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.
Medical imaging has previously been identified as a potential driver of U.S. healthcare spending growth. A study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute evaluated the degree to which imaging has contributed to aggregate medical cost growth. Read More
Seventy-six percent of interventional radiologists (IRs) identified using a new research method were mislabeled as diagnostic radiologists in Medicare data, according to the latest study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI), supported by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). 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.
Medical imaging has previously been identified as a potential driver of U.S. healthcare spending growth. A study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute evaluated the degree to which imaging has contributed to aggregate medical cost growth. Read More
Seventy-six percent of interventional radiologists (IRs) identified using a new research method were mislabeled as diagnostic radiologists in Medicare data, according to the latest study from the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI), supported by the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Read More
Detailed Highlights Awarded the Harvey L. Neiman & Richard Duszak Grants to two groups: • Paul Yi, MD, University of Maryland, and Jeremias Sulam, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, for their project on advancing equity in artificial intelligence. • Zachary Bercu, MD; Michal Horny, PhD; Hanzhou Li, MD; and John Moon, MD, Emory University, for View Infographic
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute is a differentiating asset of the ACR, positioning the College at the forefront in advocacy by contributing the scientific evidence needed to inform health policy. The investment the ACR makes in advancing this mission keeps the College at the forefront of the field Read More
To build the Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI), based on variables available in claims datasets, which provides good discrimination of an individual’s chance of receiving advanced imaging (CT, MR, PET), and thus, utility as a control variable in
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Casey E. Pelzl, MPH Andrew B. Rosenkrantz, MD Elizabeth Y. Rula, PhD Eric W. Christensen, PhD. 2024. "The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index: Development and Validation in a National Commercial Claims Database," Journal of American College of Radiology (JACR)