New Imaging Contracts May Double Business for Optimum Mobile Imaging

Optimum Mobile Imaging LLC (OMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of IMD Companies, Inc., (ICBU), has been selected as the exclusive imaging provider to two large medical clinics in the Southwest. IMD expects that imaging services at both clinics — initiated in June 2012 — will significantly impact financial results beginning with the company's third quarter 2012 filings. "We are excited about these opportunities," says Bruce Collett, director of OMI, in a statement announcing the contracts. "The anticipated revenue from these two contracts could easily double the company revenue on an annual basis." OMI provides echocardiography and vascular ultrasound services at the office of the referring physician using mobile ultrasound machines. According to its website, images are read by cardiologists.
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