“Reducing the cost and increasing the accessibility of MRI for [clinically significant prostate cancer] is critical for the viability of MRI screening programs," experts wrote. 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services revealed the news under the 2025 Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released on Aug. 1

Bharath Krishnamurthy, director of health policy and analytics, American Hospital Association, explains factors leading to the economic instability of the U.S. healthcare system. 

South Carolina-based Prisma Health said it opened the facilities to better serve outpatients who require nonurgent imaging.  
 

For most other specialties, however, starting salaries appear to be on the rise. 

Prior to adding the IR facility, Mercy said it believes potential patients were traveling outside the region to obtain IR services. 

John Tentinger, MD, has been working on the deal for about a decade, purchasing the 25-acre piece of land for $5.5 million in 2021. 

Capitol Radiology has provided outpatient imaging services to UMMS for 20 years, but the institution is working to open a new facility just 50 yards from its outpatient center.