December 20, 2024
Previously in 2024, researchers at the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute published a novel risk-adjustment score—the Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI)—predictive of patients’ advanced imaging use. Now, these researchers have published more extensive validation of the NICI to test its utility in datasets other than the claims dataset from which it was developed. Read More
December 18, 2024
A new HPI study found that Medicaid patients residing in states with higher Medicaid reimbursement were more likely to receive medical imaging. However, the number of imaging exams for Medicaid patients who underwent imaging did not vary based on reimbursement differences. Read More
December 13, 2024
A recent study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute demonstrates that mobile mammography is generally used by women otherwise unlikely to be screened, and thus is complementary to facility-based mammography rather than a substitute for it. Read More
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
