March 3, 2025
A new multi-institute study demonstrates the potential prevention and economic benefits from the opportunistic use of CT, defined as screening performed using CT images that were collected for a different purpose. The study showed that using CT imaging for osteoporosis could increase the screening rate in the Medicare population by 113% without requiring any additional imaging. Read More
February 26, 2025
New Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute research found significant differences in performance across radiologists in the CMS Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). The researchers examined a broad range of radiologist and practice characteristics and identified the set of factors that predicted whether a radiologist would score exceptionally, and thus receive the highest payment bonus, Read More
February 19, 2025
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that among women receiving treatment for uterine fibroids, those with Medicaid were more likely to receive uterine artery embolization than those with commercial insurance. The research examined the propensity for women to receive either surgical treatment or the less invasive UAE procedure for uterine fibroids. Read More
February 12, 2025
Companion studies from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute published today in the Journal of the American College of Radiology estimated the future radiologist workforce (supply) and imaging utilization (demand) through 2055. The objective of these studies was to inform the policy discussion surrounding the current shortage of radiologists in the United States by projecting Read More
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
