Diagnostic Health Services has completed its acquisition of severalultrasound and nuclear medicine centers in the Midwest that werepreviously owned by Medical Imaging Centers of America. Dallas-basedDHS said the MICA division generates more than $5
Diagnostic Health Services has completed its acquisition of severalultrasound and nuclear medicine centers in the Midwest that werepreviously owned by Medical Imaging Centers of America. Dallas-basedDHS said the MICA division generates more than $5 million in annualrevenues, boosting the annualized run rate of DHS to $20 million.DHS also announced the opening of a $5.8 million line of creditwith Texas Commerce Bank, a subsidiary of Chemical Bank.
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