Riverside Radiology Medical Group is joining a growing independent coalition of imaging practices, leaders announced Wednesday
The organization is the 38th to join Strategic Radiology and third in California. Riverside Radiology employs 14 physicians, serves two health systems and three hospitals across the state’s Inland Empire region, a metropolitan area bordering Los Angeles County and encompassing San Bernardino and Riverside.
“Our business philosophy is to be wholly physician-owned, so that we as radiologists can determine our future,” RRMG President Ardavan Afshar, MD, said in a statement issued April 17. “In joining the coalition and collaborating with like-minded physicians, we anticipate many opportunities to improve the value of the services we provide.”
The hospital-based practice’s genesis dates back 50 years. Riverside Radiology’s clients currently include 517-bed Riverside Community Hospital, 213-bed Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., and 79-bed San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital in Banning, Calif. RRMG also staffs a 20-slot residency program at its partner hospital in Riverside, which is a comprehensive stroke center and certified by the Joint Commission.
Strategic Radiology now represents a total of 1,700 radiologists and their medical groups, seeking to band together to gain the efficiencies of a larger organization without the challenges that come with a merger.
Here is a full list of Strategic Radiology’s member groups:
- Advanced Radiology Services, Grand Rapids, Mich.
- ARA Health Specialists, Asheville, N.C.
- Carolina Radiology Associates, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- Casper Medical Imaging and Outpatient Radiology, Casper, Wyo.
- Catawba Radiology Associates, Hickory, N.C.
- Central Illinois Radiological Associates, Peoria, Ill.
- Chesapeake Medical Imaging, Annapolis, Md.
- Delaney Radiology; Wilmington, N.C.
- Gaston Radiology; Gastonia, N.C.
- The Hill Medical Corporation, Pasadena, Calif.
- Huron Valley Radiology, a division of Advanced Imaging Alliance; Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Intercity Radiology, Bozeman, Mont.
- Mecklenburg Radiology Associates, Charlotte, N.C.
- Mountain Medical Physician Specialists, Salt Lake City.
- Naugatuck Valley Radiological Associates, a division of Advanced Imaging Alliance, Waterbury, Conn.
- Northwest Radiology, Indianapolis.
- Pacific Imaging Associates, Portland, Ore.
- Quantum Radiology, Atlanta.
- Radiologic Medical Services, Iowa City, Iowa.
- Radiology Associates, Corpus Christi, Texas.
- Radiology Associates, Jeffersonville, Ind.
- Radiology Associates, Eugene, Ore.
- Radiology Associates of Albuquerque, N.M.
- Radiology Associates of Macon, Ga.
- Radiology Associates of North Texas, Dallas.
- Radiology Associates of Richmond, Va.
- Radiology Associates of Tallahassee, Fla.
- Riverside Radiology Medical Group, Riverside, Calif.
- Regional Diagnostic Radiology, Sartell, Minn.
- Rome Radiology Group, Rome, Ga.
- Southeast Radiology Ltd., Glen Mills, Pa.
- Southern Radiology Consultants, Baton Rouge, La.
- Skagit Radiology, Mount Vernon, Wash.
- Summit Radiology, Fort Wayne, Ind.
- Tower Imaging Medical Group, Santa Monica, Calif.
- Triad Radiology Associates, Winston-Salem, N.C.
- United Imaging Consultants, Mission, Kan.
- X-Ray Consultants, a division of Advanced Imaging Alliance, South Bend, Ind.
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.