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  • Health services research
  • Medical economics
  • Healthcare policy

Background:

  • The Stark Law's in-office ancillary services exception allows physicians to provide advanced imaging services within their practices.
  • This exception may create incentives for increased utilization of these services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether the availability of in-office advanced imaging, facilitated by the Stark Law exception, is associated with increased utilization.
  • To identify factors influencing the adoption of on-site advanced imaging by specialty practices.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study using restricted data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2006-2008).
  • Identified specialty practices with on-site advanced imaging (CT, MRI, PET) and characterized practice/physician factors.
  • Multivariable regression analysis to assess the association between in-office imaging availability and utilization.

Main Results:

  • 14% of specialty practices offered on-site advanced imaging, with a significant increase in orthopedic surgery clinics (13.6% to 31.3%).
  • Availability varied by practice size and organization; large single-specialty groups were more likely to offer in-office imaging (32.6%) than solo/partnership practices (10.1%).
  • Practices with in-office imaging generated one-third of all advanced imaging studies, and 9.0% of visits to these practices resulted in advanced imaging.

Conclusions:

  • The presence of in-office advanced imaging capabilities is significantly associated with increased utilization of these services.
  • This finding suggests that the Stark Law exception may contribute to higher advanced imaging use.
  • Understanding these associations is crucial for healthcare policy and physician practice management.