The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute® studies the value and role of radiology in evolving health care delivery and payment systems, including quality based approaches to care and the impact of medical imaging on overall health care costs. Neiman Institute research provides a foundation for evidence-based imaging policy to improve patient care and bolster efficient, effective use of health care resources. Read the 2016 Neiman Institute Annual Report.
A new study from Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute finds that over ¾ of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients face financial toxicity that often results in non-adherence to follow up care. This study is the first of its kind to evaluate financial toxicity in MS and whether financial strain is linked to patients foregoing the therapy and imaging follow-up prescribed in their treatment plan. Read More
Imaging today plays essential roles in the management of almost all non-cutaneous cancers, influencing diagnosis, assessment of prognosis, treatment selection, and therapeutic monitoring. This new Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) study characterizes national trends in oncologic imaging utilization. Read More
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute® studies the value and role of radiology in evolving health care delivery and payment systems, including quality based approaches to care and the impact of medical imaging on overall health care costs. Neiman Institute research provides a foundation for evidence-based imaging policy to improve patient care and bolster efficient, effective use of health care resources. Read the 2016 Neiman Institute Annual Report.
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September 8, 2020 in Press Releases
A new study from Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute finds that over ¾ of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients face financial toxicity that often results in non-adherence to follow up care. This study is the first of its kind to evaluate financial toxicity in MS and whether financial strain is linked to patients foregoing the therapy and imaging follow-up prescribed in their treatment plan. Read More
August 20, 2020 in Press Releases
Higher number of paid malpractice claims links to a subsequent increase in advanced imaging finds the Neiman Health Policy Institute (NPHI). In each additional paid malpractice claim over the course of five years was associated with an average of 1,389 additional advanced imaging examinations — in the Medicare population alone — in the subsequent year. Read More
July 10, 2020 in Press Releases
Imaging today plays essential roles in the management of almost all non-cutaneous cancers, influencing diagnosis, assessment of prognosis, treatment selection, and therapeutic monitoring. This new Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) study characterizes national trends in oncologic imaging utilization. Read More
July 8, 2020 in Press Releases
The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly spread across all 50 United States. This new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study, published online in the Journal of American College of Radiology, aimed to characterize the recent declines in non-invasive diagnostic imaging volumes at community practices. Read More
June 30, 2020 in Press Releases
This new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study, published online in the Journal of American College of Radiology (JACR), evaluates the change in the inpatient imaging volumes and composition mix during the COVID-19 pandemic within a large healthcare system. Read More