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Local Imaging Center Achieves Accreditation
for its CT Program ACR accreditation means that the private, diagnostic imaging center, located at 12345 West Bend Drive, meets or exceeds nationally accepted standards of care for CT imaging. A CT scan is a noninvasive, painless medical test that uses a small amount of radiation, and provides detailed images of structures in the body. South County Imaging Center achieved accreditation following a rigorous peer-review examination of the practice, its CT procedures, images and equipment by independent board-certified radiologists and medical physicists. The certification exam also evaluated the center’s quality control procedures and quality assurance programs. The imaging center voluntarily sought ACR accreditation, which will expire in May 2011. By 2012, however, providers of advanced imaging services that participate in Medicare must be accredited for reimbursement. This includes CT. South County Imaging Center provides a wide range of radiology services to residents and healthcare providers in South St. Louis and Jefferson counties in Missouri, and Monroe and St. Clair counties in Illinois. The $3.5 million center opened in June 2007 and is owned by a group of private investors. ###
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