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.
A new HPI study found non-physician practitioners’ (NPPs) share of imaging interpretation in office-based practices increased 117%, from 2.52% of Medicare imaging studies in 2013 to 5.47% in 2022. Interpretations by NPPs are performed by a small minority of NPPs with considerable variation by imaging modality and state. Read More
Apply today for the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute® (HPI) Grants. The grants will fund novel research that provides evidence to inform health policy and radiology practice. Options are monetary funding through the Neiman Grant OR work with the HPI to execute your study via the Duszak Grant. Read More
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.
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November 19, 2024
A new HPI study found non-physician practitioners’ (NPPs) share of imaging interpretation in office-based practices increased 117%, from 2.52% of Medicare imaging studies in 2013 to 5.47% in 2022. Interpretations by NPPs are performed by a small minority of NPPs with considerable variation by imaging modality and state. Read More
October 22, 2024
According to new research from the Neiman Institute, radiologists who teach residents are spending significantly less time each year in that teaching role. The study, published in JACR, tracked the workload of 35,595 radiologists in Medicare Part B claims data from 2008 to 2020. Read More
Congress enacted the No Surprises Act (NSA) in 2021. The NSA relies on the ability for providers to appeal their out-of-network payment through an arbitration process known as Independent Dispute Resolution. This study was designed to evaluate the effective access to IDR for mechanical thrombectomy. Full Article
Jonathan A Grossberg, Eric W Christensen, James M Milburn, Guilherme Dabus, Richard E Heller III, Joshua A Hirsch. 2024. "Neurointerventional payment for out-of-network mechanical thrombectomy in the era of the No Surprises Act," Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
October 3, 2024
The latest Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that neurointerventionalists, who often deliver lifesaving and disability-sparing treatments for emergency stroke cases, have essentially no financially viable access to payment recovery through the No Surprises Act for professional mechanical thrombectomy out-of-network claims. MT is an effective treatment for emergent large vessel occlusions, such as ischemic stroke. Read More
August 20, 2024
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that living in a neighborhood with higher vulnerability to environmental heat predicted worse stroke severity. Investigators from HPI’s PRIME research center at Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York state, evaluated all acute ischemic stroke admissions to Northwell’s comprehensive stroke center over a decade. Read More