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.
June 20, 2024
The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute announces the public launch of a new online tool that reveals the overlap between cancer disparities and social determinants of health using advanced heat maps of U.S. counties. The Cancer Equity Atlas can identify high-opportunity targets for policies and programs to achieve equitable health outcomes in underserved populations. Read More
June 5, 2024
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that from 2014 to 2023 the number of medical practices with affiliated radiologists decreased 14.7% even though the number of radiologists increased 17.3%. As such, the average number of radiologists per practice increased from 9.7 to 17.9 over the study. Read More
April 26, 2024
A new Neiman Institute study found that physician reimbursement per Medicare patient decreased 2.3% between 2005 and 2021 when accounting for inflation, despite a concurrent increase of 45.5% in physician services to each patient. These reimbursement trends varied widely by physician specialty. Read More
April 10, 2024
A new study by researchers at NYU Langone Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute found lower rates of osteoporosis screening among Asian American and other non-white Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. when compared with the screening rate among white beneficiaries. Read More
April 3, 2024
The latest Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study shows that radiologists in radiology-only practices score significantly lower in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2021. Read More
March 28, 2024
New research demonstrates that the use of CT angiography for patients with headache or dizziness increased dramatically over 5 years in the emergency department of a large medical center. Simultaneously the rate of positive findings on those same exams decreased. Read More
March 27, 2024
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
March 8, 2024
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
January 24, 2024
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study developed a first-of-its-kind comorbidity index predictive of utilization of advanced imaging. The Neiman Imaging Comorbidity Index (NICI) fills a gap in risk-adjustment methods for imaging utilization. Read More
January 19, 2024
A study by the Neiman Health Policy Institute found that, by 2021, only 1.1% of radiologists’ commercial claims were out of network (OON), down from 12.6% in 2007. As such, by 2021, radiologists practiced almost exclusively in-network. Read More