ORANGE and LOS ANGELES Counties, Calif., Dec. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- MemorialCare, nationally regarded integrated health
care delivery system with four hospitals and more than 200
Southern California care sites,
and RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), national leader in
providing fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services, have
expanded their joint venture that began early this year.
With acquisition of four Orange County Diagnostic Imaging
Centers effective Dec. 1, the joint
venture offers the region's most expansive network of imaging
facilities with 30 freestanding imaging centers throughout
Orange and Los Angeles counties, each located within a
short distance from MemorialCare physician offices.
The joint venture began operations Jan.
1, 2018 with RadNet and MemorialCare contributing outpatient
imaging centers in Orange County,
Long Beach, South Bay and other
cities. The new sites are in Laguna
Woods, Santa Ana,
Irvine and Mission Viejo. The Irvine center will become a new MemorialCare
Breast Center, offering comprehensive imaging services specific to
breast health. The Mission Viejo
site currently under construction opens in early 2019.
"MemorialCare has a long history of partnering with innovative
organizations that share our vision of delivering best practice
medicine, improving population health and creating value in health
care," says Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D.,
MemorialCare President and CEO. "The innovative partnership with
RadNet is another example of our commitment to a higher quality,
enhanced patient experience that is competitively priced with
savings for individuals and families, health plans and employers
and their employees."
"The 30 free-standing imaging centers, in addition to
MemorialCare's highly-advanced hospital-based imaging centers on
our hospital campuses, offer state-of-the art care in the most
appropriate, convenient location, either at an acute care setting
and/or an outpatient facility close to home and work," adds
Mark Schafer, M.D., CEO,
MemorialCare Medical Foundation which includes MemorialCare Medical
Group and Greater Newport Physicians with 2,300 employed and
affiliated physicians.
"We are excited to further expand our health system partnership
model with such a high-quality and well-known health system," says
Howard Berger, M.D., RadNet Chairman
and CEO. "MemorialCare is one of Southern
California's premier providers of hospitals and related
health services. Our extensive network of imaging centers offers
quality care and easy access to patient communities we jointly
serve."
MemorialCare's 14,000 affiliated physicians, employees and
volunteers serve more than 200 Southern
California care locations, including MemorialCare Long Beach
Medical Center, MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's
Hospital Long Beach, MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in
Fountain Valley, MemorialCare
Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna
Hills, MemorialCare Medical Group, Greater Newport
Physicians, Seaside Health Plan, numerous physician practices and
outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, breast health and urgent
care centers. A pioneer and innovator in evidence-based medicine,
among MemorialCare's many honors are Best U.S. Health Care System,
10 Largest U.S. Children's Hospitals, Best Places to Work, numerous
listings among US News & World Report's America's Best
Hospitals and Magnet recognition for all its hospitals—highest
honor for nursing excellence. Visit memorialcare.org.
RadNet, Inc. is the leading national provider of free-standing,
fixed-site diagnostic imaging services in the United States based on the number of
locations and annual imaging revenue. RadNet has a network of
341 owned and/or operated outpatient imaging centers. RadNet's core
markets include California,
Maryland, Delaware, New
Jersey and New York. In
addition, RadNet provides radiology information technology
solutions, teleradiology professional services and other related
products and services to customers in the diagnostic imaging
industry. Together with affiliated radiologists, and inclusive of
full-time and per diem employees and technicians, RadNet has a
total of approximately 7,100 employees. For more information, visit
radnet.com.
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