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.
August 18, 2016
According to a new report by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, mammography may present an opportunity for the expanded use of bundled payments in radiology. The Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) study reports that breast cancer screening provides a framework for radiologist-led bundled payment models. Read More
August 4, 2016
A research study conducted by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute has been nominated for the Erickson Foundation Research Award in Positive Aging by the American Public Health Association (APHA) Aging and Public Health Section. Read More
July 26, 2016
According to a new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, the last 13 years have seen a substantial growth in the ordering of computed tomography angiography (CTA) examinations in the Medicare population, particularly in the emergency department (ED) setting. Read More
July 14, 2016
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute report discusses the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and its implications for radiology. Read More
May 10, 2016
The new ICE-T (Inpatient Cost Evaluation Tool) enables radiology practices and hospitals to compare internal costs to national benchmarks to decide if bundled payment for specific services should be pursued. Read More
December 17, 2015
A new free resource allows researchers to use Medicare and other payer claims databases to identify and meaningfully characterize medical imaging by noninvasive or invasive procedures, modality, body region and clinical focus. Read More
December 17, 2015
A Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study has earned the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women’s Health Issues in 2015. “Screening Mammography Rates in the Medicare Population before and after the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Guideline Change: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis,” authored by Miao Jiang, PhD. Read More
October 28, 2015
According to a Neiman Health Policy Institute study published online Oct. 28 in Radiology, while the number of radiology trainees dramatically increased from 1995 – 2011, radiologists per 100 000 population increased only slightly. Read More
September 22, 2015
Medicare per beneficiary medical imaging spending has declined in nearly every state since 2006, according to a new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) study published in the Sept. 2015 issue of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR). Read More
April 28, 2015
New data series have been added to the Neiman Almanac! These series cover the percentage of hospitals by state and nationally that have access to various imaging services. Percentage of Hospitals with Access to Multi-slice Spiral CT: 64 + slice New Series Include Percentage of Hospitals with Access to Computed Tomography Percentage of Hospitals with Access to Magnetic Resonance Read More