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Imaging on the same day as the office visit: wide variation in how frequently different types of imaging services were performed on same day as a related office visit, 2008a
Type of Imaging Proportion of Services Performed on the Same Day as the Office Visit Advanced imaging MRI: brain 8.4% MRI: other 8.2% CT: head 23.8% CT: other 13.1% Nuclear medicine 8.5% Echocardiography 25.9% Other echography 28.4% Standard imaging 50.9% All imaging 35.4% ↵a All imaging services in the Table are considered designated health services under the Stark self-referral law. The Table excludes the professional component of imaging services (unless it is part of a global service) and imaging performed in hospitals. Office visits include evaluation and management and consultation services provided in physicians' offices.8
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