The mission of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute® is to establish foundational evidence for health policy and radiology practice that promotes the effective and efficient use of health care resources and improves patient care.
July 9, 2025
A new study published in CHEST finds that Medicare beneficiaries who participated in a shared decision-making visit with their healthcare provider prior to their initial lung cancer screening were significantly more likely to adhere to recommended annual follow-up screenings over a four-year period. Read More
April 17, 2025
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found evidence that a new diagnosis of sarcopenia, a potentially reversible disease with low muscle mass and strength, often coincides with an abdominal CT study. Increasing opportunistic evaluation of abdominal CT scans could facilitate diagnosis of sarcopenia and ultimately improve patient care. Read More
April 2, 2025
A new Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that 43.6% of office-based imaging studies were interpreted by the ordering provider, with 58.5% interpreted within the ordering provider’s practice. Self-interpretation rates varied by specialty and imaging modality. Published in the AJR, the study analyzed over 1.6 million Medicare imaging claims from 2022. Read More
March 28, 2025
A new study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found that unnecessary imaging studies in Original Medicare are associated with up to 129 kT of CO2 emissions – the same as would be produced from powering a town of over 70,000 people for a year. The research, published in JACR, demonstrates the opportunity for the field of radiology to meaningfully reduce its environmental footprint. Read More
March 3, 2025
A new multi-institute study demonstrates the potential prevention and economic benefits from the opportunistic use of CT, defined as screening performed using CT images that were collected for a different purpose. The study showed that using CT imaging for osteoporosis could increase the screening rate in the Medicare population by 113% without requiring any additional imaging. Read More
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