New Orleans-Area Imaging Provider Adds More Centers

Diagnostic Imaging Services, based in Metairie, La., has acquired the Delta Imaging Center sites in Covington and Slidell, La., bringing its total number of independent imaging centers in the greater New Orleans area to five, reports New Orleans City Business. Diagnostic Imaging Services contracts with the 10-physician Reliant Radiology group and is managed by the PH3 Healthcare Management, a national chain. According to its website, it is now the largest freestanding independent outpatient imaging business in southeast Louisiana and the only non-hospital outpatient facility in its area with a 3T MRI system. The imaging provider has been in business for 40 years. Its other locations are in Metairie, New Orleans and Marrero, La.
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