Ownership issues blurring the future of imaging centers.
Federal "safe harbor" regulations, rulings from the Internal Revenue Service and various state initiatives on self-referrals are setting the stage for a massive unraveling of physician and hospital-physician joint ventures that own diagnostic imaging centers. Such changes, especially an increase in corporate ownership of freestanding centers, could raise the competition for outpatient business to new heights.
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