15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	On January 1, 2018 we completed our acquisition of certain assets of Imaging Services Company of New York, LLC, consisting of a single multi-modality center located in New York, New York, for purchase consideration of $5.8 million. On January 1, 2018, we formed Beach Imaging Group, LLC (“Beach Imaging”) and contributed the operations of 24 imaging facilities spread across southern Los Angeles and Orange Counties in exchange for a 60% economic interest. MemorialCare Medical Foundation (MCMF), a hospital system in southern California, contributed $22.9 million in cash along with the operations of 10 of its imaging facilities in southern California to receive a 40% economic interest in Beach Imaging. In connection with the same transaction, Beach Imaging agreed to sell one of its newly acquired imaging center from RadNet to MCMF for $1.7 million.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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