RadNet to improve quality, consistency, and efficiency from patient intake through billing and collections.
+Added: Current initiatives include:
+Added: • Enhancing contact center operations through intelligent automation
+Added: • Expanding remote scanning and technologist support capabilities
+Added: • Integrating AI‑assisted image interpretation into clinical workflows
+Added: • Optimizing scheduling, throughput, and resource utilization
+Added: • Modernizing RIS and PACS infrastructure to support enterprise‑scale operations
+Added: These investments are designed to reduce operating costs, improve patient and provider experience, and strengthen RadNet’s competitive position in each market we serve.
+Added: Expanding our commercial footprint.
+Added: We intend to continue scaling our commercial Digital Health business, building on a global customer base of more than 2,000 organizations.
+Added: Our strategy is to expand adoption of our comprehensive portfolio across Enterprise Operations, Enterprise Imaging, and Clinical AI/Population Health.
+Added: We plan to grow commercial revenue by:
+Added: • Increasing penetration within existing customer accounts
+Added: • Expanding internationally in markets with rising imaging demand
+Added: • Broadening our product suite to address additional clinical and operational use cases
+Added: • Leveraging the DeepHealth OS platform to deliver integrated, enterprise‑wide solutions
+Added: Through these initiatives, we aim to accelerate commercial growth, deepen customer relationships, and position RadNet as a leading provider of AI‑enabled imaging and operational intelligence solutions worldwide.
We offer a comprehensive set of imaging services including MRI, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, X-ray, ultrasound, mammography, fluoroscopy and other related procedures.
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These third-party radiology practice groups maintain full control over the provision of professional services, including supervision and interpretation of diagnostic imaging procedures, in our diagnostic imaging centers.
−Removed: Each medical group
−Removed: maintains control over the physicians it employs and is responsible for staffing the facility with qualified professional medical personnel.
+Added: Each medical group maintains control over the physicians it employs and is responsible for staffing the facility with qualified professional medical personnel.
Under management agreements with the Group or other third-party radiology practices, we provide the use of our diagnostic imaging equipment, technical and management services, and administration of the non-medical functions of the professional medical practices at our centers, including the provision of non-medical staff, accounting services, billing and collection, medical and office supplies, transcription services, maintenance of medical records, and marketing.
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Additionally, we perform certain management services for a portion of the professional groups with whom we contract who provide professional radiology services at local hospitals.
−Removed: For performing these management services, which include billing, collecting, transcription and medical coding, we receive management fees, that depending on the agreement are calculated at a fixed or variable rate.
+Added: For performing these management services, which include
+Added: billing, collecting, transcription and medical coding, we receive management fees, that depending on the agreement are calculated at a fixed or variable rate.
The fees charged for diagnostic imaging services performed at our centers are paid by a diverse mix of payors:
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Generally, insurance companies reimburse us, directly or indirectly, including through the Group or through the contracted radiology groups, on the basis of agreed upon rates.
−Removed: These rates are negotiated and may differ materially with rates set forth in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for the particular service.
+Added: These rates are negotiated and may differ materially with rates set forth in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (as described below) for the particular service.
The patients may be responsible for certain co-payments or deductibles.
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These contracts pass much of the financial risk of providing outpatient diagnostic imaging services, including the risk of over-use, from the payor to the radiology practice group and, as a result of our management agreement with the radiology practice group, to us.
−Removed: We believe that through our comprehensive utilization management, or UM, program we have become highly skilled at assessing and moderating the risks associated with the capitation agreements, so that these agreements are profitable for us.
+Added: We believe that through our comprehensive utilization management ("UM") program we have become highly skilled at assessing and moderating the risks associated with the capitation agreements, so that these agreements are profitable for us.
Our UM program is managed by our UM department, which consists of staff who are actively involved with the referring physicians and payor management in both prospective and retrospective review programs.
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Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people age 65 or older and people under age 65 with certain disabilities.
−Removed: Medicaid, funded by both the federal government and states, is a state-administered health insurance program for qualifying low-income and medically needy persons.
+Added: Medicaid, funded by both the federal and state governments, is a state-administered health insurance program for qualifying low-income and medically needy persons.
For services for which we bill Medicare directly or indirectly, including through contracted radiologists, we are paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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Our centers are primarily located in geographic networks that we refer to as regions.
−Removed: The majority of our centers are multi-modality sites, offering various combinations of MRI, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, X-ray, fluoroscopy
−Removed: services and other related procedures.
+Added: The majority of our centers are multi-modality sites, offering various combinations of MRI, CT, PET, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, X-ray, fluoroscopy services and other related procedures.
A portion of our centers are single-modality sites, offering either X-ray or MRI services.
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2025 2024 2023
−Removed: Total centers owned or managed (at beginning of the year) 366 357 347
−Removed: Centers added by:
−Removed: Acquisition 28 10 8
−Removed: Internal development 44 11 14
−Removed: Centers closed or sold (40) (12) (12)
Total centers owned or managed (at year end) 418 398 366
Diagnostic Imaging Equipment
−Removed: The following table indicates, as of December 31, 2024, the quantity of principal diagnostic equipment available at our imaging centers operated directly or through joint venture investments:
+Added: The following table indicates, as of December 31, 2025, the quantity of principal diagnostic equipment available at our imaging centers operated directly or through joint venture investments, including both consolidated and unconsolidated joint ventures:
Equipment Count Years Ended December 31,
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The average age of our MRI and CT units is less than five years, and the average age of our PET units is less than four years.
−Removed: The useful life of our MRI, CT and PET units is typically ten years.
+Added: The useful life of our MRI, CT and PET units is ten years on average.
Facility Acquisitions
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We seek to drive performance by enabling effective leadership that results in a positive patient experience delivered by talented and engaged team members.
−Removed: To achieve this, leaders across the enterprise partner to develop and deliver talent and culture programs, create total rewards strategies, and provide efficient and effective people operations.
+Added: To achieve this, leaders across the
+Added: enterprise partner to develop and deliver talent and culture programs, create total rewards strategies, and provide efficient and effective people operations.
We believe the strength of our workforce is critical to the success of our mission to provide comprehensive radiology solutions and change the future of healthcare.
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Our marketing team regularly meets with managed care organizations and insurance companies to solicit contracts and meet with existing contracting payors to solidify those relationships.
−Removed: The comprehensiveness of our services, the geographic location of our centers and the reputation of the physicians with whom we contract all serve as tools for obtaining new or repeat business from payors.
+Added: The comprehensiveness of our
+Added: services, the geographic location of our centers and the reputation of the physicians with whom we contract all serve as tools for obtaining new or repeat business from payors.
Sports Marketing Program.
−Removed: Our west coast operations renders in stadium digital X-ray for the following organizations:
−Removed: Los Angeles Clippers, Dodgers, Kings and Lakers.
+Added: Our west coast operations render in stadium digital X-ray for the following organizations:
+Added: Los Angeles Dodgers, Kings and Lakers.
In exchange, we receive season tickets and parking.
−Removed: Contract lengths vary from yearly up to five years.
−Removed: We also provide radiology services at select imaging centers for the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Rams, Athletics, San Francisco 49ers and student athletes of the University of Southern California.
+Added: Contract lengths vary from yearly to up to five years.
+Added: We also provide radiology services at select imaging centers for the Anaheim Ducks, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and student athletes of the University of Southern California.
Through our east coast operations, we have entered into sponsorship agreements with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League and the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball which permit us to state we are the imaging partner to each organization.
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California places a $250,000 limit on non-economic damages for medical malpractice cases.
−Removed: The cap applies whether the case is
−Removed: for injury or death, and it allows only one $250,000 recovery in a wrongful death case.
+Added: The cap applies whether the case is for injury or death, and it allows only one $250,000 recovery in a wrongful death case.
Non-economic damages are defined as compensation for pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, disfigurement and other non-pecuniary injury.
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The OIG issued a final rule on November 20, 2020, as part of the Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care initiative by the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Health and
−Removed: Human Services that, among other things, established new "safe harbors" under the Anti-kickback Statute for certain value-based compensation arrangements.
+Added: Department of Health and Human Services that, among other things, established new "safe harbors" under the Anti-kickback Statute for certain value-based compensation arrangements.
Although full compliance with these provisions ensures against prosecution under the federal Anti-kickback Statute, the failure of a transaction or arrangement to fit within a specific safe harbor does not necessarily mean that the transaction or arrangement is illegal or that prosecution under the federal Anti-kickback Statute will be pursued.
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Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, in part, to combat healthcare fraud and to protect the privacy and security of patients’ individually identifiable healthcare information.
−Removed: HIPAA, among other things, amends existing crimes and criminal penalties
−Removed: for Medicare fraud and enacts new federal healthcare fraud crimes, including actions affecting non-government healthcare benefit programs.
+Added: HIPAA, among other things, amends existing crimes and criminal penalties for Medicare fraud and enacts new federal healthcare fraud crimes, including actions affecting non-government healthcare benefit programs.
Under HIPAA, a healthcare benefit program includes any private plan or contract affecting interstate commerce under which any medical benefit, item or service is provided.
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HIPAA imposes federal standards for electronic transactions, for the security of electronic health information and for protecting the privacy of PHI.
−Removed: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”), signed into law on February 17, 2009, dramatically expanded, among other things, (1) the scope of HIPAA to now apply directly to “business associates,” or independent contractors who receive or obtain PHI in connection with providing a service to a covered entity, (2) substantive security and privacy obligations, including new federal security breach notification requirements to affected individuals, DHHS and prominent media outlets, of certain breaches of unsecured PHI, (3) restrictions on marketing communications and a prohibition on covered entities or business associates from receiving remuneration in exchange for PHI, and (4) the civil and criminal penalties that may be imposed for HIPAA violations, increasing the annual cap in penalties from $25,000 to $1.5 million per year.
+Added: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (“HITECH”), signed into law on February 17, 2009, dramatically expanded, among other things, (1) the scope of HIPAA to now apply directly to “business associates,” or independent contractors who receive or obtain PHI in connection with providing a service to a covered entity, (2) substantive security and privacy obligations,
+Added: including new federal security breach notification requirements to affected individuals, DHHS and prominent media outlets, of certain breaches of unsecured PHI, (3) restrictions on marketing communications and a prohibition on covered entities or business associates from receiving remuneration in exchange for PHI, and (4) the civil and criminal penalties that may be imposed for HIPAA violations, increasing the annual cap in penalties from $25,000 to $1.5 million per year.
In addition, many states have enacted comparable privacy and security statutes or regulations that, in some cases, are more stringent than HIPAA requirements.
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As a result, we require the radiology groups with which we contract to require those radiologists to have and maintain appropriate licensure.
−Removed: We do not believe that such laws and
−Removed: regulations will either prohibit or require licensure approval of our business operations, although no assurances can be made that such laws and regulations will not be interpreted to extend such prohibitions or requirements to our operations.
+Added: We do not believe that such laws and regulations will either prohibit or require licensure approval of our business operations, although no assurances can be made that such laws and regulations will not be interpreted to extend such prohibitions or requirements to our operations.
Insurance Laws and Regulation.
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