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.
January 24, 2024
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study developed a first-of-its-kind comorbidity index predictive of utilization of advanced imaging. The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI) fills a gap in risk-adjustment methods for imaging utilization. Read More
January 19, 2024
A study by the Neiman Health Policy Institute found that, by 2021, only 1.1% of radiologists’ commercial claims were out of network (OON), down from 12.6% in 2007. As such, by 2021, radiologists practiced almost exclusively in-network. Read More
January 17, 2024
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that clinicians who dispute insurer payments under the No Surprises Act will typically pay fees in excess of recovered payments. Read More
October 16, 2023
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) and American College of Radiology® (ACR®) Data Science Institute (DSI) study projects that new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved artificial intelligence (AI) medical imaging products will increase five-fold by 2035. Read More
October 11, 2023
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute has announced the release of Neiman Almanac 2.0. The Neiman Almanac is an online public resource that provides imaging-focused Medicare data back to 2004, including national and state trends in spending and utilization. Read More
September 5, 2023
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that 33% to 46% of imaging studies interpreted by radiologists do not have any related imaging studies in the year following the index imaging event. As such, these ‘one-off events’ are not good candidates for reimbursement through episode-based payment models. Read More
August 28, 2023
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that radiologist reimbursement for imaging provided to Medicare patients has decreased substantially over 16 years when accounting for inflation. The research, published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology evaluated changes in payments for radiology services for 100% of traditional Medicare beneficiaries between 2005 and 2021. Read More
July 19, 2023
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who reside in communities with annual per capita income of $100,000 or more are 5.7 times more likely to receive CT colonography (CTC) than their counterparts residing in communities with per capita income of less than $25,000. Read More
July 7, 2023
The new Neiman Institute study found that rates of diagnostic imaging interpretation by non-physician providers are on the rise from 2.6% to 3.3% of all imaging studies. Read the press release for more details. Read More
May 4, 2023
Two research teams have been awarded $75,000 in grant funds from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute. The Neiman Institute Grant program was established in 2021 to fund novel research that provides evidence to inform health policy and radiology practice that promotes the effective and efficient use of health care resources with the goal of improving patient care. Read More