Efficient Contracting – Via one contracting process, payers can add as many as 230 (approximately) radiologists to their network, thereby creating in-network status for the many free-standing radiology facilities providing global services as well as read-only services. This expedites and reduces cost associated with physician contracting and gives payers access to many local hospitals’ provider-based radiologists.

Wide Service Area and Access – The WMI service area encompasses all of Western Washington and the Tri-Cities. WMI members provide payers with medical imaging providers of every imaging sub-specialty.

Quality Credentials and Clinical Protocols – WMI radiologists are all-board certified and adhere to the American College of Radiology protocols. Member physicians and administrators share expertise and clinical experience to provide high quality, cost-effective clinical services and effective business administration

Association Structure – Due to the nature of its collective structure, WMI can pursue evidence –based medicine initiatives, like the implementation of Decision Support, a process that uniquely promotes the interests of patients, payers, and providers. Decision Support is a provider guide that ensures that the imaging modality with the highest medical utility score is chosen for the patient. The Decision Support process is supported by a software program containing thousands of evidence-based rule sets that is utilized by either the referring provider or the radiologist at the time of order to generate an instantaneous medical utility score. In addition to its many clinical benefits for patients, Decision Support is a highly effective educational tool for referring physicians, enabling them to better understand which imaging modalities are most appropriate to the patient’s condition.