Type of Imaging | Proportion of Services Performed on the Same Day as the Office Visit |
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Advanced imaging | |
MRI: brain | 8.4% |
MRI: other | 8.2% |
CT: head | 23.8% |
CT: other | 13.1% |
Nuclear medicine | 8.5% |
Echocardiography | 25.9% |
Other echography | 28.4% |
Standard imaging | 50.9% |
All imaging | 35.4% |
↵a All imaging services in the Table are considered designated health services under the Stark self-referral law. The Table excludes the professional component of imaging services (unless it is part of a global service) and imaging performed in hospitals. Office visits include evaluation and management and consultation services provided in physicians' offices.8