WVU Medicine Thomas Hospital announced the new partnership on after ARI recently acquired its former partner, Kanawha Valley Radiologists, based in Charleston, W.V. 

Imaging experts have said the move could reshape the financial landscape for hospitals offering Cardiac CT services.

“While the result was surprising and unsatisfying, we are nevertheless pleased that the panel rejected any recovery to UHC," the California-based practice said on Thursday. 

Annual private equity investment in healthcare reached $83B billion three years ago, but these transactions have faced little scrutiny to ensure they are in the public’s best interest, sponsors note. 

Allegheny Valley Hospital is offering a new mobile MRI truck, among other upgrades, which will add 40 new appointment slots per week. 

The pharmacy chain is now a leaner private company, having dropped $2 billion in outstanding debts. 

“Exorbitant” OOP costs for ultrasounds and MRIs may be keeping women from undergoing these follow-up exams, or forcing them to make “significant financial sacrifices,” notes Susan G. Komen. 

One physician criticized UHC's effort to reduce the burden of prior authorization, calling it a "good PR project."