3 radiology providers tout new outpatient center openings across 3 states
Three radiology providers recently announced new outpatient center openings across three separate states.
The latest is Fort Myers, Florida-based American Oncology Network, “one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing networks of community oncology practices.” Publicly traded AON is expanding its radiation oncology offerings, adding the Low County Radiation center in Waycross, Georgia.
Current patients will continue to receive radiation therapy from the same physicians at the center, and the practice will remain a participant in local insurance networks.
“We are excited to open Low Country Radiation and support their mission to ensure radiology services remain accessible,” Stephen “Fred” Divers, MD, AON’s chief medical officer, said June 6. “Together, we can create a stronger network of care in Waycross and the surrounding communities. AON’s expansion of these services is a significant step toward closing the cancer care gap and ensuring everyone has access to the treatments they deserve, right in their communities.”
Founded in 2018, American Oncology Network now includes over 240 providers practicing across 21 states.
Imaging center in Connecticut
Meanwhile, Connecticut Breast Imaging recently announced the grand opening of its “state of the art” new facility in New Canaan.
Staffed by radiologists Gilda Boroumand, MD, and Jaime Szarmach, MD, the center will offer a comprehensive range of breast imaging services including ultrasound and biopsies.
Founded in 2010, CBI now has five locations also in of Brookfield, Southbury and Danbury.
“We are thrilled to establish our presence in this newly constructed medical building, which will provide patients with a convenient location and easy access to our comprehensive breast health services,” Szarmach said in a May 22 announcement.
SimonMed’s latest center
And finally, private equity-backed radiology practice SimonMed recently opened a new MRI center in Houston.
The location provides whole-body, preventative exams aimed at detecting diseases before they produce any symptoms. Scottsdale, Arizona-based SimonMed said the center also offers the market’s first outpatient, AI-enhanced, wide-bore 3T MRI.
“Houston has long been at the forefront of clinical care and healthcare innovation, so we are thrilled to bring simonONE to the market,” Founder and CEO John Simon, MD, said in a statement. “With simonONE, many patients have gained unprecedented views into their bodies, which can often be life changing."
SimonMed also recently announced a partnership with the Integrative Health Practitioner Institute, allowing the IHPI’s health coaches to utilize its advanced MRI technology.
Supported by PE firm American Securities, SimonMed has approximately 170 sites across 11 states and employs over 200 subspecialty-trained radiologists.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.