Nydic Open MRI CEO Joins NCQDIS board

Nydic Open MRI of America of Montvale, N.J., said it renewed its membership in the National Coalition for Quality Diagnostic Imaging Services (NCQDIS) and that its CEO, Larry Buchwalter, was appointed to the organization's board of directors.
   
Through its role in NCQDIS, Nydic said it will work to support quality diagnostic imaging services and will also have direct access to members of the legislature and their staff, member-sponsored research, legislative and regulatory updates, and members of the Payment Advisory Commission.
   
NCQDIS is a Washington, DC-based professional organization that represents more than 2,400 outpatient diagnostic imaging centers and departments in the United States.

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