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.
February 5, 2018
A new research study assesses the changing utilization of pre-biopsy prostate MRI in Medicare beneficiaries. The study found that pre-biopsy MRI utilization rates increased sharply by 2015 from earlier minimal usage. Read More
January 19, 2018
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study evaluates the association between hospitals sharing of electronic health records (EHR) diagnosis information and hospital quality using Hospital Compare scores. Read More
January 3, 2018
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study explores the association between county-level measures of radiologist supply and subspecialization and county structural and health-related characteristics. Read More
December 27, 2017
A new research study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute explores the radiologist characteristics associated with two radiology-relevant hospital Outpatient Quality Reporting (OQR) measures and makes recommendations to CMS for these measures. Read More
November 28, 2017
A new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute analyzes the generalist versus subspecialty characteristics of the U.S. radiologist workforce in the Medicare population from 2012-2014. The study is published online in Radiology. Read More
November 14, 2017
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study assesses physician specialty and radiologist characteristics associated with higher patient complexity in the Medicare population. The research is published online in Academic Radiology. Read More
October 10, 2017
To promote musculoskeletal research, the Neiman Institute is part of a team that was awarded a 5-year, $3.7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to establish the new Clinical Learning, Effectiveness and Research (CLEAR) Center. The Neiman Institute will support musculoskeletal health services research and health policy studies under this grant. Read More
September 20, 2017
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study shows that a claims-based system used to subspecialty classify academic radiologists accurately identifies self-designated subspecialties for the approximately half of included private practice radiologists who have a subspecialized practice. Read More
August 11, 2017
A new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute™ found that in the Medicare population, the utilization rates have increased in both volume and per beneficiary over the past two decades for the four most common musculoskeletal extremity imaging modalities. Read More
August 8, 2017
According to a new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute™ study, patient condition complexity and subspecialization are primary factors affecting radiologist services list price variation. Read More