Erlanger tileErlanger Health System is ending a seven-year contract with its onsite diagnostic radiology group, meaning several doctors will be replaced at the hospital this summer, executives said Monday.
By law, Tennessee hospitals are not allowed to directly employ radiologists. Erlanger had contracted with RadCare, now owned by national company Emcare, for radiology physician services since 2007.
The hospital is not planning to renew the contract in July, said Robert Brooks, Erlanger’s chief operating officer. Instead the hospital is planning to contract with Tennessee Interventional Associates, which already handles the hospital’s interventional radiology – and will soon add the word “Imaging” to its name.
Of the 12 Emcare radiologists at Erlanger, five have been hired by the new group, said Tanner Goodrich, administrator of oncology and radiology services at the hospital.
The rest will remain employed by Emcare, but will no longer be with Erlanger.