Fast Facts

• RBMA has over 2,000 members nationally and represents the largest single-specialty medical management organization in the country.
• RBMA members represent diagnostic, interventional and radiation oncology groups in any radiology settings.
• RBMA members are involved in the management of hospital-based practices, imaging centers and billing companies that specialize in radiology billing.
• RBMA began in 1968 in recognition of the need for educational resources for radiology management professionals. As healthcare has continued to become increasingly complex, the demand for greater skills and experience from practice managers has also increased.
• RBMA continues to be recognized as the leader for radiology-specific educational programs, products and services. Members count on RBMA to provide them with resources and information not found anywhere else.
• The RBMA Bulletin, published six times per year, is the national publication of the organization. It has consistently been ranked as one of the most important member benefits.
• RBMA hosts it's the PaRADigm conference once a year, offering an in depth focus on the business of radiology, extensive educational sessions, vendor exhibits, business meetings, networking and social events.
• RBMA maintains an interactive website with direct access to industry information, educational opportunities and seminars, events, publications, member directories, jobs and business resources 24-hours a day.

RBMA Members

RBMA members are dedicated, upper-level radiology business professionals.

RBMA members represent the following areas within the radiology practice:

• Executive leadership
• Physician leadership
• Administrative management
• Operations management
• Billing and collections
• Finance/Accounting
• Marketing
• Managed care contracting
• Regulatory compliance
• Quality improvement
• Human resources/personnel management
• Information technology

RBMA members are decision makers who have the respect of their physicians to guide and enhance the development  and maintenance of the practice.

• Fifty-eight percent of RBMA members are in a senior position of authority (e.g., President, Vice President, CEO) within their practice/business entity; 49 percent of the membership are the highest non-physician executive
• Twenty-four percent are in secondary authority positions (e.g., departmental manager)
• RBMA members practice in organizations of all sizes ranging from relatively small (41 percent), medium (27 percent), and up to very large (32 percent)

RBMA members responsibilities extend beyond private practices

• Thirty-three percent of RBMA members service large hospitals performing more than 300,000 imaging procedures annually
• RBMA members also are in small to mid-sized hospitals (based on imaging volume)

RBMA members oversee the operations of imaging centers and tens of thousands procedures

• RBMA members oversee the operations of hundreds of imaging centers and tens of thousands of procedures
• Forty-seven percent of RBMA members provide services in imaging centers representing a total of 1,959 imaging centers
• Approximately 68 percent of RBMA members are involved with multiple imaging centers
• Thirty-two percent of members are in imaging  centers performing fewer than 50,000 procedures annually
• A nearly equal share, 34 percent, are in centers performing 100,000 procedures or more annually