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.
December 21, 2022
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that when non-physician practitioners (NPPs) perform a higher share of patient evaluation and management (E&M) visits, computed tomography (CT) imaging is more likely to use iodinated contrast media. The research revealed that for each 10-percent increase in visits performed by an NPP rather than a physician, Read More
November 10, 2022
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found when patients are treated in the Emergency Department by non-physician practitioners, there were 5.3% more imaging studies performed than if patients were seen only by physicians. This JAMA Network Open study was based on a nationally representative sample of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with 16,922,274 ED visits between 2005 and 2020. Read More
November 3, 2022
A study by the Neiman Health Policy Institute found that the costs of an Ischemic Stroke (IS) episode increased 4.9% from 2012 to 2019. However, the main driver of those costs was changes in treatments, such as endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and intravenous thrombolysis (IVT); increases in various types of neuroimaging were not key cost drivers. Read More
October 1, 2022
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute® announced that its grants program is now accepting applications. Grants will fund research on current policy priorities in radiology that provide evidence to inform health policy and radiology practice that promotes the effective and efficient use of healthcare resources, with the goal of improving patient care. Read More
August 22, 2022
A study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute conducted a detailed review of clinical services billed to Medicare by non-physician providers employed by radiology practices which was based on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services databases of doctors and clinicians who participated in Medicare. Read More
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